Director Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles and the rest of the cast of Don’t Worry Darling caught the eye in the red carpet of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival not only because of their incredible style when dressing, but because they reignited certain controversies.
The media and fans They made evident the lack of rapprochement between Styles and Florence Pugh with the director, in addition to an alleged spit that the interpreter of As It Was would have thrown his co-star Chris Pine. But this is not all, because there is more than one dirty rag in this production and here we tell you about it from start to finish.
July 2019: Announced Don’t Worry Darling
Olivia Wilde is chosen as director and the search for the cast begins. Dakota Johnson and Shia LaBeouf are cast as leads. They are joined by Florence Pugh and Chris Pine as supporting characters.
August 2020: Shia LaBeouf leaves the film
LaBeouf claims he is withdrawing from the production due to scheduling issues, but Wilde assured Variety that she fired the actor under her “no idiots” policy.
His process was not adequate to the ethics that I demand in my productions. It has a process that, in a way, seems to require combative energy and, personally, I don’t think that leads to better performances… My priority is to make Florence Pugh feel safe.
August 2020: LaBeouf responds to Wilde
SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK
(the video olivia sent shia where she basically begged him to stay on the movie after ADMITTING that she knows shia makes florence uncomfortable) pic.twitter.com/ihlHOQlF6B
— percy 🌊 || who the fuck is gonna stop us? (@percystardust) August 26, 2022
LaBeouf did not hesitate to respond to Wilde and assured that he was not fired, but that he resigned because he did not have time for rehearsals, he even shared a video in which the director begs him not to leave the project.
I feel like I’m not ready to give up on this and I’m also devastated and want to fix it. You know, I think this could be a wake-up call for Miss Flo and I’d like to know if you’re open to giving this a shot with me, with us. If she really commits, if she puts her mind and her heart into it, at this point and if you can make amends—I respect your point of view and I respect hers—but if you could, what do you think? There is hope? Will you tell me?
September 2020: a new protagonist arrives
Wilde announces that Harry Styles will replace LaBeouf in the film.
Styles was my first choice for the character, but his concert tour prevented him from doing the movie.
October 2020: Dakota Johnson also leaves the film
After several delays, Dakota leaves the project because her shooting ends up coinciding with that of the dark daughter and Pugh becomes the lead in the film.
November 2020: Wilde separates from her husband
Magazine People announces the separation of Wilde and Jason Sudeikis under good terms.
January 2021: Styles and Wilde begin a relationship
Wilde and Styles are shown for the first time in public and holding hands at a wedding.
April 2022: the promotion of the tape begins
On the stage of CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, a judicial agent hands Wilde the papers for the custody of her children, sent by the lawyer of her ex-husband Jason Sudeikis.
May 2022: Pugh and Wilde start a feud
The fans note that unlike other occasions, Pugh does not promote Don’t Worry Darling on her Instagram account and remember that in February of that same year, the actress posted a thank you to everyone, excluding Wilde.
In addition, an anonymous source assured that Pugh and other members of the film were uncomfortable with the relationship between the director and Styles on the set, since Sudeikis (then Wilde’s husband) used to visit her on the set with their children. As if that were not enough, the director’s ex is a close friend of Pugh’s then partner, Zach Braff.
August 2022: Pugh “breaks” the silence
In this month, Wilde gives an interview mentioning his disgust at having to cut sex scenes in the film and, somewhat diplomatically, tries to reduce Pugh’s work to just these scenes.
The actress was not silent and thus responded in an interview for the magazine Harper’s Bazaar.
When you’re reduced to your sex scenes or seeing the most famous man in the world being intimate with someone, it’s not why we do it. It’s not why I’m in this industry… Obviously, with the hiring of the most famous pop star in the world, you’re going to have conversations like that. But I’m not going to talk about that because [esta película es] bigger and better than that.
September 2022: Everything spirals out of control
Don’t Worry Darling premieres at the Venice Film Festival. Styles avoids physical and visual contact with Wilde. Pugh refuses to promote the film and his manager confirms that he will not give interviews. In addition, the press conference asks the media to avoid questions related to LaBeouf and Pugh.
After the screening, the film received a four-minute ovation (which is somewhat low), but at minute three, the protagonist left the room. As if that were not enough, the film was destroyed by critics and it was mentioned that the only thing that could be redeemed was Florence Pugh’s performance.
To all this was added the alleged spit that Styles launched against his partner Pine. The moment went viral on social networks and the actor’s manager clarified that it was all a bad take, because the singer never spat on the interpreter of Jake Hardin in Just My Luck.
The film has been a complete disaster from its organization, the coexistence of its cast and projection. Many believe that it is destined to be a flop on screen, but others say that all this controversy will do wonders for it at the box office.
Source: Okchicas
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