Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera criticized the absence of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig at the 2024 Oscars

The celebration of the cast of Barbie for the nominations for the next Oscar 2024 has not been complete, taking on a bittersweet taste. While the film was recognized among the shortlist of nominees for Best film and other awards, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig have been annulled in their respective categories, which has unleashed public outrage. Now, two of its stars have joined the critics and they have spoken without mincing words.

Despite the eight nominations it received Barbieranking as the fourth most nominated film in total, its two creators suffered the indifference of the Prize of the Academy: Robbie was left out of the category Best Leading Actress and Gerwig of the Best Director. The reaction of Ryan Goslingwho did get a nomination this Tuesday for Best Supporting ActorDo not be late.

The actor, who played the legendary Kenhighlighted the duo’s immense contribution to the film’s success in a statement: “There is no Ken without Barbieand there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making and world-famous movie,” Gosling told Peopleemphasizing that saying that it is upset “it would be to stay short”.

“With nothing more than a couple of toys soulless, scantily clad and, thankfully, crotchless, they made us laugh, broke our hearts, fueled the culture and they made history. Their work must be recognized along with that of the other nomineeswho deserve it,” he continued before thanking him for his nomination.

For its part, the second acting nomination for Barbie it was for America Ferrera, who celebrates his candidacy for Oscar 2024 as Best Supporting Actress, but also regretted the absence of Gerwig and Robbie in the main categories. The actress praised the director’s impressive work in creating a global phenomenon from something that initially lacked significant meaning.

“Greta has done almost all what a director can do to deserve it,” Ferrera said about Gerwig’s absence. “She created this world, took something that had no inherent value to most people and turned it into a global phenomenon. Is disappointing not see it on that list.”

The energetic protest of Ferrera in the case of Margot Robbie had the same proportion. The 40-year-old actress praised the contribution of the protagonist of Barbie to your success, ensuring that “what she has achieved as an actress is truly incredible.”

“One of the things that Margot has as an actress is the easy that makes everything seem. And maybe people were fooled into thinking that the job seems easy,” Ferrera said, referring to how this possibly led voters to underestimate the difficulty of the Australian performer’s performance. “In my opinion, she is a teacher”.

Meanwhile, Gerwig and Robbie’s positions in their respective categories were occupied by other talented filmmakers and actresses who were left out, despite the fact that the duo received nominations in the same shortlists for other prestigious awards, such as the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. In fact, Margot has nominations pending in the SAG Awards and the BAFTA.

As Best Leading Actressthe Academy has only nominated Annette Bening (Nyad), Lily Gladstone (The Flower Moon Killers), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Carey Mulligan (Teacher) and Emma Stone (poor creatures).

On the other hand, the filmmakers who got a place in the shortlist of nominees for Best Director of the Oscars were Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall), Martin Scorsese (The Flower Moon Killers), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Yorgos Lanthimos (poor creatures) and Jonathan Glazer (The area of ​​interest).

Despite these controversial omissions, Barbie has received recognition in other important categories. Greta Gerwig and her husband, Noah Baumbach, received the nomination for Best Adapted Screenplayand the film has been featured in Design of Locker room and Design of Production.

The realization did not go unnoticed in the section of Best filmreceiving the nomination that includes Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerly as producers.