Don't Worry Darling

A cause of much controversy already, this Olivia Wilde-directed thriller starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles has finally premiered.

Considering the depth of detail in the visual world-building, we're given frustratingly little information on what, well, the Victory project is about or wants to achieve. Layered over this, the music feels all over the place too, with a score made up of breathy female voices and thudding thriller tones contrasting, to whiplash effect, with era-specific popular songs. Unsurprisingly, his finest moment is when he gets up for a song-and-dance number; there's no denying his charm on stage, but on the screen, matinée idol he is not. Immersing itself in this era of Rat Pack allure with its festering misogynistic underbelly, the story explodes the enduring fantasy of the nuclear family and lays bare the dangers of romanticising the past. That's not to mention that the dystopian suburban setting feels wholly unoriginal too, considering The Stepford Wives exists, though that story was aided by a healthy helping of satire. He was then replaced by Harry Styles, who stars alongside Florence Pugh as Alice and Jack, a couple lucky enough to participate in the Victory project with its unbridled glamour, uncompromising comfort and traditional family roles.

Movie Review: In Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling, Florence Pugh and Harry Styles play a seemingly happy couple in an orderly desert community that might ...

Our minds have been fucked enough times that the modern mindfuck movie has lost much of its power to surprise, especially when it announces from its opening frames that it will be a mindfuck movie. As a director, Wilde has a good eye, and the film’s many scenes of regimented grace have a nice visual pop. We keep waiting for the movie to surprise us, to shock us. Within this framework, Pugh does nervousness and terror well, and she makes Alice’s gathering anxiety as convincing as it can be, even if the script fails to give her all that many interesting things to do. It merely asks us to watch as Alice slowly realizes that something creepy lurks within the Victory Project, and that can get boring and repetitive after a while. [troubled set](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/olivia-wilde-florence-pugh-pay-disparity-rumors.html), of actors [falling out](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/olivia-wilde-shia-labeouf-fired-dont-worry-darling.html) with the director, one might have expected a cacophonous, cobbled-together catastrophe. There is grace in symmetry.” On the radio, the voice of Frank (Chris Pine), the Victory Project’s leader, offers forcefully stated bromides such as “You are worthy of the life you’ve chosen.” Later, he’ll talk about how the enemy of progress is chaos. Cinema has already given us two versions of The Stepford Wives, not to mention movies like Suburbicon and Blue Velvet and Pleasantville and any number of other films about the corrosive underbelly of pleasant, old-fashioned domesticity. “The people we are playing were real people in a world very much our own,” Pine said. military during the development of the atom bomb. [secret cities](https://savingplaces.org/stories/building-the-secret-cities-pre-fab-architecture-of-the-manhattan-project#.YxXo_nbMLIU)” of the Manhattan Project, the pre-fab residential communities built by the U.S. Hearing all the rumors of a

Now that the film has debuted, maybe we can just focus on the movie itself, which is neither triumph nor disaster. Director Olivia Wilde has made an obvious and ...

Wilde can’t figure out how to get the story out of this eddy; she stalls and repeats until it’s time to just go ahead and reveal what’s happening because the movie has to end at some point. What remains consistent and undaunted throughout, though, is Pugh, a commanding and centered actor who makes the most of the hash she’s served. Of course, there is an ominous hum underlying all this sozzled good-living, the sense that nothing this perfectly secure and uniformly agreeable could be real. This is a planned community built by a shadowy corporation, one that has a vaguely messianic mission to advance humanity . Now that the film has debuted, maybe we can just focus on the movie itself, which is neither triumph nor disaster. Let us, if we can, put aside all the various mini-controversies that surrounded the lead up to the Venice premiere of Don’t Worry Darling.

Warner Bros. Popular on Variety. There's no denying Olivia Wilde can direct the hell out of a movie. And with her ...

