10 Ridiculous Stories Behind 2020 Movies
6. Margot Robbie's Egg Allergy - Birds Of Prey
After the disaster that was Suicide Squad, you can't blame Margot Robbie for wanting to have a bigger off-screen influence on Harley Quinn's next outing. To no one's shock, she also took up a producing role for Birds Of Prey where she had more oversight. So, frankly, the fact that this happened is nothing short of bewildering.
One of the film's most memorable moments is a fun chase sequence where Harley tries to maintain the integrity of her beloved egg sandwich while being chased and having to negotiate multiple begrudged obstacles. When putting the scene together, the production came across one tiny snag.
Turns out Margot Robbie is allergic to chicken egg whites, causing her to suffer from migraines upon eating them. This, somehow, didn't occur to anyone including Robbie while developing the script. At that point, the production had to improvise and opt instead for duck eggs, which is what you end up seeing on screen.
Ultimately, that switch didn't really end up messing things up too much, apart from inflating the studio's budget (they're not cheap given how many were probably needed). But the fact that it got to that in the first place is nothing short of utterly baffling.