Margot Robbie has revealed what she inhaled in Babylon’s drug-taking scenes

When a movie starts, the magic begins. Margot Robbie and Brad Pittprotagonists of the recent Babylon, a film that deals with the subject.

For magic to be possible, a good predisposition on the part of the spectator and some expedients that generate the desired reality effect are necessary. That’s why when the actors dance it looks like they are professionals, when they smoke it looks like they are consuming tobacco or when they puff we have the illusion that they are doing it for real.

In Damien Chazelle’s new film, nellie laroy Y manny torrescharacters played by Robbie and the Mexican diego baldThey take drugs everywhere. In one memorable scene from the opening sequence, the two take cocaine together and then throw a wild party.

On this, Robbie confirmed to Buzzfeed that no one takes cocaine on set and revealed what Hollywood blockbusters usually use to replace drugs at the time of registration.

What’s the catch?

According to Robbie, when we see cocaine being snorted in TV shows and movies, what is being used most of the time is Vitamin B powder or baby laxative powder. Also, to a lesser extent, art teams use powdered sugar.

The Australian actress clarified that by inhaling counterfeit drugs”it’s not nice”.

The same goes for cigarettes: on the set of Babylon, in his case, he used nicotine-free herbal cigarettes which “they are terrible and taste awful”. And Calva agreed: “Cigarettes smelled funny“.

Both smoked to build their characters and, in Robbie’s case, to give LaRoy a raspy voice.

Babylon recounts, in about three hours, the rise and fall of a group of characters in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when cinema moved from silent to talkies. There are parties, orgies, huge sets, good music and, as you may have noticed, many drugs.

Babylon, a box office flop

Babylon, which came from the hand of Oscar-winning Chazelle, creator of flick Y La La Landit did not get the ride American theaters expected.

It’s struggling to hit $20 million after a rocky start, and unless a miracle happens in the rest of the world, it won’t be able to hit its high production cost of over $80 million to turn a profit. .

In turn, although it divided the opinions of critics, it was not even nominated for any major Oscars. In the next edition of the Academy Awards, he will compete in three equally important categories: Best Score, Best Costumes and Best Art Direction.