Now one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Margot Robbie has the means to do something that most decent children dream of: paying off their parents’ debt as a thank you for all they’ve done.
During a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the 33-year-old Aussie recalled the moment she was finally able to pay off the entirety of her mother’s mortgage.
“She’d take money out of the house mortgage and lend me money, so I always knew, ‘Oh, I’ve gotta pay that back.’”
Robbie would keep track of all the money her mother lent her and claims to still have the piece of paper that she used to keep tally.
“I have that piece of paper still,” she said. “I kept it. Everything I owed my mom, I had written down.”
“And one day, when I made enough money, I just paid that whole mortgage off completely. I was like, ‘Mom, don’t even worry about that mortgage anymore. It doesn’t exist anymore.’”
Currently, the only upcoming project that the two-time Academy Award nominee is attached to is a Jay Roach-directed Ocean’s Eleven film, which is set to be a 1960s Europe-set prequel.
In addition to Robbie, fellow Barbie co-star Ryan Gosling is also rumored to feature in the film. Given the massive, historic success of Barbie, it’s likely that the project is fast-tracked as soon as the writers’ and actors’ strikes are over.
Alongside Robbie and Gosling, who are getting shouts to be nominated for Academy Awards, Barbie — which made a staggering $162 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend — stars Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Emma Mackey, Kingley Ben-Air, Dua Lipa, Rhea Perlman, John Cena, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, and more.