Margot Robbie's 'criminally underrated' Hollywood epic is now streaming for free
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMargot Robbie stars in a Hollywood epic that's caught the attention of Netflix viewers, but it's not Barbie that's drawing the crowds this time.
Before the pink screwball extravaganza set screens alight, Robbie starred in a rollicking throwback to the dawn of cinema under the stewardship of an Academy Award-laden director.
Sadly, despite its pedigree, Damien Chazelle's sprawling three-hour spectacle, Babylon, didn't ignite box office success. Robbie plays the fiery Nellie LaRoy, transforming from hopeful amateur to bona fide starlet after a serendipitous meeting with Diego Calva's Manny Torres at a raucous 1926 Bel Air soiree.
As Nellie grapples with the seismic shift of talkies reshaping the industry, Manny ascends to the ranks of a high-powered studio executive, brushing elbows with Brad Pitt's fading luminary Jack Conrad, while uncovering the illicit fringes of Tinseltown, reports the Mirror.
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