In Margot Robbie's latest film Babylon, she plays Nellie — a dreamer trying to make it big in Hollywood. Babylon — directed by Damien Chazelle and starring an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Li Jun Li and Diego Calva — chronicles a group of actors in the 1920s, right at the point filmmaking is transitioning to sound. "You …
Amid the madness that is “Babylon,” Damien Chazelle’s portrait of decadent 1920s-era Hollywood, Diego Calva channels his energy into a performance of quiet intensity. “I’ve never before been surrounded by so many naked people in my life,” exclaims actor Diego Calva, describing the bacchanalian set piece that opens “Babylon.” “The background artists, the dancers, some actual porn stars, the musicians …
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