The end product is a smorgasbord of high octane thrillers, similar to “Gone Girl” (2014), which landed a single nom for its leading actress Rosamund Pike. At the very least, it’s a film that will continue to generate plenty of chatter (there’s already a ton of pre-release headlines being made, some of them even about the movie itself). There’s no denying Olivia Wilde can direct the hell out of a movie.

ON Sunday night, actress and director Olivia Wilde was the guest of honour at a special cocktail party hosted by Variety in Venice, Italy, ahead of th...

Pugh missed the first press conference prior to the film’s Venice premiere, and stayed only a short while on the red carpet before leaving. Variety is very excited for theatres to be back and for everyone to see Don’t Worry Darling.” Don’t Worry Darling is his first leading role.

Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine are just fine in Olivia Wilde's controversy-fraught Don't Worry Darling.

This is a softer Black Mirror update of The Stepford Wives, but what does make it modern could use a little earlier attention, especially in regards to the men in Victory. The third act reveal might have actually better served the movie to come earlier in the second act to explain more of the ins and outs between Alice and Jack. And Gemma Chan appears as Pine’s supportive wife and dance instructor to the housewives, she teaches them not just to dance but a refrain about staying in line. Pine is the architect of the community. And if their wife asks what they do, a simple “you wouldn’t understand” or immediate oral sex—after walking in the front door after a hard day of who-knows-what—would suffice as an answer. Now let’s also add a setting that you only care about “Oscar movies” after the nominations have already been announced and have no preconception of film festival rollouts or campaigning for six months to win a trophy.

Pugh did not attend the movie's press conference but later walked the red carpet with the cast and director. Read more at straitstimes.com.

What I like about acting is that I feel like I have no idea what I am doing,” he said. I cannot say enough how honoured I am to have her as my lead,” said Wilde, who also has a meaty role in the movie. But the idyllic calm is shattered when one of the neighbourhood housewives goes missing and Pugh’s character Alice comes to question the reality surrounding her.

The internet is dissecting a clip which some people think shows Harry Styles "spitting" on Chris Pine at "Don't Worry Darling's" premiere at Venice Film ...

Social media users focused on Pine's lack of reaction as they sat next to each other in an interview as Styles said his favorite thing about Don't Worry Darling is that it "feels like it's a movie." "Someone needs to begin a full fledged investigation into what happened on that Don't Worry Darling set," wrote @korysverse on Twitter, sharing a short gif of the moment when the alleged spitting occurred. "Chris Pine just wondered where his sunglasses were after the applause," wrote @cinemazietgeist. [TikTok](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/tiktok) users have been focusing on a clip of Styles sitting down for a screening of Don't Worry Darling next to co-star Pine. As he moves to sit down, social media sleuths claim that Styles "spits" on Pine, which leads the Star Trek actor to react in disbelief. Styles and Wilde have also been under the microscope after the couple [arrived separately](https://www.newsweek.com/olivia-wilde-harry-styles-arrive-separately-dont-worry-darling-panel-1739849) at the events in Venice.

While the duo have an apparently perfect relationship, Victory hides a dark secret, which Alice begins to uncover. Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, and Olivia Wilde ...

Styles, as he did in Christopher Nolan's "Jack is a one-dimensional figure, and the One Direction star fails to give him any hidden depth. Directed by Olivia Wilde, it superciliously pinches ideas from other films without quite understanding how and why they worked in the first place. (It's not like we watch Chris Pine's speech and think, "What a good dude!" "Ultimately, the film raises far more questions than it answers, and is deeply unsatisfying as a result. It's just a shame all the effort has gone into a script without much of that 2019 debut's disarming freshness." [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/dont-worry-darling-review-florence-pugh-harry-styles-olivia-wilde-1235360429/) (opens in new tab) – Owen Gleiberman More frustrating is that the film also offers stunning craft work, a wonderfully immersive quality, and one of star Florence Pugh's best performances yet. She's required to disintegrate then galvanize – a trick that does at times evoke the emotional trajectory she nailed in "Pine seems to have the most fun, though, as a silver-tongued guru whose compliments and advice are delivered as smiling threats. While the duo have an apparently perfect relationship, Victory hides a dark secret, which Alice begins to uncover. Florence Pugh is being highly praised, and critics agree that the film's visuals are top-notch, but there's criticism aimed at the plot, particularly a big twist, and opinions on Harry Styles' performance vary.

