Actor Margot Robbie and producer Tom Ackerley met through the 2014 film “Suite Franaise.”
In January 2014, Margot Robbie invited Tom Ackerley, her childhood friend Sophia Kerr, and some colleagues from the set of “Suite Française” to the UK premiere of “The Wolf of Wall Street.” They had a great time, and afterwards, Robbie suggested that they should all live together. As a result, they leased a home in London, and Robbie and Ackerley started dating that year.
“We kept it a secret. Because we weren’t really taking it seriously. ‘Oh, whatever, we’re just mates, we’re just mates.’ And then everyone found out,” Robbie told The Guardian in 2018. The actor said that “shit hit the fan” when the secret came out.”Our house turned into ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ for a moment there,” she recalled. “But then the dust settled, and it was all good.”Robbie said that their friends were concerned that the relationship would “ruin our group.””And then it didn’t. It was fine,” she said.
Robbie called the British producer “the best-looking guy in London” and explained how their dynamic turned romantic.
“I was the ultimate single gal,” Robbie told Vogue. “The idea of relationships made me want to vomit. And then this crept up on me.””We were friends for so long,” she continued. “I was always in love with him, but I thought, Oh, he would never love me back. Don’t make it weird, Margot. Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him. And then it happened, and I was like, Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before.”