‘Birds of Prey’ Star Margot Robbie Reveals Why She HAD to Give Harley Quinn Her Own Film

For Margot Robbie, ‘Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn’ has been a passion project five years in the making. Ahead of the movie’s release, Rotten Tomatoes correspondent Naz Perez sat down with Robbie to ask why she felt so connected to this character and why she worked so hard to bring her story to the big screen. Of course, ‘Birds of Prey’ is a Harley Quinn movie, but it’s no solo outing: We also spoke with the Birds themselves – Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Rosie Perez – and co-stars Ella Jay Basco and Chris Messina about working with Robbie and creating some of the DCEU’s most epic action scenes yet. Plus, director Cathy Yan talks creating a Gotham City befitting of her leading lady and working with Robbie to bring out Harley’s more vulnerable side.