Margot Robbie responds to backlash over Brad Pitt kissing apocalypse

Margot Robbie has settled her controversial impromptu kiss scene with “Babylon” co-star Brad Pitt.

“We all set our boundaries before making this movie, because it’s a movie that really pushes boundaries in a lot of ways,” she said tell entertainment tonight at the film’s premiere last week. “We’re all fine.”

The Australian actor who is married to British producer Tom Ackley, caused some criticism Earlier this month, after she revealed she had an impromptu kiss with her partner.

“It’s not in the script,” she said Tell E!information“But I thought, ‘When else will I get a chance to kiss Brad Pitt? I’m just going to go for it.'”

In this comedy, Robbie stars as Nellie, an actress trying to make it big in ’20s Hollywood, while Pitt co-stars as veteran actor Jack Conrad.

“I said, ‘Damian, I think Nellie is going to go up and kiss Jack,'” Robbie told E! News, recalls a conversation with director Damien Chazelle. “And Damien was like, ‘Well, she can—wait, wait. You just want to kiss Brad Pitt. I was like, ‘Oh, sue me then. That chance might never happen again. came up. He said, ‘That’s really suitable for the role,’ and I said, ‘I think so.’”

Ultimately, Chazelle felt the kiss “really worked,” and wanted to do it again and include it in the film, Robbie said.

But some social media users took issue with Robbie’s nonchalant comments, suggesting she had acted inappropriately and would have reacted differently if the roles had been reversed. Others thought Robbie’s comments were in poor taste, abuse allegations against pete From his ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

Asked ‘how Margot secretly kissed’ at ‘Babylon’ premiere Pete told ET “There’s always room for character interpretation.”

“Believe me, this is the most tame thing she’s ever done in this matter,” he added. “She’s so hot about it. She’s the best I’ve ever seen her.”

In the wake of sexual misconduct allegations that sparked the “Me Too” movement and Hollywood’s ongoing reckoning over abuse, film sets have changed the way actors film intimate scenes while navigating between consent and boundaries. Many productions now employ closeness coordinators to help protect and safely guide actors through such work.