Don't Worry Darling

There was allegedly a “long negotiation process” between Warner Bros. and Pugh before she would agree to promote the film “in any way.”

[Pure Chaos](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/is-tiktok-turning-fashion-week-into-pure-chaos?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-091422)? (A source told [Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/cover-story-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling) that Wilde had decided to fire LaBeouf, but allowed him to believe he was quitting.) “Olivia is either a mad genius who figured out a way to make people more aware of the movie in a way that just drives up the box office,” a person close to the production told Vulture, “or she doesn’t have any self-awareness that she is fucking up her movie.” (Warner Bros. Don’t congregate,” she told crew members, according to Lee’s source, who added, “There were so many complaints from the crew saying, ‘How dare she tell us to shelter in place while we’re doing this movie? Matthew Libatique, Don’t Worry Darling’s cinematographer, supported Wilde when asked about the on-set atmosphere by VF. [Shia LaBeouf](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/shia-labeouf-denies-olivia-wilde-fired-him-from-dont-worry-darling-i-quit-your-film) quit or was fired from the production. That spread all around very quickly.” The reporter added that the anecdote was provided by “an unimpeachable source who has zero agenda against the film or anyone who worked on it.” She doesn’t want to support the movie. Of the “screaming argument” between Wilde and Pugh, Lee tweeted, “Florence would give input on how she thought the next scene should be shot when Olivia wasn’t there. Multiple sources told the outlet that the studio was dissatisfied with Wilde’s handling of the controversy. “Olivia and Harry [Styles] would just disappear,” the source said, with the conflict culminating in a “screaming match.” Discord between Wilde and Pugh reportedly caught the attention of Toby Emmerich, then Warner Bros.’ highest-ranking studio executive. (A Warner Bros.

There have been rumours of acrimony between filmmaker Wilde and star Pugh for weeks.

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In Olivia Wilde's second feature film as a director, Don't Worry Darling, Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as Alice and Jack Chambers, a young couple who ...

This time, she’s able to leave (we don’t see how, exactly), and as the screen goes black, we hear her take in a breath, (presumably as she wakes up next to her dead hubby) back in her own life again. Alice escapes in a car, with the red jumpsuit guys, Collins, and some of the husbands in pursuit. As Alice locks eyes with the other women, they seem to suddenly begin to awaken to what is really happening, and what Victory is. Jack later rationalizes to himself and Alice (when she learns the truth) that this is somehow all for her, that she is overworked and needs a better life… In the real world, Jack and Alice live in a shabby apartment in a rundown part of town. While we don’t get to know Bunny very well, she certainly comes across as a queen bee of the wives and the central information hub for all the local gossip. We catch a quick glimpse of Jack looking at the Victory Project’s website and listening to a speech by Frank, which first alerts us to his growing interest in the latter’s agenda. Alice works as a doctor and is clearly the main breadwinner in the household. We don’t see how he first traps his wife in this VR hell, but we have to assume that he drugged her and must keep drugging her daily to keep her trapped in the tech. Everything in Victory revolves around the Project, which no one can talk about, and every need of the inhabitants of Victory is taken care of through it. When Alice, however, begins to experience strange visions and is haunted by the apparent death of another neighbor, her friend Margaret (Kiki Layne), she also starts to realize that something is amiss in Victory. She also finds time in the afternoon to shop, go to dance class, and gossip with her next door neighbor, Bunny (Wilde).

Forget all the press hoopla, the Harry Styles spitting on Chris Pine rumours, the internet drama of it all. Director Olivia Wilde's Stepford Wives-meets-Mad Men ...

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Find out what we thought of the Olivia Wilde-directed film starring Harry Styles and Florence Pugh.

Not because you know Don't Worry Darling is going to be really good, but because you know it's going to look really good. Despite all this, reader beware: there are a few moments that will feel a bit naff and out of odds with the general style of the film,, but luckily (for reasons you'll understand when you watch the it) these are very few and far between. While it's not a particularly new concept (the idyllic mid-century lifestyle draws instant comparisons with The Stepford Wives), Don't Worry Darling does manage to entertain, intrigue and keep audiences on the edge of their seats. We wouldn't go as far to say she carries the movie, but she certainly is doing a lot of leg work, showing her incredible range as she goes from picture perfect 50s housewife to a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Don't Worry Darling hasn't just garnered a bit of attention. "But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

The disastrous "Don't Worry Darling" press tour with Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles and Florence Pugh got everyone talking. But what is the movie itself trying ...

It is only fitting that “Don’t Worry Darling” was released after a promotional tour inadvertently drawing attention to a web of alleged feuds between the director and her actors, whether over casting decisions or on-set behavior. Were “Don’t Worry Darling” truly interested in interrogating the structures that perpetuate misogyny, it might have pondered the role of complicit women, like Shelley, who steadfastly betray their own. But after a single viewing of “ [Don’t Worry Darling](https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/09/20/dont-worry-darling-movie-review/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5)” — an actual film released Friday, not just a vehicle for [star-studded scandals](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/06/dont-worry-darling-press-tour/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) — it would be hard to maintain this ignorance. Does Jack trust Frank (Chris Pine), the Peterson-esque head of the company who runs the town with his wife, Shelley (Gemma Chan)? The central depiction of domestic bliss is brought to us by actors Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, who play young married couple Alice and Jack Chambers. The women are brainwashed into believing this is reality, while the men remain aware of its artificiality.

Florence Pugh has praised her “talented” Don't Worry Darling cast members in a new statement celebrating the film's release to the world.

More to come!” she added. "To all of you who helped make this, your dedication and love was seen daily - thank you. For that I will always be grateful." "Explosions, car chases, cocktail balancing, underwater sequences, running, drinking, more running.. "It’s crazy to think that each set up and scene takes a large portion of a day to execute, and on this one.. Or marks on the floor just below the actors' waists," she said.