Celebrities React To Margot Robbie And Greta Gerwig's Oscar Snub
Ryan Gosling, who played Ken in Greta Gerwig's 2023 film 'Barbie,' has been nominated for an Oscar while lead actress Margot Robbie was snubbed for her title role.
Many praises were sung regarding the blockbuster film, with 'The New Yorker' calling the flick "beautiful, brilliant, and fun as hell."
As of Jan. 10, Gerwig's film has raked in a total of $1.45 billion dollars worldwide and has received a gratifying 90% critics' score on the Rotten Tomatoes scale.
Despite the smash hit wowing audiences across the globe and winning the first-ever Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, Robbie, 33, did not receive an Academy Award nomination for her role as the tween playtoy.
The snub comes as a shock to many, considering Robbie received positive reviews regarding the embodiment of the character, receiving Critics' Choice, Golden Globes, SAG, and BAFTA award nominations.
"It's definitely not a good look that the Academy members left out Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie for directing and starring in a movie that's largely about how impressive women are often marginalized," Dave Karger of Turner Classic Movies told PEOPLE.
He continued: "Greta and Margot surely made it onto thousands of ballots, but since those ballots are weighted towards voters' No. 1 and No. 2 favorites, we can assume they simply didn't earn enough of those top-tier votes."
Gosling, 43, provided a statement to CBS News regarding the snub, expressing his disappointment in their decision.
"To say that I'm disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement," he said. "Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history. Their work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees."
Not only did Robbie miss out on the Best Actress category, but Gerwig, 40, was also not recognized in the category for Best Director.
Robbie has received Oscar nominations in the past, including Best Actress for 'I, Tonya', and Best Supporting Actress for 'Bombshell.'
Oscar's expert Karger gave a final thought on the matter, telling PEOPLE that although "they both received nominations for their work on Barbie in other categories, these two high-profile omissions will be remembered-and they will sting— for a long time."
Whoopi Goldberg reportedly had her own thoughts on the snub, saying during a broadcast of 'The View' how "you don't get everything you want to get."
"There are no snubs," Goldberg, 68, began. "That's what you have to keep in mind: Not everybody gets a prize, and it is subjective. Movies are subjective. The movies you love may not be loved by the people who are voting."
'Barbie' has earned a total of eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Production Design.
