America Ferrera might be celebrating her Oscar nomination for her role in “Barbie,” but the actress was bummed to find out co-star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig didn’t receive the same honor.
“I was incredibly disappointed that they weren’t nominated,” Ferrera, who played Gloria in the hit film, told Variety in an interview published Tuesday.
“Greta has done just about everything that a director could do to deserve it,” she added. “Creating this world, and taking something that didn’t have inherent value to most people and making it a global phenomenon. It feels disappointing to not see her on that list.”
While Ferrera received a nomination for best supporting actress, co-stars and fans alike were shocked to see that Robbie and Gerwig were left out of the best director and best actress categories.
Speaking on Robbie’s snub, Ferrera, 39, said, “What Margot achieved as an actress is truly unbelievable.”
“One of the things about Margot as an actress is how easy she makes everything look. And perhaps people got fooled into thinking that the work seems easy,” she explained.
“But Margot is a magician as an actress in front of the screen, and it was one of the honors of my career to get to witness her pull off the amazing performance she did.”
Overall, the female-led film received eight Oscar nominations — including one for Ryan Gosling for best supporting actor.
After hearing the news, Gosling also shared his thoughts on the snubs.
“I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films,” Gosling told The Post.
“And I never thought I’d be saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken,” he continued. “But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two…
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