Diablo Cody’s all about the dollar bills, and she’d give up seemingly anything for enough of them … including her Oscar!
The writer/producer talked about Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig getting snubbed for Best Actress and Best Director respectively in an interview with People … and insisted she’d give back her Academy Award for penning “Juno” if she’d get a “Barbie”-level box office return.
DC basically told the mag that of course Margot and Greta got snubbed … but who cares about that when you just made 10 figures at the box office — before adding she’d “trade my Oscar for a billion-dollar movie right now, if I could flip a switch!”
Cody said she meant to disrespect to the Academy … though it kinda felt like saying “no offense” after you’ve low-key shaded a friend if we’re being honest. But, let’s be real — a ton of stars would make that deal for a billion-dollar movie.
Another interesting note … Diablo took a stance similar to a lot of people online — mainly that both Robbie and Gerwig got nominated in other categories — so not a total snub for either star.
To be fair, Cody’s a bit of an expert in this field … ’cause she worked on the “Barbie” project that was meant to star Amy Schumer way back in the day — though hers never quite got off the ground, saying it’s a hard IP to make believable.
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Still, lots of fans are outraged at MR and GG getting left out of their biggest categories … with some calling the voting sexist and even celeb fans like Hillary Clinton weighing in.
Welp, it seems there’s only one way to settle this … vote below!