Margot Robbie has revealed the surprising reason why she would have to turn down Kylie Minogue’s wish for her to play her in a movie about her life.
Appearing on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show with Scott Mills on Monday alongside Colin Farrell, Robbie was blindsided when she learned that the pop superstar had publicly named her as her dream casting.
“You know Kylie has said a few times that she would love you to play her in a movie,” Mills told the Barbie actress.
Robbie gasped: “She did not?! Why has nobody ever told me this before?! That is wild information!”
Pressed on whether she would consider it, Robbie – who like Minogue, originally got her big break on Aussie soap Neighbours – admitted she was “beyond honoured” but explained she couldn’t take the role.
“Of course I could not, I can’t sing – I can’t sing like Kylie. I don’t like it when people can’t actually sing and do a singing movie, you know,” she said.
The Australian actress also revealed her long-standing admiration for the star, saying the first ever concert she attended was Minogue’s KylieFever tour in Sydney. She recalled recently meeting the singer for the first time over cocktails, describing her as “the warmest and coolest person ever.”
Farrell then quoted an online article to back up Mills’ revelation: “Kylie says Margot Robbie is her dream choice to play her in a hypothetical movie about her life.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Farrell offered a more unexpected confession – that he was once scouted by Louis Walsh to join Boyzone. The Irish actor said he was approached in a Dublin nightclub in the 1990s while wearing “leather pants and a rubber t-shirt,” before auditioning with a rendition of Careless Whisper.
Walsh later called his family home to say “it’s not going to work,” but Farrell laughed it off, adding: “It worked out for everyone!”
Robbie and Farrell are currently promoting their new film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, with Farrell praising her as “truly one of the best actors of our time.”
After the film’s London premiere last week, Robbie admitted she celebrated in suitably low-key fashion – with karaoke until 1am in London’s Chinatown, belting out Celine Dion classics.
An interesting choice given her earlier insistence she couldn’t possibly take on Kylie’s life story because she “can’t sing.”
