Thread by @GailSimone

I’m gonna say a thing that might amuse you guys about the upcoming Birds of Prey movie.

It’s a bit inside but pretty adorable, and sort of speaks to the ferocity of the actresses in the film.

I found it amusing and a little terrifying. Not a big thing, but a BIG THING. 1/

Okay, I spoke at some length with Margot Robbie’s dialect coach, a really nice woman who was very kind and a big fan of the original BOP comics.

She said nothing but nice things about everyone involved with the movie and was clearly thrilled that the comic was being adapted. 2/

She had nothing but lovely things to say about Margot. But one thing stuck with me, there was more than a little bit of awe.
She said that because Margot insisted on learning all the skills in the movie, that she had coaches for many disciplines.

It’s an action movie, right? 3/

She said that it was a little terrifying. Because whatever they brought in experts to teach her, she would master in days.

Trampolines? Martial arts? Weapons? Roller skating? Acrobatics?

Whatever they had to teach her, a week later, she was as good as the experts. 4/

In full costume. In full make-up.

WHILE PRODUCING THE MOVIE.

5/

Now, again, this is not Margot speaking, I’m certain she would give all credit to the experts and stunt people. But the people watching said, if they taught her a thing, she came back a couple days later having completely mastered it, like now big deal, I can sword fight now.’ 6/

And yes, she included her own specialty in the list of things Margot mastered in days.

In short, the crew loved her.

But we’re also a little bit in AWE of her.

And that feels very Birds of Prey to me. :)

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