With the recent premiere of “Babylon,” Margot Robbie revealed some of the best-kept secrets in the industry: Are actors really high on scenes?
“Babul”, a film that marks the return of Tobey Maguire to cinema, had an unsuccessful premiere on the big screen and the proof is its cold performance at the box office, despite its star cast, which includes Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and more. , Still, audiences are captivated by the film’s scenes that expose the excesses of Hollywood in the 1920s. Part of temperance focuses on drug use.
“Babylon”, starring Tobey Maguire, Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, failed to open well in its first weekend of release. Photo: Structure/Paramount Pictures
What do actors breathe in movies?
In countless tapes, we’ve seen characters use a variety of drugs, although cocaine is usually the most commonly depicted on the big screen. But do actors really use these substances when they pour white powder in front of the camera? Robbie took the lead in uncovering the mystery in a recent interview for BuzzFeed.
“When you see cocaine in the movies, it’s usually powdered B vitamins, or if you’re not actually going to smell it, it can sometimes be icing sugar or baby laxative,” he explained. Soon after, he said that it was not a very pleasant experience.
Do they smoke real cigarettes in the movies?
Cigars are more frequently used in feature films. Of course, given the harmfulness of its consumption, viewers wonder if the stars of a production are forced to smoke traditional cigarettes. Believe it or not, there is a trick behind this too.
“On set, we have cigarettes without nicotine. They’re herbal cigarettes, but they’re awful and they taste awful,” Robbie explained in a chat with Medium above.

What is “Babylon” about?
Set in 1920s Los Angeles, Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” is a tale of excessive ambition and outrageous excess, charting the rise and fall of several characters during a time of rampant decline and corruption in the Hollywood primitive.