The audition Margot Robbie ruined by being accidentally high
Movie stars using illicit substances has been part and parcel of celebrity for decades, but when Margot Robbie got so high she blew an audition, it happened entirely by accident.
Before she was able to pick and choose whatever parts she wanted after earning a spot at Hollywood’s top table, Robbie was in the same position as any other aspiring actor. Auditioning can be an exhaustive and torturous process, especially when attending one while unintentionally under the influence.
A breakthrough role in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street was the catalyst for the Australian’s success, and she’s now got three Academy Award wins under her belt for acting and producing, played the title role in Warner Bros’ highest-grossing movie ever, and comfortably ranks among the industry’s highest-paid performers.
Of course, that wasn’t always the case, and misreading the strength of American medication ended up sending Robbie into a drug-addled daze that sticks out in her memory as one of the most disastrous auditions she’s ever had the misfortune of experiencing.
“I had this really small day surgery thing the day before a big audition that I really wanted the role for, and I was in so much pain,” she explained to The Sun. “I was at my friend’s house and he’d just had root canal treatment. I was like, ‘I’m in so much pain but I’ve got this audition tomorrow’. And he was like, ‘Oh well, I’ve got painkillers from the root canal. Take them when you wake up before your audition and you’ll be fine.’”
Thanks to a breakdown in communication, Robbie “thought he meant to take two as the dosage, but he really meant to take two just in case I needed another one for later.” On an empty stomach, she drove to the audition and suddenly began to realise that something was quite clearly amiss.
“I’m driving and halfway there I was suddenly like, ‘Oh my God, what a lovely day it is,’” she continued. “I’ve got one hand out the window. I was off my head. It was a terrible audition, I’m sure! I remember curling up on the couch and the whole thing was terrible. I was going for my driving test right afterwards to get my American licence and I was like, ‘I am not OK, I cannot do a driver’s test.'”
Robbie fortunately had a friend who worked at Sony, causing her to run to their office for assistance. “I was like, ‘Can you give me food or something? I think I’m high. I’m not sure but I think I’m high, help me’. It was hilarious.” Suffice to say, she didn’t end up getting the part or taking her driving test that day, but a valuable lesson was learned on the strength of Stateside painkillers.
