Why Margot Robbie Skipped the 2024 Met Gala
Margot Robbie is officially out of her Barbie era—and continuing her producer era. If you’re wondering why the actor was MIA at this year’s Met Gala, she was actually shooting her next movie, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, in Los Angeles. She’s also focusing on producing more projects under her company, Lucky Chap.
In January, she told Deadline that she would put a pause on acting prior to the project. “Everyone’s like, ‘Are you having a break?’ And I’m like, ‘You do know I’m a producer, right? We don’t get a break,’” she explained, adding, “The producing is 24/7, but on the acting side, this is the longest I haven’t acted on a set, because we finished Barbie in October of 2022. So, it’s already been more than a year since I was on set as an actor, and other than COVID, that’s the first time that’s ever happened.”
She also joked that people might feel fatigued by her presence after the success of Barbie and her massive press tour. “I also think everyone’s probably sick of the sight of me for now. I should probably disappear from screens for a while. Honestly, if I did another movie too soon, people would say, ‘Her again? We just did a whole summer with her. We’re over it.’ I don’t know what I’ll do next, but I hope it’s a little while away,” she added.
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ICYMI, Margot works with stylist Andrew Mukamal, who we can all agree is an absolute genius. Just to give an example of how committed these two are to a look, they had a “marathon” fitting session where they tried on every single outfit ahead of Margot’s Barbie press tour—so we’re sad to miss out on another killer look from these two!
“I had a board where every city was mapped out,” Andrew told People. “We knew exactly which looks, which Barbies and which references were archival, and everything was very specific for each destination. That day, I had a huge studio in New York filled with everything Barbie and pink and fluffy and glittery that you could ever imagine. Margot and I marathoned through 50 or 60 outfits, and every 30 minutes, one of the brands would come and [help] tailor the outfit that I had been working on for months already.”
Meanwhile, Margot told People mid-press tour, “We’re finding Barbie references from decades past and just doing it really for the big Barbie fans out there, people who are actually collecting those Barbies. We’re hoping to get them excited. We’re pairing Barbie references with great designers.”
Glad to see their fashion partnership is still going strong!
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