Margot Robbie is a world-famous Australian actress, a two-time Academy Award winner and the living image of a Barbie doll. But few people know that the actress is also a big sports fan.
Telecomasia.net will tell you about the role of sports in the life of the Hollywood beauty.
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Margot Robbie pledged her allegiance to London's Fulham
Although Margot was born in Australia and spent most of her life in the USA, she follows the English football. No, the actress is not a fan of a mainstream team like Manchester City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Robbie's choice is a more modest team - London's Fulham.
The Australian actress was first spotted in the stands of Craven Cottage in 2014. Then the film The Wolf of Wall Street was released on the big screens, which brought 23-year-old Margot world fame.
In 2018, Robbie admitted that she is a devoted Fulham fan because of her husband Tom Ackerley's love for the London club. Tom is a British film producer and co-founder of production company LuckyChap Entertainment. Margot met her husband on the set of the film Suite Française in 2013.
"I actually haven't been to another Fulham game for a while, but I know they're playing tomorrow against Aston Villa. And it's my two best friends - well, it's my husband and my other best friend Josie. Aston Villa's Josie's team, Fulham's Tom's team, so they're going to the game and it's tense already. I'm on the edge of my seat to see who wins. I mean, I've pledged my allegiance to Fulham, so I want Fulham to win," Margot wrote on her personal blog.
The Londoners don't give their popular fan much to cheer about with their performances. Marco Silva's team is famously a yo-yo club in the APL - constantly either leaving or returning to the world's strongest league. However, this year has brought Robbie a lot of good things, and it's not just the debut of Barbie. A year ago, Fulham returned to the Premier League and managed to stay there. Marco Silva's team suddenly became 10th and the Portuguese coach received multi-million dollar offers from Saudi Arabia. But it seems that the specialist decided to stay and make Margot Robbie happy with the game of his team in the new season.
So now we can safely say that Robbie is not just rooting for the losers nicknamed "The Cottagers", but for a regular team of the English Premier League.
Bet on football with 1xBetThe actress also follows American football, and there she prefers the New Orleans Saints. The main achievement of the team is the victory in the Super Bowl in 2009.
Margot Robbie is a passionate amateur hockey player
The Australian actress has repeatedly stated that she loves hockey. Margot's love for winter sports dates back to her childhood. In one of the interviews, the girl said that she dreamed of playing hockey when she was young, and after moving to the U.S., she competed in amateur league matches as a right winger.
"Well, I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia. I’m not sure why, but we didn’t have any ice where I lived. So, I played field hockey. But then when I moved to America, I was finally able to join a team once I wasn’t contracted to a show. When I was contracted to a show, I wasn’t able to play," - Margot said in an interview.
The actress pointed out that she is the worst player on the team, but hockey gives her incredible joy.
Since 2013 it is known that Margot is a big fan of the New York Rangers hockey club. The girl regularly attends the games at Madison Square Garden and is not embarrassed to show the full range of her emotions.
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Robbie admits that her agent keeps reminding her about the paparazzi who take pictures of the actress at Rangers games, but she can't control her emotions for all three periods.
"I'm like, "Keep it cool, it's all good." That lasts for the first two periods, but by the third period I'm just like, "ARGH! I just get so into it. And then I saw the pictures today and I'm like, "I look like a psychopath. Great," - jokes Margot.
The girl has been appearing at Madison Square Garden for years wearing the jersey of legendary New York Rangers player Henrik Lundqvist. The Swedish goalie spent 15 full seasons with the American team and ended his professional career in the summer of 2021.
Now Margot is rooting for Henrik's successor, Russian goaltender Igor Shesterkin. A year ago, the 27-year-old was named the league's best goaltender and won the Vezina Trophy.
With such support, the New York Rangers are sure to win the long-awaited Stanley Cup!
Margot Robbie spent several months training on ice for a role
In 2017, the movie I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie was released. The movie tells the story about the tough life of American figure skater Tonya Harding, who performed one of the most difficult elements in figure skating - the triple axel.
Margot's preparation for the film was not easy. The girl practiced figure skating for about four months, exhausting herself with rigorous training that lasted for several hours. Robbie performed many of the tricks in the film herself.
The actress said it was a tough time for her. The grueling training often drained her not only physically, but mentally as well.
Before that point I thought I wasn’t too bad at ice skating — I used to play ice hockey. I soon realised that I’d just been running on ice, and now there was no padding. My alarm would go off at 5.30am and I’d want to cry. Sometimes after sessions I’d get back into the car and weep.
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