In the same interview, Wilde addressed Shia LaBeouf’s exit from the project in September 2020, which ultimately led to Styles being cast as his replacement. Wilde told Variety: “I think the tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them.” The latter was especially embarrassing for the director because she had previously praised him in an Instagram post for taking on a supporting role that allowed Pugh “to hold center stage”. In a late-August interview with Variety, Wilde was already having to deny rumours of a feud with Pugh and a hefty pay disparity in Styles’ favour. Venice was incredibly messy for Team DWD, but a shadow of scandal was hovering over the film beforehand. Some punters will go and see it this weekend just to find out what the fuss is about. After a shedload of drama went down at this month’s Venice Film Festival, Don’t Worry Darling isn’t just mysterious, but something we’re all strangely invested in. This is where the controversy – or perhaps more accurately, commotion – may well have helped Wilde’s movie.
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If we have no clue what a movie is about, how do we know if we want to see it?įlorence Pugh attending the premiere of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ at the Venice International Film Festival. But, we don’t know what direction their story will go in – are we being sold horror, dark romance or even sci-fi here? When marketing a film that pivots on some kind of plot twist – as, spoiler, Don’t Worry Darling seemingly does – there’s a fine line between building intrigue and overdoing the ambiguity. We can see Pugh and Styles are an affluent young couple living in an idyllic yet eery vision of 1950s California. Yes, Don’t Worry Darling has Oscar-nominated Black Widow actress Florence Pugh and pop superstar Harry Styles on the poster, but after watching the trailer, it remains tricky to pigeonhole. But in this case, a chaotic rollout seems to have piqued interest in a film that wasn’t necessarily an easy sell. It’s reductive to shrug and say “all publicity is good publicity” – though the Cats movie generated lots of witty tweets in 2019, it still tanked at the box office. Read more: Don’t Worry Darling review: paradise isn’t so perfect in unfairly overshadowed thriller.Against all odds, this controversy-plagued movie could become a low-key hit. For a lavish Marvel blockbuster, that would be pretty disastrous, but Olivia Wilde’s psychological thriller was reportedly made for a modest $20 million. According to the latest industry projections, Don’t Worry Darling is on course to gross $17-24 million in North America this weekend.
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