Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie talk corsets (Mary Queen of Scots)

There's nothing quite like a corset when it comes to channeling female frustration. So say Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, who also had horses, blustery winds, wigs and rain to deal with when filming royal historical movie "Mary Queen of Scots," out in U.S. movie theaters on Friday. But the two actresses said they welcomed the battles with the elements when making the movie about the true life rivalry between 16th century Queen Elizabeth I of England and her distant cousin Mary Stuart.

"The costumes were incredibly made. Those corsets - you feel like you can't breath sometimes. It's very helpful when you are feeling frustrated with your male advisors, to feel that shortness of breath," said Robbie, who plays Elizabeth.

"Mary Queen of Scots" has sisterhood and frustration aplenty as both young royals wrestle with politics, plots, power, love and their scheming male advisors. It is one of several movies winning attention as Hollywood's awards season swings into gear that is headlined by not just one but two or more women. It is also directed by a woman - Britain's Josie O'Rourke - but was made before the #MeToo movement fueled demands for more female voices in Hollywood. Ronan, playing the headstrong Mary who claimed both the Scottish and English thrones some 450 years ago, said she loved filming outdoors.

"I loved being on a horse. When you are having to deal with the elements and a corseted costume and animals, it informs the performance," the actress said. Despite feeling a connection because of their positions of female power, the two royals were also lifelong rivals. "Elizabeth gave England the longest period of peace... but I think as a person, she lost everything - her womanhood, her humanity," said Robbie.

"I think she so badly wished she could behave the way Mary did sometimes." The film contains only one (imagined) scene when they meet, and Mary begs Elizabeth for her help and protection. Robbie said that after the actresses deliberately kept themselves apart during weeks of shooting, the scene was intense. "To see Mary standing there, young and fierce and asking for help and knowing I wasn't going to give it, was heart-breaking. I was sobbing. It was a really, really emotional moment for me," she said.

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[koreecob]

I really hope actresses in the future that have to wear corsets for their roles realize that corsets, when they’re made correctly, are support for the gowns that they used back then. It’s history and pop culture that changed that and turned it (with time) in a symbol against feminists. Most times, if a corset is made horribly, it will cut your breath and hurt like hell. So, get a good costume designer that knows about it and makes a decent corset.

[rosiegaines]

"My corset cut me in half, and I died. And I had to be resurrected."

[orangutansoda]

I once wore a corset and it ended up taking me to divorce court and taking 90% of my belongings. Then, when i was at my lowest point, catfished me pretending to be a handsome man and convinced me my life was meaningless all the while messaging me on different accounts and harassing me. I wasn’t even given partial custody of my children

[cameronwarmerdam]

Anybody else here from Karolina's corset stereotypes vid?

[arielgalles]

My corset killed my entire family. I have never been the same since.

[coin]

Long ago the Scottish and English people lived together in harmony. But then everything changed when the corset nation attacked

[RandomHuman-yplt]

They didn't wore corsets by that time, they wore stays. Also, corsets weren't like that.

Edit: I just researched it, it's called a pair of bodies. Sorry.

[ashmax]

The corset did all of that horrible things to everyone in the comment section but most importantly it forgot my drinks, how am i suppose to eat my pizza without my drinks

[Anna-bxwm]

I hope you guys stop blaming these actresses and blame the costume designers