She's just Barbie – and he's Oscar-nominated Ken.
Hollywood was stunned on Tuesday when “Barbie” creators Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie lost out on the Academy Awards for best director and best actress, with Ryan Gosling winning. nodded For his role as Ken, who lives by the seaside.
Theories range from sexism to snobbery, with one Oscar voter telling Page Six: “Greta deserved to be nominated… She should have been nominated, Margot should have been nominated, but this is the world we still live in.”
Another Hollywood insider said the omission was “such a snub” since “Barbie,” which was released during a downturn due to Hollywood's actors and writers' strike, grossed nearly $1.5 billion. Classified. “This movie lifted the industry. This kind of thinking is bad for the industry.”
Director Justin Torrier, nominated for Best Director for Anatomy of the Fall, said: hollywood reporter She said, “I was surprised because there was no longer a woman next to me.”
“The Academy needs to understand that they can vote for more than one woman,” an Oscar voter snorted to the Post.
America Ferrera, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Barbie, said: variety As for her female colleagues, she said: “It was very disappointing that they weren't nominated.
“Greta has done almost everything a director can do to deserve that…” Ferrera added. “What Margot has accomplished as an actress is truly incredible. One of Margot's characteristics as an actress is how easy she makes everything look. And maybe people don't think work looks easy. Maybe I was fooled by the fact that it looked…”
Meanwhile, another member of the academy told Page Six: If you give it to Ryan, you should give it to them too. ”
Gosling said in a statement that he was “incredibly honored” by his nomination, adding: “But without Barbie, there would be no Ken, and I am most responsible for this history-making and globally acclaimed film.” Without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, there would be no Barbie.” movie. “
All of Gerwig's films (Lady Bird, Little Women, Barbie) have been nominated for Best Picture, but she has never been nominated for Best Director.
Gerwig and her husband Noah Baumbach are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Robbie is also the producer of “Barbie.”
Each branch of the academy votes in its own category. The Best Director category is voted on by about 600 members, less than 6% of the Academy, while the Acting category accounts for 13% of the group's total.
Only seven other women have ever been nominated for Best Director, and only three have won. They are Jane Campion in 2021's “Power of the Dog,” Chloe Zhao in 2020's “Nomadland,” and Kathryn Bigelow in 2009's “The Hurt Locker.”
“Barbie” was nominated for eight awards, including best song for “I'm Just Ken” (performed by Gosling) and Billie Eilish's “What Was I Made For?” Scott Feinberg The Hollywood Reporter's awards experts say, “It's a bad idea to exclude the women most responsible for 2023's biggest blockbuster and critically acclaimed films from the director and lead actress categories.” wrote.
Feinberg said the directing category has been “for a long time one of the oldest and most masculine branches in the Academy,” and that “Barbie” may have been ignored as “a movie about a toy.” He added that it is sexual.
