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Margot Robbie and Charli xcx gave a recent video interview pegged to their new movie Wuthering Heights
Robbie recalled that early in her career, she received her worst-ever gift from a male actor: Why French Women Don't Get Fat, "essentially a book telling you to eat less," she said
"I was like, 'Whoa, f--- you, dude,' " quipped the actress
Margot Robbieis recalling advice from a fellow actor that was as offensive as it was unsolicited.
In a lively video interview withWuthering HeightsmusicianCharli xcxforComplex, the Australian actress-producer answered a prompt for the worst gift she'd ever received.
"Very, very early in my career, an actor I worked with, a male actor, gave me a book calledWhy French Women Don't Get Fat, and it was essentially a book telling you to eat less," said Robbie, 35. The lifestyle guide from Mireille Guiliano was published in 2007.
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Robbie's reaction at the time, she added, was simple: "I was like, 'Whoa, f--- you, dude.' "
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The unnamed actor in question gifted the book "really back in the day," continued theBarbiestar. "I have no idea where he would even be now."
Turning to the camera, Charli quipped, "Your career's over, babe."
"He essentially gave me a book to let me know that I should lose weight," said Robbie. "I was like, 'Wow.' "
The Oscar nominee leadsWuthering Heights(in theaters Friday, Feb. 13), writer-directorEmerald Fennell's adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel. Providing original music for the new film is Charli, 33.
"I received once a small jar of one of my fan's mother's ashes," the British pop star told Robbie of the worst gift she'd received. "It was a jar on a necklace. I just didn't quite know what to do with it ... I don't know where it is now."
The duo also announced their choices for the greatest Hollywood heartthrobs of all time, with Charli pickingJack Nicholsonand Robbie picking the lateMontgomery Clift.
Wuthering Heights, costarringJacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell, is in theaters Friday, Feb. 13.
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