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During Vanity Fair’s exclusive Facebook Live sit-down conversation with The Legend of Tarzan stars Margot Robbie and Alexander Skarsgård, Robbie shared some big news: she is gracing the cover of the upcoming August issue of Vanity Fair. Skarsgard reacts to to the reveal with appropriate enthusiasm—a pronounced roar, some intense clapping, and a standing ovation.
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The striking blond actors, interviewed by Vanity Fair digital director Mike Hogan, also discussed what it was like to prepare to play Tarzan and Jane, which superhero Skarsgård would want to play in the future (“an out-of-shape, super lazy one”), and what name Robbie would give to her fanbase (Skarsgård’s suggestion—the “Robbers” —was met with apparent approval by the Australian actress). Watch the video, in full, on the V.F. Facebook page.
Margot Robbie
AGE: 23.
PROVENANCE: Gold Coast, Australia.
GIRL NEXT DOOR: Robbie’s big break came as a teenager when she was cast in her home country’s beloved long-running serial Neighbours. “It’s a soap opera, but soaps aren’t really the same as they seem to be here. It’s just like a Vegemite sandwich—it’s an Australian staple.”
TAKING FLIGHT: Robbie moved to L.A. five days after her contract ended on Neighbours, and only a month later landed a role on ABC’s retro series Pan Am. “I think it was after close to a year being on Neighbours that I was kind of like, O.K., this is what I’m going to do. America’s the next step.”
ON THE MARKET: Robbie makes her leap to the big screen later this year, playing Leonardo DiCaprio’s wife in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, out in November. Her high-wattage co-star was an inspiration as well as a support. “Working with him was, as an actor, the most satisfying experience I’ve had in my entire career so far.”
CLOCKWORK: With a part in Richard Curtis’s romantic comedy About Time, out this month, Robbie is quickly solidifying herself as a Hollywood up-and-comer. “I’m still trying to convince [my family] that this is actually a career and not just a hobby, and that it’s what I plan on doing with my life. They’re slowly coming around to it.”
