Revealed: The surprising role Margot Robbie missed out on in 2010 – and which actress won it instead
Margot Robbie’s career skyrocketed when she starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013.
And it turns out her big break in Hollywood came two years after she had missed out on a role in one of Australia’s biggest dramas of 2010.
Margot, 29, had auditioned for the role of Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow When The War Began, but the part went to Phoebe Tonkin instead.
Can’t win them all! Margot Robbie’s breakout performance in The Wolf of Wall Street came two years after she had missed out on a role in one of Australia’s biggest dramas of 2010
The cast also included Lincoln Lewis, Ashleigh Cummings, Andrew Ryan, Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Chris Pang and Deniz Akdeniz.
Missing out on the role didn’t hurt Margot’s career.
She went on to find success in Hollywood as an actress and producer and has been nominated for two Oscars, in 2018 and 2020.
Missed out: Margot, 29, had auditioned for the role of Fiona Maxwell in Tomorrow When The War Began, but the part went to Phoebe Tonkin instead. Pictured on May 2, 2010 in Melbourne
The Tomorrow When The War Began cast and director Stuart Beattie reunited for a Zoom video chat on Tuesday to celebrate the film’s 10-year anniversary.
Andrew asked the director if anybody famous had auditioned for the movie.
‘Yeah, well, Margot Robbie. We auditioned her for Phoebe’s role,’ Stuart replied.
At the time, Margot had just finished working on Neighbours. Her last episode aired in January of that year.
Close call! Phoebe starred alongside Lincoln Lewis, Ashleigh Cummings, Andrew Ryan, Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Chris Pang and Deniz Akdeniz in the film
Instead of starring in the Australian film, Margot went to LA and was cast in the short-lived series Pan Am. Her breakout role in The Wolf of Wall Street wouldn’t come until two years later.
Soon after the release of Tomorrow When The War Began, Phoebe also moved to the U.S., where she landed a role in supernatural TV series The Secret Circle.
She went on to star in The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals.
Successful: Instead of starring in the Australian film, Margot headed to L.A to be cast in the short-lived series Pan Am, before her big break in the 2013 Martin Scorsese black comedy. Soon after the film’s release, Phoebe also moved to California, nabbing a role in the supernatural young adult series The Secret Circle