Margot Robbie poses at CinemaCon 2023 while promoting ‘Barbie’.Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
American Horror Storyhas made many high-profile casting choices over the years, including launchingLady Gagato a Golden Globes for her star turn inHoteland offeringKaia Gerberherfirst major acting roleinAmerican Horror Stories. Amid those successes, though, there was at least one call the show’s casting director looks back on bittersweetly.
Looking back on theBarbiestar’s bid forAHS, casting director Eric Dawson — who has worked withAHScreatorRyan Murphyfor more than two decades — said: “Margot is probably one of my favorite auditions of all time.”
The audition happened “right before she broke out” in 2013’sThe Wolf of Wall Street, Dawson said Thursday onBackstagemagazine’sIn the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast.
“She was such a star. It was crazy, her star appeal when she walked in the room,” he recalled of Robbie, now 33. “Even though she didn’t get that role, that was one of those things as a casting director where you go:This is a star, what do we do with her?”
At the time, Dawson said Robbie was “out of our realm of possibility of hiring,” though he didn’t go into further detail. But he did have the sense that her career was “just rising” and called the chance to see that ascent the “fun part” of being a casting director.
Then and now, Dawson affirmed, “Margot has a lot of ‘it’ factors.”
Margot Robbie attends an event in California in April 2011.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
While Robbie has gone on to score two Oscar nominations and is currentlymaking bankthanks to her star turn inBarbie, Murphy has gone on to helm 10 more seasons ofAmerican Horror StorysinceAsylum.
Season 12slated to premiere next month with a few more bold-faced names in the mix:Kim KardashianandCara Delevingnewill joinAHSmainstayEmma RobertsinAHS: Delicate. This latest installment of the anthology series is based in part on Danielle Valentine’s novelDelicate Conditionabout"a woman who becomes convinced that a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens," perThe Hollywood Reporter.
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Ahead ofAmerican Horror Story: Delicate’spremiere Sept. 20 on FX, previous seasons can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
source: people.com
