Woman’s Weekly New Zealand – September 02, 2019

(Tina Meador) #1

14 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly


QUENTIN


Love letter to


Margot’s gamble paid off


HOW SHE WENT
FROM FAN TO
ONE OF HIS
LEADING LADIES

The fact that Quentin has
declared he’ll only do 10
movies prompted Margot
to write to him about starring
in one of his films.

E


ven Margot Robbie is
surprised by just how
quickly she found success
in Hollywood. The gorgeous
Aussie actress recently
described landing a plum TV
role just weeks after making
the move to the United States.
“All of a sudden I was
shooting a pilot in New York
City,” she tells. “Everything was
so crazy. Before I knew it we’d
done the pilot for Pan Am
and there was a poster up
in Times Square. I’d barely
been there six months!”
Pan Am was canned
after just one series in
2012, but there was no
holding Margot back.
Her career skyrocketed
shortly after when she
starred opposite Leonardo
DiCaprio in The Wolf of
Wall Street in 2013. Its
raunchy scenes led to
an offer from Playboy
magazine, which she
promptly turned down.
“I’ve put my family
through enough,” she
laughs. “Plus, those
were not completely
my assets. I had

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