The premiere of Don't Worry, Darling has given the internet a whole host of new memes after a seemingly awkward evening between Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles ...

someone needs to begin a full fledged investigation into what happened on that don’t worry darling set… In it, she said: “I feel like I'm not ready to give up on this yet, and I, too, am heartbroken and I want to figure this out. In possibly one of the most bizarre headlines to emerge from Don’t Worry, Darling’s premiere night, people are wondering whether Harry spat on co-star Chris Pine as he took his seat in the cinema. The run-up to Don’t Worry, Darling’s release has been plagued by rumours of a fallout on set, with sources claiming Florence wasn’t happy about Olivia and now-boyfriend Harry growing close on set after the director’s split from Jason Sudeikis. [Don’t Worry, Darling](https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/dont-worry-darling-release-date-trailer-cast/)’s film premiere took place at [Venice Film Festival](https://www.capitalfm.com/news/celebrity/harry-styles-florence-pugh-gemma-chan-gucci/) on Monday night, hours after Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine and [Harry Styles](/artists/harry-styles/) took to a panel to answer journalists’ questions about the flick. The premiere of Don’t Worry, Darling has given the internet a whole host of new memes after a seemingly awkward evening between Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles and Florence Pugh.

Fans are convinced that Harry Styles spit on his co-star Chris Pine's lap during the "Don't Worry Darling" premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

[ provided a possible explanation](https://twitter.com/cinemazietgeist/status/1566992856950218763), writing, “Chris pine just wondered where his sunglasses were after the applause. And he zoned out (likes he’s been doing all day) and realised [sic] it’s in his lap. 12 [Up Next](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/05/britney-spears-reacts-to-son-jaydens-hateful-interview/)

Did Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine as he took his seat for the premiere of Don't Worry Darling in Venice? Probably not, but it's a slow news day.

[had a different story](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/shia-labeouf-denies-fired-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-1235350529/), saying LaBeouf’s process “was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions.” So Shia brought the receipts, which included screenshots and a video of Wilde begging him to stay. [Florence Pugh](https://www.denofgeek.com/florence-pugh/) as Alice Chambers and Styles as her workaholic husband Jack, and is set in the 1950s. But as Styles finally took his seat next to Pine to watch Don’t Worry Darling in Venice, a video of the event emerged that has now been slowed down and zoomed in on more times than the Zapruder film in JFK. [Chris Pine](https://www.denofgeek.com/chris-pine/) is there. [Harry Styles](https://www.denofgeek.com/harry-styles/) spit on Chris Pine at the premiere of the pair’s beleaguered new thriller, Don’t Worry Darling. On the flipside, Don’t Worry Darling really didn’t need any of that expensive PR, because people have been talking about this thing nonstop.

The psychological sci-fi thriller, starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, premiered this week at the Venice film festival, amid mounting reports of behind-the ...

(It was later clarified that this was because her flight landed after the fact.) LaBeouf denied this, sharing a video from the time which appears to show Wilde asking him to stay on, and referring to Pugh as “Miss Flo”. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Ratner denied all of the allegations. He apologised for the homophobic slur, but the scandal had taken a toll on Tower Heist’s prospects. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. The interview prompted widespread condemnation over moments such as Ratner boasting about his sexual prowess, and discussing having sex with Lindsay Lohan. At the time, people suspected that Phoenix was going off the rails – Two Lovers got all but completely drowned out by the noise. He then memorably began jumping up and down on Oprah Winfrey’s furniture. [zone out during the press conference for the film and at the premiere later that evening have gone viral](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-pine-dont-worry-darling-olivia-wilde-harry-styles-b2160600.html). [interview with The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/liam-neeson-rape-black-man-attack-cosh-cold-pursuit-sexual-assault-interview-a8760866.html). [here for a timeline of the behind-the-scenes controversies that have surrounded the film](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/dont-worry-darling-venice-controversy-b2160035.html).

