{"id":2025003,"date":"2025-09-16T01:51:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2025003"},"modified":"2025-09-16T01:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:51:44","slug":"margot-robbie-was-positively-gleeful-watching-colin-farrell-sing-and-dance-in-new-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/margot-robbie-was-positively-gleeful-watching-colin-farrell-sing-and-dance-in-new-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Margot Robbie was ‘positively gleeful’ watching Colin Farrell sing and dance in new movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colin Farrell was never much of a theater kid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was too busy kicking a football around until my mid-teens,\u201d says the Irish actor, who is the son of professional footballer Eamon Farrell. But in new movie \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u201d<\/a> (in theaters Sept. 19<\/a>), Farrell gets a chance to flex his pipes as David, who goes on a surreal odyssey through his memories with the defiantly single Sarah (Margot Robbie<\/a>), whom he meets at a wedding.<\/p>\n

In one memorable sequence, David is whisked back to his 15-year-old self in high school, where he\u2019s the star of the musical \u201cHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.\u201d The \u201cIn Bruges\u201d star croons and soft-shoes alongside a teenage cast, before he and Robbie lead the entire audience in a sing-along of \u201cBeen a Long Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sarah (Margot Robbie, left) and David (Colin Farrell) come together for a soul-searching road trip in the fantastical “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so fun,\u201d Robbie recalls. \u201cI was positively gleeful watching Colin do his little jazz hands and jazz feet. It was great.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you got to observe me squirming for two days,\u201d Farrell quips. \u201cThat was the one scene that made me think, \u2018I’m not sure if I’m going to do the film.\u2019 \u201d All jokes aside, “it was fun, in spite of myself. I did enjoy it somewhat when I got over the initial discomfort of it. The whole theater was full of people. We shot from 2 in the afternoon until 3 in the morning, but the energy was lovely.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all felt very alive and very real,\u201d he adds. \u201cSo once I got out of my own way, I actually had a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Margot Robbie stuns in naked dress at ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ premiere<\/h2>\n

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Margot Robbie stunned in a sheer Armani dress with bedazzled, colorful details in the front and back while attending the European premiere of “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Sept.11, 2025, in London, England. See her look from every angle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the film, Sarah is a lifelong musical theater fan, whose childhood bedroom walls are adorned with posters of \u201cWest Side Story\u201d and \u201cSingin\u2019 in the Rain.\u201d Robbie has ample experience singing and dancing in movies such as \u201cBabylon,\u201d \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cAmsterdam,\u201d although she downplays her vocal abilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t have a singing voice, as you know from anything you’ve seen me singing,\u201d Robbie cracks. Growing up, “I didn’t get to be in the musicals, which is devastating. But like Sarah in this movie, I’m a musical groupie. I would sit there and watch all of the school musicals and just be like, \u2018God, I wish I could sing.\u2019 But I did the plays instead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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David (Colin Farrell, left) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) walk through magical doors that take them to pivotal moments in their lives.<\/p>\n

To prepare for \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey,\u201d director Kogonada gave Farrell, 49, and Robbie, 35, a long list of viewing \u201chomework,\u201d which included dream-like dramas by Frank Capra and Federico Fellini. The goal, he says, was to embrace the heightened tone and Technicolor artificiality of movie musicals, but without losing the \u201creal human emotions\u201d that fuel David and Sarah\u2019s romantic hang-ups. Both characters struggle to forgive themselves for past mistakes and are reluctant to dive back into relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave we grown cynical about the possibility of real connection? And what do we need to confront to have belief in that again?\u201d Kogonada says. \u201cThese are two adults who grew up loving musicals and believing in them. How do you retain that romance, but also be honest about the reality of the world?\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbie and Farrell remember chatting briefly at events over the years, but never really got to know each other until making \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey.\u201d There was an instant \u201cfamiliarity that I felt with Margot,\u201d Farrell says, and they bonded over their shared love of nature and food.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both eat a lot and get excited about our meals,\u201d Robbie says, turning to Farrell with a grin. \u201cYou have an alarming amount of salt on your food, and you never drink water!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colin Farrell, left, Margot Robbie and director Kogonada at a Los Angeles photo call for “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.”<\/p>\n

The three-time Oscar nominee says the project was a real \u201cheart-opener,\u201d reaffirming the gratitude and joy she gets from making movies. Farrell echoes her sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredibly sweet look at what it is to love and let go of the past,\u201d Farrell says. In his day-to-day life, \u201cit all snowballs: film, friendship, parenthood. You can learn about romance through being a parent. You can learn about caregiving through being in a romantic relationship. It all just cascades for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell dish on ‘Big Bold Beautiful Journey’<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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