--- description: A picture shows 13-year-old Margot Robbie was a big Harry Potter fan. title: Margot Robbie Once Lied to Get Glasses Just Like Harry Potter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Margot Robbie Confesses That She Once Lied to Get Glasses Like Harry Potter by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2016 4:21 PM CUT by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 29, 2016 4:21 PM CUT Another day, another [actress](http://time.com/4376365/blake-lively-harry-potter/ "undefined") outs herself as a serious [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") fan. Before Margot Robbie was an in-demand actress known for playing an [insane supervillain](http://time.com/4288039/suicide-squad-footage-mtv-movie-awards/ "undefined") and giving [bathtub explainers](http://time.com/4229288/big-short-true-crisis-wall-street/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") on the economy, she was also really into _Harry Potter_. On _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Tuesday, an embarrassing childhood photo revealed that, as a 13-year-old, she basically wanted to be Harry. The picture shows her beaming with braces with _Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix_ in hand. “I lied to get glasses,” Robbie told Kimmel, “so I could look like Harry Potter.” Robbie clearly deserves superfan status based on the fact that she managed to score a pair of uncool specs even though she had perfect, 20/20 vision. No word on whether or not she’s still really into Harry. But we like to imagine her sitting down at the computer nightly, putting on her totally nonsense glasses, which she acquired by lying, and discussing the [theory](http://time.com/4006239/jk-rowling-harry-potter-theory-dumbledore/ "undefined") that Ron is really just a young Dumbledore with other Potter dorks. Watch the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4387239/margot-robbie-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4387239/margot-robbie-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Margot Robbie Confesses That She Once Lied to Get Glasses Like Harry Potter","datePublished":"2016-06-29T16:21:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:54.380Z","description":"The obsession was extreme","url":"https://time.com/4387239/margot-robbie-harry-potter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Books","Harry Potter","margot robbie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4387239/margot-robbie-harry-potter/","name":"Margot Robbie Confesses That She Once Lied to Get Glasses Like Harry Potter"}}]}] ```