by You’d think that someone as popular as Margot Robbie would have more box office hits under her belt besides Barbie, but the Australian star actually has way more flops to her name, and if the negative reception of the upcoming Wuthering Heights is anything to go by, then there’s more on the way.
While the actor has given her fair share of acclaimed performances – The Wolf of Wall Street, I, Tonya, and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood immediately spring to mind – she doesn’t half pick a barrage of questionable movies to sandwich between her moments of greatness. Who knows why Robbie opts for so many movies that end up bombing at the box office, but at least they haven’t exactly impacted her career.
One of these movies was 2018’s Terminal, which featured an incredibly odd cast, including Mike Myers, Simon Pegg, and Thomas Turgoose. From this weird mix of actors, Terminal didn’t exactly look like it was going to be a hit, but Robbie didn’t seem to mind. For the star, if a project appeals to her, she’ll take it on, regardless of whether she thinks it will perform well or not. Now, I’m all for Robbie veering away from mega-blockbusters like the painfully capitalistic Barbie, but if you’re going to pick an indie film, at least pick a half-decent one to star in.
When asked by TASS how she felt about the fact that Terminal had just 24% on Rotten Tomatoes, she didn’t really seem to care. Most actors would probably feel a sense of shame for a project performing that badly, but Robbie took it on the chin. “Ooh, I haven’t heard the numbers yet… I think we weren’t expecting this movie to be a wide commercial success, like I said earlier, it’s such a bizarre, strange indie film, and it was never designed to please the masses,” she said.
The thing is, Terminal isn’t a “bizarre, strange indie film” in a good way – it’s just a bad movie, and even with Robbie in the lead, the movie wasn’t able to hit $1million at the box office. That’s when you know something is desperately wrong.
“So I’m not necessarily surprised, and I’m not necessarily hurt by that because a lot of movies I really adore I see with terrible Rotten Tomatoes scores, and a lot of movies I really didn’t enjoy I see get 90-something percent. That’s art, it’s subjective, everyone has a different opinion, and I think we need to take it with a grain of salt,” Robbie continued.
Clearly, Robbie is familiar with how the industry works – it’s a landscape where no one is ever truly satisfied. The actor elucidated: “At the same time, it’s important to know how people feel about the product you’re making, and there are always lessons to be learnt. For me, this movie is strange and weird, and something that wasn’t designed to be so commercially appeasing, I’m not as upset about it.”
Terminal certainly isn’t one of the most glittering highlights of Robbie’s filmography, but at least she went into it without dollar signs in her eyes. Sadly, I’m not sure we can say the same about her latest flop, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a cheesy, gimmick-filled movie that feels like nothing more than a cash grab. Ironically, it has lost almost $30million at the box office already.
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