A director vs. star feud, desperate lip locks and errant spit made for one of the most buzzy promo tours in recent memory.

[crowed](https://twitter.com/romansgerri/status/1566792386772180993?s=20&t=_U5TxtoYfhpJ1UHuFiUh6Q) the Internet. A suspicious movement around Styles’ mouth supported the theory that he had, in fact, spit on Pine, and Twitter [fairly](https://twitter.com/PatchNavillus/status/1566972597207797760?s=20&t=CqskHd7uUKzpXynicCS5ng) [exploded](https://twitter.com/ItsWhitneyLeann/status/1566964791327039492?s=20&t=57TJjfrjQdpsKBBJ_hKEPQ) [with](https://twitter.com/been_herde/status/1566962799217188871?s=20&t=CqskHd7uUKzpXynicCS5ng) [jokes](https://twitter.com/indiespicee/status/1566982189547458560?s=20&t=CqTF9cJAOy74n2AtoZ_5zA). [joked](https://twitter.com/trinawatters/status/1566856718348439557?s=20&t=CqTF9cJAOy74n2AtoZ_5zA) Twitter user Trina Watters. [pointed out](https://twitter.com/BeeBabs/status/1567083709068726273?s=20&t=2dXgmGvgr017GbQGUddYGw), Pine “made no move to wipe” any spit from his lap. Plus, in [zoomed-in versions](https://twitter.com/matildashome/status/1566998365900079104?s=20&t=CqskHd7uUKzpXynicCS5ng) of the clip, Styles’ lips seem to be pressed together. And so, we come to the end of the Don’t Worry Darling Venice saga—but not nearly to the end of the DWD saga as a whole. [he said](https://twitter.com/leohoratio/status/1566840901019832321?s=20&t=OQ00vMiA2HSjdbQCZAABbA) in another interview as his co-star looked on. Cue another [timeless meme](https://twitter.com/goldenheartvhes/status/1566772285729562625?s=20&t=EWoLohOIXMtsDHSMQfP0FQ). [Magnetically DockingMode Electric Toothbrush](https://go.linkby.com/QOGPMLFJ) [sharing evidence](https://www.avclub.com/shia-labeouf-claims-not-fired-from-dont-worry-darling-1849461353?_ga=2.70244048.1978060498.1662473619-1488648406.1652714420) that suggested he was not fired from the movie, as Wilde had claimed. As a matter of historical record, what follows is a recap of all the petty drama that occurred on Sunday, September 5. (“Last time I followed a news event in real time this closely was Jan 6th,”

Harry Styles Has Been Accused Of Spitting On Chris Pine And Florence Pugh Appeared To Reference That Olivia Wilde Feud At The Seriously Messy “Don't Worry ...

In the clip, Harry first of all notices Olivia’s body language and turns to see who it is aimed at. Others wondered if this was an inside joke between the two men as they pointed out that Chris didn’t seem angry about it, with one person saying of the video: “When i look at this i see an inside joke i don’t know about. In one final turn of events, Harry didn’t leave before kissing his costar, Nick, on the lips. Olivia, Harry, and Chris have yet to post about Monday’s premiere on social media. In a clip, Olivia can be seen looking in Florence’s direction by peering behind the three people who are standing between them. She hinted that Florence wasn’t able to get to Venice before that evening’s premiere, saying: “Florence is a force and we are so grateful she’s able to make it tonight despite being in production on Dune. The glance at his lap also appeared to perfectly coordinate with where Harry’s spit would have landed on him. Harry is perhaps best known for being one-fifth of One Direction and a Grammy Award–winning solo musician. I’m so lucky that I get to do that, especially in this role.” “Can you just clear the air and address if there’s been a falling out there and if so why? I don’t feel the need to contribute, I think it’s sufficiently well nourished.” Olivia was joined by Harry, Chris Pine, and Gemma Chan as a moderator fielded questions from journalists.

Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling has been the subject of some drama, and now there's a wild rumor about Harry Styles and Chris Pine.

And that might inspire folks to go see it in theaters and see what all the fuss is about. And amid various cases of Don’t Worry Darling drama, now fans think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine during the premiere. Don’t Worry Darling will arrive in theaters on September 23rd. After working in administrative theater for a year in New York, he started as the Weekend Editor at CinemaBend. This clip definitely turned a few heads, and some folks truly think that Harry Styles spit on his Don’t Worry Darling co-star before sitting down. But now another controversy has been added to the list, as some fans think that Styles spat on Pine before sitting down. Plenty of folks online made it their mission to find out the truth of the situation. This includes some folks who slowed down the clip to get to the truth. They say any publicity is good publicity, and there’s certainly been plenty of chatter about Olivia Wilde’s new movie. While it remains to be seen if Pine or Styles’ team will respond to this rumor, it's yet another reason why folks are invested in what’s happening with Don’t Worry Darling. [the movie’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/dont-worry-darling-earns-5-minute-applause-at-venice-film-festival-but-the-early-reviews-are-more-mixed), despite the drama and rumors surrounding the project. The ensemble recently assembled for

The rollout of Olivia Wilde's thriller has been clouded with rumors of inner-cast feuds.

Styles’ dedicated force of fans have not all been welcoming to Wilde, with some [disparaging](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/why-do-harry-styles-fans-hate-olivia-wilde) the actress and director online. Wilde and Styles were rumored to be dating in January 2021, shortly after he replaced LaBeouf in the DWD cast and news broke that Wilde had separated from her longtime partner Jason Sudeikis. A video went viral on social media showing Styles leaning over Pine while taking the seat next to him in the theater, and then showing Pine shaking his head and Wilde wincing, which many took as evidence that Styles spit on Pine.A video went viral on social media showing Styles leaning over Pine while taking the seat next to him in the theater, and then showing Pine shaking his head and Wilde wincing, which many took as evidence that Styles spit on Pine. The cast appeared together on the red carpet—with Styles and Wilde separated, so no photos of the rumored couple could be taken, and with Pugh separated from Wilde.The cast appeared together on the red carpet—with Styles and Wilde separated, so no photos of the rumored couple could be taken, and with Pugh separated from Wilde. Wilde said she “doesn’t feel the need to contribute” to the “endless tabloid gossip” at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, which Pugh is absent for, and a moderator shuts down a follow-up question about LaBeouf’s exit.Wilde said she “doesn’t feel the need to contribute” to the “endless tabloid gossip” at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, which Pugh is absent for, and a moderator shuts down a follow-up question about LaBeouf’s exit. Rumors of an on-set feud between Wilde and Pugh had already been building, but when The Don’t Worry Darling trailer was released and Pugh didn't share the trailer on her Instagram, the gossip went mainstream.Rumors of an on-set feud between Wilde and Pugh had already been building, but when The Don’t Worry Darling trailer was released and Pugh didn't share the trailer on her Instagram, the gossip went mainstream.

Florence Pugh has starred in everything from blockbusters to indie films to period dramas – here is everything you need to know about her filmography so far ...

She portrays the character of Yelena Belova, a sister figure to Johansson's Natasha Romanoff. After being inundated with movie offers, the actress bagged herself a role within the Marvel Cinematic Universe – joining the likes of Tom Holland, Chris Evans and Don't Worry Darling co-star Harry Styles (more on that later). [Florence Pugh Wants People To Focus Less On Her Sex Scenes With Harry Styles](https://www.capitalfm.com/news/florence-pugh-harry-styles-sex-scenes-dont-worry-darling/) She marked the start of this huge year in her career with Fighting with My Family, which certainly put her on the map! Florence Pugh's career began in 2014 when she landed her first role in the mystery drama The Falling with Masie Williams – and she was still at college at the time, impressive! The star first burst onto the scenes when she was just 18, and her star is set to soar to new heights with the release of the Olvia Wilde-directed flick,

A timeline of Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, and Florence Pugh's rumored drama on 'Don't Worry Darling,' their new film out September 23 after premiering at ...

