Anger is rising on social media after Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed for Oscar nominations for their film Barbie.
The Academy Award nominations were announced with much enthusiasm in Hollywood on Tuesday morning, but the two most prominent women involved in last year’s billion-dollar blockbuster were notably left out.
Greta failed to land a Best Director nomination this year, and Margot, who played the title character, was also passed over for Best Lead Actress.
The omissions drew extra attention due to the fact that Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Some social media commentators pointed the finger at sexism – despite the fact that America Ferrera was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the same film.
Anger is rising on social media after Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed for Oscar nods for Barbie; seen last week
The omissions drew extra attention due to the fact that Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
“Wait, Ryan Gosling is nominated for his role as Ken, but Margot Robbie isn’t nominated for Barbie?!” an irate fan growled at X
Ryan’s big musical number in the film, I’m Just Ken, is also up for an award. with the nomination honoring songwriters Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
Ryan’s big musical number in the film, I’m Just Ken, is also up for an award. with the nomination honoring songwriters Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell are also nominated for What Was I Made For?, another song written for Barbie.
“Ryan Gosling, even though he deserved it, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie, while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t?” wrote an outraged fan on X.
“This totally proves the point of the movie in 20 f***ing 24, you can’t make this up,” referring to the film’s feminist themes.
‘Wait Ryan Gosling was nominated for his role as Ken, but Margot Robbie wasn’t nominated for Barbie?! And Greta was rejected for Best Director?!?! Way to justify the literal plot of the movie,” another X user wrote, echoing the theme.
A third groused: ‘If Ryan deserved a nomination then Margot would have, the fact she wouldn’t have won isn’t the point. It almost feels like the Academy deliberately played into the film’s theme to get people talking. #Oscars are no longer about who actually deserves it.’
While Margot isn’t in the running for Best Lead Actress, the film itself is nominated for Best Picture, meaning she’s actually nominated as a producer.
Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach are also jointly nominated this year for writing Barbie’s adapted screenplay.
X, formerly known as Twitter, erupted in outrage at the insults
Some social media commentators pointed the finger at sexism – despite the fact that America Ferrera was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for the same film
She has previously been nominated for two Oscars: Best Lead Actress for her 2017 film I, Tonya, a biopic about Tonya Harding, and Best Supporting Actress for the 2020 film Bombshell, which dramatized the story of the Fox News sex scandals.
She was also nominated for that film’s screenplay, as well as the script of her follow-up film, the 2020 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.
Meanwhile, Greta was previously nominated for the Best Director Oscar for her 2017 film Lady Bird, marking her first solo helm of a feature film.
In a recent interview, Margot revealed that she also harbors the ambition to one day follow in Greta’s footsteps and become a director.
“I really want to direct,” she said Deadline. ‘I’ve had the feeling for the past seven years that I wanted to direct. But I’ve always seen it as a privilege, not a right.’
She reflected, “I’ve been slowly working towards feeling like I’ve earned the right to direct, and I feel like I’m getting close to that feeling now.”