Margot Robbie Advises DCEU Producers To Stand By Their Directors

Superhero films are a team effort, but as Margot Robbie explains, the team should still be working to enact their director's vision.

Robbie recently completed her first film as a producer in the upcoming I, Tonya, a film that is a product of a supported and singular vision. Robbie recently revealed what she's taken away from I, Tonya in terms of what a producer is supposed to do.

"The most important thing as a producer is it's your job when you pick your director to stand by your director," Robbie told Metro. "You can't stand by your director and second guess everything. There are times when you step in and debate a certain situation. You don't want to leave any stone unturned. In my opinion a good producer trusts their director, and their job is to enable that director's vision. That's it. That's your job. If that's your director's vision you need to do everything in your power to make that possible. And I think that's a wonderful thing."

That goes for the DCEU as well. "In the DC Universe, too, once you decide on who your director is, and they have a vision, you have to enable that vision and step in at moments to keep it on course if need be. I think that's the way. I think that's what a producer should do," Robbie said.

Robbie starred as Harley Quinn in the David Ayer directed Suicide Squad and has first-hand experience with a film that didn't completely follow a director's core vision. Warner Bros. is actually much more lenient than other studios in this regard, as it has a reputation for being a director friendly studio. Still, that didn't keep it from ordering two different edits of Suicide Squad, favoring the edit from the team responsible for the successful trailer as opposed to Ayer's original cut.

They ended up combining the two visions for the final product, but audiences were rather divided on the finished product. Granted, fans might not have warmly received Ayer's full vision, but it seems that's the dice roll you just have to make.

I, Tonya hits theaters on December 8.