Barbie star America Ferrera shared her emotional reaction to her first Oscar nomination on Tuesday – but admitted she feels ‘incredible disappointment’ over Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig being snubbed.
Ferrera, 39, who played Gloria in the 2023 billion dollar blockbuster, landed a nod in the Best Supporting Actress category alongside Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer, Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple, Jodie Foster, Nyad and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers.
Speaking to Variety, the star said she was in disbelief when her name was announced, saying: ‘There was a moment where I wasn’t sure if I had made it up. And then my phone started blowing up so I figured that I must have heard it right.
‘I still haven’t really been able to get in my feelings because I’m still on like the top layer of “I can’t even believe that this is real.”‘
The star said her publicist called her ‘screaming’ before her The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars: Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel FaceTimed her as a group.
Barbie star America Ferrera shared her emotional reaction to her first Oscar nomination on Tuesday – but admitted she feels ‘incredible disappointment’ over Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig being snubbed
Robbie and Gerwig missed out on Best Actress and Best Director nominations with Ferrera saying: ‘I was incredibly disappointed that they weren’t nominated’ (pictured at the Critics Choice Awards)
She said: ‘It’s been a long Barbie journey — I mean longer even for Greta and Margot and Noah, it’s been years and years and years — everyone’s really excited that we get to celebrate and to end this journey at the biggest party of the year.’
Barbie also picked up nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling as Ken,adapted screenplay (Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach), costume design, production design, and original songs I’m Just Ken and What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish.
Robbie and Gerwig missed out on Best Actress and Best Director nominations with Ferrera saying: ‘I was incredibly disappointed that they weren’t nominated. Greta has done just about everything that a director could do to deserve it.’
She added of Robbie: ‘What Margot achieved as an actress is truly unbelievable. One of the things about Margot as an actress is how easy she makes everything look. And perhaps people got fooled into thinking that the work seems easy, but Margot is a magician as an actress in front of the screen, and it was one of the honors of my career to get to witness her pull off the amazing performance she did. ‘
Barbie’s Oscar nomination for I’m Just Ken was booed when Academy Award nods were announced on Tuesday as Robbie and Gerwig from the blockbuster were snubbed leading fans to slam the announcements for sexism.
The Oscar nominations for 2024 were announced by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid from the academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday morning.
Quaid, 31, did the nominations for Best Original Song and began with The Fire Inside written by Diane Warren for Flamin’ Hot which received a lengthy ovation by the crowd in attendance.
However, the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan moved on to say I’m Just Ken from Barbie written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt which received audible boos from the audience which could clearly be heard on the livestream.
Ryan Gosling was the main performer in the number as another Barbie track was also nominated.
She said: ‘It’s been a long Barbie journey — I mean longer even for Greta and Margot and Noah, it’s been years and years and years — everyone’s really excited that we get to celebrate and to end this journey at the biggest party of the year’ (pictured with Robbie and Gerwig)
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell landed a nod for What Was I Made For? and other nominees included It Never Went Away from American Symphony and Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon.
Regardless of the reaction Ronson and Wyatt were excited about the nod as they released a statement which read: ‘ We’re excited and grateful beyond words.
‘This really is the highest honour to be recognized by our peers and heroes from the Academy. And in a year of so many extraordinary songs – including those from our incredible fellow Barbie contributors.
‘It’s a testament to Greta Gerwig’s power to inspire and bring out the very best in everyone around her. Thank you so much.’
Meanwhile fury is mounting on social media after Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed for Oscar nominations for their film Barbie as two most prominent women involved in last year’s billion-dollar blockbuster were notably left out.
Greta failed to secure a nomination for best director this year, and Margot, who played the title character, was also passed over for best lead actress.
The omissions attracted extra attention on account of the fact that Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor.
Barbie’s Oscar nomination for I’m Just Ken was booed when Academy Award nods were announced on Tuesday
The omissions attracted extra attention on account of the fact that Ryan Gosling , who played Ken, did get nominated for best supporting actor
Ronson and Wyatt are seen at the Critics Choice Awards last week as they released a statement which read: ‘ We’re excited and grateful beyond words. ‘This really is the highest honour to be recognized by our peers and heroes from the Academy. And in a year of so many extraordinary songs – including those from our incredible fellow Barbie contributors’
Some social media commentators leapt to point the finger at sexism – despite the fact Ferrera was nominated.
Ryan received nominations for Best Supporting Actor and his performance of I’m Just Ken in the film.
‘Ryan Gosling, while deserving, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t?’ wrote one outraged fan on X.
‘Completely proving the point of the movie in 20 f***ing 24 you cannot make this up,’ the social media user added, referring to the movie’s feminist themes.
‘Wait Ryan Gosling got nominated for his role as Ken, but Margot Robbie didn’t get nominated for Barbie?! And Greta got snubbed for Best Director?!?! Way to justify the literal plot of the movie,’ wrote another X user, echoing the theme.
A third groused: ‘If Ryan deserved a nom, then Margot certainly did, the fact she wouldn’t have won isn’t the point. It almost feels like the Academy deliberately played into the theme of the movie to get people talking. #Oscars haven’t been about who actually deserves it for a long time.’
Although Margot is not in the running for best lead actress, the movie itself is up for best picture, meaning she has in fact been nominated as a producer.
Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach are also nominated jointly this year for having written the adapted screenplay of Barbie.
