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BARBED WORDS?

Stars Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy chat about viral ‘Barbenheimer’ rivalry

And Barbie star Margot had an idea for a new project Cillian could sign up to

THE two Barbenheimer stars end the year with another blockbuster summit.

Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy went head to head in the summer’s biggest films.

Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy are among the stars who front the Actors on Actors issue of VARIETY. In their conversation, Robbie and Murphy speak about their roles in “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”, Barbenheimer, Christopher Nolan, pink, Greta Gerwig, and more. Handouts and highlights below., , , Download the high-res cover images here., , Additional images here., , Photo credit: Alexi Lubomirski for Variety
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Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy had a sit down with Variety after starring in their huge summer blockbustersCredit: Alexi Lubomirski for Variety
Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy are among the stars who front the Actors on Actors issue of VARIETY. In their conversation, Robbie and Murphy speak about their roles in “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”, Barbenheimer, Christopher Nolan, pink, Greta Gerwig, and more. Handouts and highlights below., , , Download the high-res cover images here., , Additional images here., , Photo credit: Alexi Lubomirski for Variety
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Barbie star Margot wore a polka dot outfit as she posed with CillianCredit: Alexi Lubomirski for Variety

Now the leading stars have met up to discuss the successful blockbusters.

Barbie ended up pummelling Oppenheimer at the box office.

Margot, 33, in a polka dot outfit for her Variety magazine chat with Cillian, 47, said: “Ninety per cent of me was certain this would be a big deal and a massive hit and ten per cent of me thought, ‘Oh, this could go so badly wrong’.

“It was all about (director) Greta Gerwig.

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“And it was like, ‘If it wasn’t going to be Greta, then, yeah, this could have been an absolute disaster.’”

She also urged Cillian to make a spin-off movie of his hit TV gangster series Peaky Blinders.

He reckoned: “I’m open to the idea.”

The Oppenheimer actor played Tommy Shelby in the hit crime drama.

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Peaky Blinders actor Cillian played the scientist behind the nuclear bombCredit: BackGrid
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While Margot portrayed Mattel's world-famous doll - and it was her flick that came out on top at the box officeCredit: Alamy
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