An octopus because they are survivalists; they have a lot of nerve endings; there’s a fluidity to them; and they change their appearance. On reading the script for the first time with her husband, Tom Ackerley: “We just looked at each other, pure panic on our faces.

Even travel days were chic: Robbie arrived in Sydney wearing an archival Chanel blazer originally seen in 1995 on Claudia Schiffer.On Gerwig’s advice to Robbie to find her inner Barbie– listening to an episode of This American Life: “I was like, Greta, I need to go on this whole character journey. I thought let’s do Jane Fonda, Cindy Crawford – all our heroines,” Viard said ahead of the showcase. We wanted to create a distinctive look for Barbie, for her world, as opposed to the real world,” Prieto says. We pass the spot where she shot the real-world scenes last year, then pause at the skate-dance park and watch the roller-dancers twirl.

This is going to sound stupid, but I really didn’t even think about playing Barbie until years into developing the project.That last combination of details begins to convey the general vibe of the actual Margot Robbie: She’ll arrive with an assortment of brake-less skates, and she’ll have a hard out at two. That meeting was about pitching LuckyChap, the production outfit she runs with her friend Josey McNamara and her husband, Tom Ackerley, to Mattel. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. When she’s not writing, Chloe’s probably watching a Marvel movie with a cherry coke or texting her sister about the latest celebrity news. As far as the looks she wears, curated by costume designer Jacqueline Durran — some of which are certainly skin-revealing — Robbie describes her perspective: "I'm like, Okay, she's a doll.