In 2012, when his most important work was the discontinued series Pan Am, Margot Robbie did a casting test for the second season of American Horror Story. The Australian actress didn’t get the role, but did a year later after starring in Naomi Lapaglia’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Everyone knew his name and face.
“Margot is probably one of my favorite auditions of all time, and that was right before I broke in,” he said. Eric DawsonCasting director for Ryan Murphy’s series on the latest episode of the podcast In the Envelope, Backstage.
“Even though he didn’t get that role, it was one of those things you think about as a casting director: It’s a star, what do we do with it? However, it immediately disappeared from our settings options. But that’s what’s fun about casting: seeing people whose careers are on the rise,” added Dawson.
Margot Robbie was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for I, Tonya.
Shortly after that failed audition, Robbie landed his first major role in the Martin Scorsese film. Since then, the actress, a two-time Oscar nominee, has acted in films like Esquadron Suicide, I, Tonya, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Scandal, Amsterdam, Babylon, and Asteroid City.
He is currently one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after starring in the film Barbie, one of the biggest cultural phenomena of recent years and the blockbuster of 2023. Not only did Robbie bring the popular doll to life, but he also produced the film through his production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, which she founded in 2014 with her now-husband Tom Ackerley and friends Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr.
She chose Greta Gerwig herself to co-direct and co-write the project with Noah Baumbach. Her production company aims to tell women’s stories on screen and support women creators behind the scenes. His project portfolio includes hits like the Oscar-winning One Promising Young Woman, the superhero sequel Birds of Prey, and the Netflix series To the Nurse (Maid).
The second season of “AHS”
American Horror Story He returned with a second part, Nurse LeMaidylum, and received 18 Emmy nominations. It starred Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Chloe Sevigny, Evan Peters, and James Cromwell, among others.
Set in Briarcliff Manor, a fake mental institution in 1964, the season tells the story of the staff and patients inside, with events set between the past and present.
