Greta Gerwig is opening up about her often-discussed Oscar snub for directing Barbie in a new interview.
The 40-year-old filmmaker was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar alongside her husband Noah Baumbach.
However, many fans were upset she wasn’t up for Best Director, and that Margot Robbie wasn’t up for Best Actress, although she did get a nomination for Best Picture as one of the film’s producers.
The filmmaker finally spoke about the snub for the first time in a new interview with Time, where she shared a story.
‘A friend’s mom said to me, “I can’t believe you didn’t get nominated,”‘ Gerwig said with a laugh.
Greta Gerwig is opening up about her often-discussed Oscar snub for directing Barbie in a new interview
The 40-year-old filmmaker was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar alongside her husband Noah Baumbach
‘I said, “But I did. I got an Oscar nomination.” She was like, “Oh, that’s wonderful for you!” I was like, “I know!”‘ Gerwig added.
She continued, ‘Of course I wanted it for Margot. But I’m just happy we all get to be there together.’
Barbie is up for eight Oscars – Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera), Best Adapted Screenplay (Gerwig and Baumbach), Best Production Design (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer), Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Duran) and two for Best Original Song (I’m Just Ken and What Was I Made For?).
While Gerwig started her career as an actress, she ultimately gravitated towards writing and directing.
She co-wrote and starred in films like Hannah Takes the Stairs (which she co-directed with co-writer Joe Swanberg), Nights and Weekends, Northern Comfort, Francis Ha and Mistress America.
2017’s Lady Bird was her first as a solo writer and director, which earned her first Oscar nominations for both writing and directing, and earned $79 million from a $10 million budget.
She followed that up with the 2020 adaptation of Little Women, which also earned her a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and earned $231 million from a $40 million budget.
Barbie was the biggest movie of the year, taking in $636.2 million domestic and $1.445 billion worldwide from a reported $145 million budget.
‘I said, “But I did. I got an Oscar nomination.” She was like, “Oh, that’s wonderful for you!” I was like, “I know!”‘ Gerwig added
She continued, ‘Of course I wanted it for Margot. But I’m just happy we all get to be there together’
Barbie is up for eight Oscars – Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera), Best Adapted Screenplay (Gerwig and Baumbach, above), Best Production Design (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer), Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Duran) and two for Best Original Song (I’m Just Ken and What Was I Made For?).
While Gerwig started her career as an actress, she ultimately gravitated towards writing and directing
Next up for Gerwig are at least two movies based on C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia books for Netflix.
The filmmaker said she was drawn to the, ‘euphoric dreamlike’ quality of Lewis’ writing.
‘It’s connected to the folklore and fairy stories of England, but it’s a combination of different traditions,’ she said.
”As a child, you accept the whole thing – that you’re in this land of Narnia, there’s fauns, and then Father Christmas shows up,’ she said.
‘It doesn’t even occur to you that it’s not schematic. I’m interested in embracing the paradox of the worlds that Lewis created, because that’s what’s so compelling about them,’ she added.
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