Why was Don't Worry Darling so controversial? Florence Pugh addresses Harry Styles uproar

Pugh, who played Alice Chambers successful the Olivia Wilde-directed movie and co-starred with Harry Styles, was the absorption of rumours astir on-set tension.

She told Vogue's October variation astir the contented and discussed her feelings astir being publically bullied.

“There’s truthful galore times erstwhile I’ve been doing property for a movie and I americium asked questions astir [Don’t Worry Darling], and I ever deliberation it’s unfair to instrumentality the abstraction distant from the movie that I’m talking about,” she said. “So I’m going to politely determination distant from that.

“I had to beryllium nationalist successful the past due to the fact that radical were bullying maine and bullying my partner.”

Unfortunately, the film’s reviews weren’t truthful large either, with IMDb giving it 6.3 retired of 10. But the Evening Standard’s Charlotte O'Sullivan rated it highly, giving it 5 stars.

Here’s each you request to cognize astir the film’s controversies.

Several controversies, confirmed and speculative, surrounded Don’t Worry Darling.

On-set tensions: Rumours of hostility betwixt Pugh and Olivia Wilde surfaced, with 1 mentation suggesting that Pugh was upset astir Wilde's narration with Styles. This was allegedly owed to Wilde inactive being joined to her then-husband, Jason Sudeikis, who is reportedly a person of Pugh's.

Additionally, it was suggested that Pugh was unhappy astir the wage disparity betwixt her and her co-star Styles, though Wilde officially dismissed these claims arsenic "clickbait”.

Shia LaBeouf's departure: This was different large controversy. LaBeouf was initially formed arsenic the lead, Jack, successful April 2020, with Wilde acceptable to co-star arsenic Alice, and Pugh successful a supporting role. However, roles were switched erstwhile the film’s absorption shifted to a younger couple, placing Pugh successful the lead.

LaBeouf, however, rejected this account, stating helium near voluntarily owed to a deficiency of rehearsal time. He adjacent shared messages and a video from Wilde that suggested she was attempting to support him involved, adding to the confusion.

Promotion and backlash: During the film's promotion, interactions betwixt the formed (or deficiency thereof) fuelled much speculation. A 2022 Venice Film Festival incident, wherever immoderate thought Styles spat connected Chris Pine (later denied), further exemplified the media frenzy astir the film.

Blake Lively’s caller movie It Ends With Us seems to beryllium going down a akin way with its property tour, with rumoured feuds among the cast.

There isn't arsenic overmuch overt impervious of play arsenic Don’t Worry Darling, but online observers person noticed respective unusual coincidences. Firstly, adjacent though manager Justin Baldoni, besides known arsenic Rafael from Jane the Virgin, follows each subordinate of the film's formed connected Instagram, nary travel him.

Secondly, determination haven't been galore partnered interviews during the property trip, with the actors spending astir of the clip isolated from 1 another.

On Tuesday, August 6, astatine the New York premiere, lone a tiny formed radical was photographed together. It seemed arsenic though Lively and Colleen Hoover were the lone ones to denote the pre-screening, adjacent though the full ensemble is typically invited to the stage.

Last but not least, Jenny Slate aroused curiosity astir the off-screen dynamics erstwhile she changed the taxable of a journalist's enquiry regarding her collaboration with Baldoni.