Margot Robbie has revealed the ‘wild’ means she will get into character for her performing roles.
The Australian actress revealed on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she usually makes use of members of the animal kingdom as inspiration for the roles she takes.
“It’s a thing. I didn’t go to drama school, so I don’t know if this is something that everyone does in drama school,” the 32-year-old star advised host Kelly Clarkson. “It’s something I actually started doing when I was on I, Tonya. So that was the first time.”
While making ready to play disgraced determine skater Tonya Harding, Robbie revealed that she turned to a pit bull for assist, New York Post reviews.
“I was a pit bull because they’re very misunderstood,” she stated.
“With her ice skates on, I wanted to be heavy on the feet … I wanted the character to feel like the world was bearing down on her all the time,” continued Robbie, who gained a Critics Choice Award for finest actress in a comedy film for the function. “But then, on the ice, she’s a mustang, like a wild horse when she’s ice skating. So she’s two animals, really.”
Robbie’s natural instincts helped in her newest flick, Babylon, during which her character – who she stated was influenced by an octopus and a honey badger – faces off in opposition to a rattlesnake.
“The snake fight scene? That’s all honey badger,” Robbie acknowledged. “There are actual videos of honey badgers fighting snakes. There’s videos of honey badgers, which aren’t huge animals, fighting lions. And they have really thick skin. [My character Nellie] fights anything and anyone at the drop of a hat.”
Despite the quirky strategy, Robbie advised Clarkson it helps her keep grounded within the function.
“It’s helpful because you do all this research, and you read all these books and watch all these films, and get all the facts about the real-life people at this time,” she stated.
“Sometimes your head gets so clouded with statistics and facts and the history. But if you just revert back to the animal, then you can just be really, really instinctual.”
La La Land director Damien Chazelle returns with Babylon, which hits theatres in Australia on January 19, starring Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire and Olivia Wilde.
Meanwhile, Robbie’s extremely anticipated flip as Barbie in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming satire premieres in July.
This story initially appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission
