Margot Robbie reveals secret Twitter outing

Actor Margot Robbie says she created an anonymous Twitter account and followed as many young Right-wing American women as she could find on the digital medium. The 29-year-old created the account to understand her character of Kayla Pospisil, a news reporter, in Jay Roach’s upcoming drama Bombshell.

“I didn’t grow up watching Fox News, and I didn’t grow up in the same place as (Kayla). I was struggling to understand that point of view for a while, and Twitter ended up being the most useful tool,” Robbie told ew.com. “Because people are extremely vocal on Twitter,” she added.

Bombshell chronicles the downfall of news titan Roger Ailes (essayed by John Lithgow), whom multiple employees accused of sexual harassment. Ailes denied all the claims until his death in 2017. It follows the network’s most famous female faces as they grapple with their own experiences with Ailes, including Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman). Talking about her role, Robbie said, “Kayla is an amalgamation of many women’s stories, and some of the specifics you see in scenes with her are taken from real-life interactions that they experienced.”

Robbie has spoken out against harassment in Hollywood in the wake of the #MeToo movement. She has admitted that making the film was eye-opening. “I felt I’ve done nothing but talk about sexual harassment in the workplace,” she said, adding that she learnt that victims of sexual harassment don’t always recognise it and that an unspoken culture of silence can end up perpetuating it.

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