(Notably, Timothée Chalamet, Dune 2’s [angsty lead](https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/timothee-chalamet-societal-collapse-venice.html?#_ga=2.26791290.659604080.1662352621-348769112.1662188860), has time to do press for his film, [Bones and All](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/timothe-chalamet-bones-and-all-movie-cast-release-date-trailer.html), at the festival.) [reportedly](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/florence-pugh-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-venice-ovation-1235337824/) premieres to a four-minute standing ovation, during which Pugh makes a point of clapping for Wilde. Sudeikis [maintains](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/olivia-wilde-jason-sudeikis-custody-papers-on-stage.html) that he did not want the documents to be served so publicly and regrets the way it happened. [a report](https://people.com/movies/olivia-wilde-and-harry-styles-close-friendship-quickly-turned-romantic-on-movie-set/) claiming that Wilde and Styles made their relationship obvious on the set of Don’t Worry Darling. [Page Six” suggests](https://pagesix.com/2022/07/30/florence-pugh-upset-over-olivia-wilde-harry-styles-affair/) that Wilde and Styles’s relationship started as an affair. She expresses that she is “heartbroken” and not ready to give up on him. For example, she emphasizes her desire to portray “female pleasure,” dismisses the rumored pay disparity as “invented clickbait,” and expands on her displeasure with the CinemaCon incident with Sudeikis’s custody papers. I’m the happiest director in the world,” she [tweets](https://twitter.com/oliviawilde/status/1253756488847290368). [“You got the cinema / I bring the pop to the cinema”](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/harry-styles-harrys-house-lyrics-olivia-wilde.html)Photo-Illustration: Vulture. [Instagram caption](https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YFrFQFjId/) reacting to the news. [Per “Page Six](https://pagesix.com/2021/01/04/olivia-wilde-harry-styles-spark-dating-rumors-by-holding-hands/),” 28-year-old Harry Styles and 38-year-old Olivia Wilde are dating. Wilde marketed Don’t Worry Darling as a rare showcase of “female pleasure” and seemed to frame the production itself as an empowering workplace — one where her “no assholes” rule could cause LaBeouf’s exit in order to protect Pugh.

Directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh, the movie is sending the internet wild for all sorts of reasons. "Spitgate" being chief among them at ...

Most reviews seem to consider the movie a little undercooked. "You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo," Wilde says in the video, "and I want to know if you're open to giving this a shot with me, with us. Folks are debating the smallest interaction between the stars of the movie, from the seating order, to reactions to questions at the press conference. Wilde was asked about the rumored rift at a I believe that creating a safe, trusting environment is the best way to get people to do their best work." "His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions," Wilde explained.

From Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde's 'feud' to Harry Style's accent, Don't Worry Darling has been causing controversy.

Styles and Pine have yet to comment on the incident. A video of Styles taking his seat at the Don't Worry Darling premiere next to co-star Chris Pine went viral after some Twitter users alleged that the former One Directioner spat on Pine. In the clip, which you can watch above, Styles takes a seat and Pine stops clapping and looks bemused at something. "This might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I wanna know if you're open to giving this a shot with me," she says in the video, asking LeBeouf to return to set. He has a process that, in some ways, seems to require a combative energy, and I don’t personally believe that is conducive to the best performances." "If she really commits, if she really puts her mind and heart into it at this point and if you guys can make peace – and I respect her point of view and I respect yours – what do you think? "We are just so grateful that she is able to make it tonight despite being in production on He added: “I think the fun part is you never know what you’re doing. He then released a private video he received from Wilde in order to back up his side of the story – in the video, it appears Wilde is asking LeBeouf to return to the production. She added: "Ultimately, my responsibility is to the production and to the cast to protect them. "His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions. Ahead of the film's release, Don't Worry Darling has been the subject of several controversies – with the majority taking place at the 79th Venice Film Festival, where the movie had its world premiere.

