Margot Robbie named her favorite book, which "means everything to her"
After her successful role in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street," alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie has become one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Over the past decade, she has portrayed supervillains, historical figures, and most recently, the lead role in Greta Gerwig's blockbuster "Barbie."
Thus, the Far Out website reports: "While honing her acting skills, Robbie also ventured into production, becoming one of the founders of LuckyChap Entertainment. This company has produced several films with her involvement, including 'I, Tonya,' and the latest record-breaking hit, 'Barbie.'"
Given her extensive acting portfolio and involvement in production, it's safe to say that Robbie has read many scripts in her time. As it turns out, this has changed her attitude toward reading in general.
As a child, she was obsessed with "Harry Potter" and the "Famous Five" series. However, Robbie now states: "My reading and attitude towards books have changed because I read so much for work. It's very hard to read a book without thinking about it in a work-related way."
Robbie mostly reads screenplays, which she finds to be a "good format" but slows her down: "It takes me about two, maybe three hours to read a script. I'm a pretty slow reader." Nevertheless, Robbie willingly answered the question about her favorite book. It is "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom. She said: "This book means everything to me. I adore it."
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" was published in 2003 and tells the story of the main character Eddie's journey through the afterlife, where he encounters five people from his past.
Explaining her love for the book, Robbie recited the first line: "It's a story about a man named Eddie, and it starts at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It may seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."
As a result, she could not explain what attracted her to the novel and said: "I don't know why. It's just a really good book."
In addition to Mitch Albom's work, among her favorite books, the actress named "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway and "The Animals" by Emma Jane Ainsworth.