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Robbie, 29, who has been nominated this year
for two BAFTAs and an Oscar, was on the red carpet for the world
premiere of "Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of
One Harley Quinn," to give it its full name, in London on
Wednesday.
Having pitched the idea of a female-led superhero action movie
to Warner Bros, Robbie also produced it, bringing Harley Quinn,
a character from the Batman stories created by DC Comics, to
center stage.
Asked if "Birds of Prey" was the first in a series of outings
for Quinn and the other female characters, amongst them Mary
Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress and Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black
Canary, Robbie did not rule it out.
"I, of course, have big wishes for many things we could do in
the DC (DC Comics) universe, but no, nothing official," she said
when asked if "Birds of Prey" was the first of a series.
The experience had been a blast, she added.
"I love acting, I love producing, and in this instance doing
both at the same time, I felt, yeah, it kind of worked really
smoothly because there were amazing people around me."
In the movie, Harley Quinn, whom Robbie played in the 2016 film
"Suicide Squad," tells what happens after she breaks up with the
Joker and finds that a lot of people hold grievances against her
and want her dead – among them supervillain Black Mask, played
by Ewan McGregor.
Wearing a black feathered crop top, long black skirt and bright
pink gloves on the red carpet, Robbie said she was looking
forward to seeing people's reactions to the movie.
"Incredibly proud and incredibly nervous, you never know how
it's going to go," she said when asked how she was feeling.
The movie is directed by Cathy Yan and will be released globally
in early February.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; writing by Sarah Young; editing by
Leslie Adler)
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