Olivia Wilde responded to the Florence Pugh tabloid drama during the press conference for Don't Worry Darling.

"Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. In addition to being the director and writer, respectively, both Wilde and Silberman serve as producers on the film alongside Miri Yoon and Roy Lee. Don't Worry Darling made its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival currently being held in the titular city and is set to make its way to US theaters later this month on September 23. [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/movies/olivia-wilde-florence-pugh-harry-styles-dont-worry-darling.html?referringSource=articleShare), Wilde spoke highly of Pugh, saying that she is "a force" and that she "can’t say enough how honored I am to have her as our lead.” She specifically took aim at all the internet rumors and "endless tabloid gossip" about the two's relationship and issues, saying that "the internet feeds itself. Those at the event have noted that the star and director did not interact with each other, with the pair reportedly being separate at the red carpet and sitting away from each other during the film's screening, with Pugh apparently facing away from the director during the standing ovation. [Don't Worry Darling](https://collider.com/tag/dont-worry-darling/), which featured the director as well as members of the cast.

Did Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine? Is Florence Pugh mad at Olivia Wilde? Here's our guide to the rumors circling the not-yet-released "Don't Worry Darling ...

Did he receive a funny text? Did he really spot spit? Or did he just happen to look down, as humans are prone to do?

Olivia Wilde's film 'Don't Worry Darling' has too much drama to track. Did Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine? Does Florence Pugh hate the director?

[anyway here is the video](https://twitter.com/Mac70J/status/1566958343461249024?s=20&t=gQQZU6HAB4nbc_REI0F64w). Here it is [slowed down like the goddamn Zapruder film](https://twitter.com/nothnghppens/status/1566999841368072194?s=21&t=5nfPKeT6Nx6lIMuEj0guUQ). [says in the video](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/shia-labeouf-denies-fired-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-1235350529/). [planted a smooch](https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1566881040940949504?s=20&t=gQQZU6HAB4nbc_REI0F64w) on Kroll. All I know for sure is that the gossip is going to continue apace for some time. Maybe it's a [commentary on the endless coverage](https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-twitter-comments) about Styles' and Wilde's relationship. [Wilde shut down](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/harry-styles-florence-pugh-pay-gap-dont-worry-darling-1235348966/). Styles does appear to purse his lips, and Pine does make a what the hell facial expression. Dude seems to be on a different plane of existence the entire festival — at times But it does seem a bit weird to judge the film before it's even reached the public. For instance, Pugh might've turned away from Wilde at the Venice Film Festival as the audience gave the movie a standing ovation. He shared a video in which Wilde appears to ask him to come back to the production.

Nick Kroll, Florence Pugh, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Sydney Chandler, Harry This is the cast of Don't Worry Darling. Making a chart about who is supposedly ...

