Margot Robbie Wants Harley Quinn Romance with Poison Ivy: 'I Have Been Pushing for That for Years'

Mar. 15, 2025

Margot Robbieis ready for a Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy romance to blossom.

“Ihave been pushing for that for years,” Robbie, 32, told ComicBook.comin a new interview. “I cannot tell you how hard I’ve been pushing for that.”

If tasked with filling Ivy’s green shoes in a live-action adaptation herself, Robbie said she doesn’t have anyone specific in mind: “Honestly, when I pictured [it], I always picture, like, Poison Ivy in the comics.”

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In the meantime,Lady Gagais preparing to step into Harley’s shoes for 2024’sJoker: Folie A DeuxalongsideJoaquin Phoenix, which Robbie saidshe is “so happy” about.

“It’s kind of like someone gets to do their Batman, or someone gets to do their Macbeth,” Robbie continued. “It’s such an honor to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing.”

“And I thinkshe’ll do something incredible with it,” the two-timeOscarnominee added of Gaga, 36.

Lady Gaga; Margot Robbie.Frazer Harrison/Getty; Mike Marsland/WireImage

Given that Gaga and Robbie’s Harleys are not set in the same universe, Robbie has also said that she is not only open to playing the quirky criminal again but is “ready” to pick back up where she left off.

“I’vehad enough of a break,” Robbie toldEntertainment Tonightin August 2021. “I’m ready to do her again.”

“I didBirds of PreyandThe Suicide Squadback-to-back, sothat was a lot of Harley all in a one-yearperiod,” she said. “But that was a while ago now.”

Added Robbie, who will be back on the big screen in the titular role ofGreta Gerwig’s live-actionBarbienext year, “I’m always ready for more Harley.”

source: people.com