© 2026 ABC News

The action film centers around Harley Quinn after her explosive breakup with Joker as she joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

\"PHOTO:
Warner Bros. Pictures
PHOTO: Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in "Birds of Prey," 2020.
>

\"You really see Harley becoming her own woman in this movie,\" Robbie said. \"The film itself is about seeing the formation of the Birds of Prey coming together, and we kind of needed Mr. J out of the picture to spend time getting to know the other characters.\"

Perez, who plays Renee Montoya, said that being a part of the first all-female superhero ensemble film, with all women at the helm of its production, was unlike any experience in her career.

\"I've had the privilege in over 30 years in this business to work with female directors and producers, but never on this magnitude, never on a studio level big budget film -- I hope it continues,\" Perez said.

\"And I have to say,\" she added, \"this is one kick-a-- executive producer.\"

\"PHOTO:
Warner Bros. Pictures
PHOTO: A still from "Birds of Prey," 2020.
>

Smollett-Bell, who plays Black Canary, said they trained for \"over five months to be able to do most of the stunts in the film,\" and even though they \"felt powerful and strong,\" she admitted the rigorous action \"kicked our butts.\"

Basco, 13, however, had a slightly different style of training to prepare for her role as Cassandra Cain.

\"I did do a lot of magic training, so I worked with a magician from the Magic Castle -- he taught me some sleight-of-hand and how to steal some wallets and money,\" she said with a laugh.

If the DC film gets a sequel, the executive producer and star shared the character she'd love to see make an appearance.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by @margotrobbie on Apr 15, 2019 at 12:41pm PDT

\"I'd love to see Poison Ivy on the screen again, I love her,\" Robbie said. \"If we're talking Birds of Prey, Oracle would be a pretty integral part -- I hope after this film they can kind of shoot off in the universe, it'd be cool to bring them in.\"

\"Birds of Prey\" hits theaters nationwide on Friday Feb. 7.

Robbie is nominated as actress in a supporting role for \"Bombshell,\" and \"Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood\" is nominated for best picture.

Watch the Oscars Sunday Feb. 9 live on ABC and check back to GMA for full coverage from the red carpet to the list of winners.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/birds-prey-star-margot-robbie-bounced-productions-oscar/story?id=68744250","legacySlug":"/culture/story/birds-prey-star-margot-robbie-bounced-productions-oscar-68744250","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"15:07","publishDate":"02-04-2020","updatedTime":"22:30","updatedDate":"02-09-2020","socialImage":{"alt":"Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in \"Birds of Prey,\" 2020.","credit":"Warner Bros. Pictures","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/harley-1-ht-er-200204_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"2/4/2020 15:07:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":68744250,"headline":"'Birds of Prey' stars talk female-led production","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA MARGOT ROBBIE ","description":"The Australian-born actress is up for two Academy Awards this year.","duration":"5:40","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/02/200204_gma_margot_0830_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["68593179","68515920","67909840"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"January 28, 2020","headline":"'Birds of Prey' filmmaker on the rise of female action directors","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/birds-prey-filmmaker-cathy-yan-rise-female-action-68593179","id":68593179,"image":{"alt":"'Birds of Prey' filmmaker on the rise of female action directors","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/cathy-yan-file-gty-jef-200128_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Paul Archuleta/WireImage/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 30, 2020","headline":"How to watch Oscar-nominated films from home","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/watch-oscar-nominated-films-home-68515920","id":68515920,"image":{"alt":"How to watch Oscar-nominated films from home","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/joker-warner-bros-02-ht-jc-190830_hpMain_2_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Warner Bros.","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"December 24, 2019","headline":"How 'Bombshell' made star Margot Robbie rethink sexual harassment","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/bombshell-made-star-margot-robbie-rethink-sexual-harassment-67909840","id":67909840,"image":{"alt":"How 'Bombshell' made star Margot Robbie rethink sexual harassment","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/bombshell3-ht-ml-191224_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/SMPSP via Lionsgate","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"'Birds of Prey' stars talk female-led production","description":"The Australian-born actress is up for two Academy Awards this year.","duration":"5:40","uploadDate":"02-04-2020","publication":"02-04-2020","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/02/200204_gma_margot_0830_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/02/200204_gma_margot_0830_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/birds-prey-star-margot-robbie-bounced-productions-oscar-68744250"}},"playlist":[{"id":"133220149","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133179167","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133144373","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133144059","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133143081","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133075455","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133063114","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133063086","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133015093","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132998564","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132998072","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132977374","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132977531","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132962364","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132958371","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132932494","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132927870","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132911868","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132911765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132880952","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"'Birds of Prey' stars talk female-led production","pubTime":"10:07","pubDate":"02-04-2020","modTime":"17:30","modDate":"02-09-2020","taxonomyTags":"none","id":68744250,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"'Birds of Prey' stars talk female-led production","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA MARGOT ROBBIE ","videoId":68744250,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/birds-prey-star-margot-robbie-bounced-productions-oscar-68744250"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/68744250","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/68744250","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};