Margot Robbie and 'Bombshell' Writer Charles Randolph

Margot Robbie, our first guest, is earning accolades galore for her role in "Bombshell" as Kayla, a Fox News employee whose TV ambitions draw the attention of the predatory Roger Ailes. She talks with us about playing a character with whom she has almost noting in common, and how she used social media to understand her.We also talk about one of the most underrated parts of her acting, how she balances acting and producing, and that story that she slapped Leonardo Di Caprio during her "Wolf of Wall Street" audition. If you're a rising actor, should you hit your prospective co-stars? She has some advice.Margot Robbie also talks about how she used to work at Subway.Our second guest, Charles Randolph, talks about how his religious upbringing -- including a plot to take Bibles behind the Iron Curtain -- informed his script for "Bombshell." He talks about why he likes writing conservative characters, the intense research he did for "Bombshell," and his upcoming scripts about John D. Rockefeller and Hulk Hogan v. Gawker.Please subscribe to MovieMaker interviews, check out MovieMaker.com, and be sure to check out the next issue of MovieMaker Magazine, featuring a look at Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap Productions and their upcoming slate of female-focused films, from "Birds of Prey" to "Promising Young Woman" to "Barbie." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.