[Styles allegedly spit](https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1566972333419536384?s=20&t=TrUCbUgmtEiE0QzT8ZGWHg) on Pine during the seating for the premiere. [interview](https://twitter.com/romansgerri/status/1566792386772180993) with both men, Styles was asked what he liked about the film, and cobbled together a word salad, saying, “My favorite thing about the movie is that it feels like a movie. On Twitter, Corbin-Murray also liked a [post](https://mobile.twitter.com/RCorbinMurray/likes) that defended Pugh and used the hashtag “TimesUpOlivia.” Her stylist, Rebecca Corbin-Murray, also [posted a shot](https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIrTMgDNqD/) of Pugh’s red carpet look with the caption “Miss Flo” — the nickname that Wilde used to refer to Pugh in her video to LaBeouf. That’s all led to chatter about a [possible split](https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/09/06/harry-styles-and-olivia-wilde-split-rumours-swirl-amid-venice-film-festival/), which would give us a fitting, symmetrical end to the movie’s mythology. Fans [spotted](https://www.instagram.com/p/CgSNTldMwak/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4a85e0eb-d15b-4b4e-ab5c-4fd5c43302db) that Wilde would [post](https://www.instagram.com/p/CLScxg4n4dO/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=467d5d35-7e33-48e4-bed1-1f371f2bb5dd) about Pugh but never be reciprocated. [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/shia-labeouf-denies-fired-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-1235350529/) she had fired LaBeouf because she felt that she could not create “a safe, trusting environment” with him onboard (FKA twigs, who dated LaBeouf, [sued the actor in January 2021](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/arts/music/fka-twigs-shia-labeouf-abuse.html) and accused him of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress). A source close to [Sudeikis told Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jason-sudeikis-olivia-wilde-served-cinemacon-1235243123/) that the company that processes the papers is responsible for the timing and that Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of when Wilde would be served, but the optics sure seem like all those reports of a friendly breakup were way off, and Wilde agrees. [had an affair on set](https://pagesix.com/2022/07/30/florence-pugh-upset-over-olivia-wilde-harry-styles-affair/), which seems to indicate that the split wasn’t as amicable as the ex-couple’s statement said. [Wilde told Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/features/olivia-wilde-harry-styles-sex-scenes-dont-worry-darling-1235347929/) in an interview, going into depth about what it was like to get served in front of all those people. [an affair](https://pagesix.com/2022/07/30/florence-pugh-upset-over-olivia-wilde-harry-styles-affair/) on set. The couple, who have two children together, released a statement that said the split was “amicable.” According to a source who spoke to [Entertainment Tonight](https://www.etonline.com/why-olivia-wilde-and-jason-sudeikis-split-after-9-years-together-156395): “They just fell out of love in a romantic way, but still have love towards one another as people ...

Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine,” Pine's rep told 'People' of the co-stars' rumored interaction at Monday's premiere.

Additional video shows Styles smiling and speaking to Pine shortly before the screening starts—not behavior typical of two people who shared a spiteful (spit-full?) interaction. Many noted that in the video, Pine appears to glance at and pick up a pair of sunglasses in his lap, which could be why he looks in that direction after Styles sits. Speculation shifted to the dynamic between Pine and Styles when video of the latter’s entrance into Venice’s Sala Grande Theatre led some to believe that the musician spat on Pine before taking a seat next to him.

Florence Pugh showed up late, sipped Aperol spritz, and did not make eye contact with just anyone. Olivia Wilde sidestepped questions.

Missing from the introductory photo-call was Pugh, who would land after the press conference—allegedly due to her Dune: Part Two filming schedule, [People](https://people.com/movies/florence-pugh-skipping-dont-worry-darling-press-venice-film-festival-will-walk-carpet-exclusive/) wrote. And in recent weeks, controversy about whether Shia LaBeouf [had quit or was fired](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/shia-labeouf-denies-olivia-wilde-fired-him-from-dont-worry-darling-i-quit-your-film) from DWD bubbled over. Amid her real-life [relationship](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/01/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-relationship-santa-barbara-chemistry-dont-worry-darling) with Styles, Wilde was reportedly [served custody papers](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/report-olivia-wilde-served-with-custody-papers-while-onstage-at-cinemacon) from ex Jason Sudeikis while presenting her film onstage at CinemaCon in April. [steamy onscreen chemistry](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/07/florence-pugh-and-harry-styles-are-a-chaotic-couple-in-dont-worry-darling-trailer) was first unveiled in a series of mysterious trailers. “Florence is a force, and we are so grateful that she is able to make it tonight despite being in production on Dune,” she told reporters. Ahead, a timeline of all the drama at Venice—from strategic water taxi exits to an action-packed standing ovation.

But while the movie continues to make waves, intense controversy has also followed suit. According to insiders, director Wilde and lead actress Florence Pugh ...

“It’s very exciting to see a woman do that on and off camera.” I don’t feel the need to contribute, I think it’s sufficiently well nourished.” According to insiders, director Wilde and lead actress Florence Pugh have supposedly been “falling out” behind the scenes.