“I was like, ‘Were not moving our date.
If youre scared to be up against us, then you move your date.'”
Thank a headstrongMargot RobbieforBarbenheimer, the cultural phenomenon centered onBarbieandOppenheimer’s dual theatrical release.
Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’; Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.; Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
And he was like, ‘I think you guys should move your date,'" Robbie recalled.
“And I was like, ‘Were not moving our date.
If youre scared to be up against us, then you move your date.’
And hes like, ‘Were not moving our date.
I just think itd be better for you to move.’
And I was like, ‘Were not moving!'”
“I think this is a really great pairing, actually.
Its a perfect double billing,OppenheimerandBarbie.”
Murphy replied, “That was a good instinct.”
“Clearly the world agreed,” Robbie said.
The fact that people were going and being like, Oh, watchOppenheimerfirst, thenBarbie.’
I was like, ‘See?
People like everything.’
People are weird."
“That was always his plan.
And he has this superstition around that date, the 21st.”
The stars also marveled at the Barbenheimer fan art that took the internet by storm.
“People are so clever,” Robbie said.
“People kept asking me, ‘So is each marketing department talking to each other?’
And I was like, ‘No, this is the world doing this!
This is not a part of the marketing campaign.’
“I think it happened because both movies were good,” Murphy offered.
Both are available to stream on digital now.
Watch Robbie and Murphy’s discussion in full above.
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