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

Venice film festival: Styles's accent is intentionally dodgy, but the rest of Olivia Wilde's unconvincing tale of dystopian suburbia does not have the same ...

They are seduced by the narcotic stupor of prosperity: the drinks, the food, the gleaming automobiles and the incessant jukebox slams of catchy music. Like Katharine Ross and Peter Masterson in Bryan Forbes’s The Stepford Wives from 1975, or Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tom Cruise in Sydney Pollack’s 1993 thriller The Firm, Jack and Alice are a couple who are at first thrilled by how great their lives are and do not suspect there is anything going on. But the company chief Frank (Chris Pine) and his glacial wife Shelley (Gemma Chan) have the creepy assurance of cult leaders. The wives have swallowed their anxiety and thus have a glazed, affectless expression, like the Valium addicts of postwar America or those mannequins in the fake Victory’s golden couple are Jack (Styles) and his stay-at-home wife Alice (Florence Pugh) who are apparently blissfully happy, loved up and living the American Dream. The setting is 1950s suburbia, or some disturbingly fabricated alt-reality version of 1950s suburbia, a glitchless picture-perfect place for a satire on conformity and patriarchy.

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.

Olivia Wilde's “Don't Worry Darling” had its world premiere Monday night a the Venice International Film Festival.

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.” Pugh is in the middle of production on “Dune 2,” a massive blockbuster (also a Warner Bros. In response, LaBeouf sent private emails, texts and video messages to Variety to prove his case that he actually quit due to lack of rehearsal time. “Florence is a force and we are so grateful that she is able to make it tonight,” Wilde said. Behind-the-scenes drama rarely extends beyond internal industry gossip, but the question of exactly what happened in the making of “Don’t Worry Darling” has become a source of global intrigue. That is by design.” Much of that was stoked by LaBeouf, who came out of the woodwork to contest a two-year-old narrative that he’d been fired from the project. She did offer: “His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions. Though the star of the film, she did not attend the press conference as her flight had not yet landed. Some even took note of who was sitting next to who in the theater. “The internet feeds itself,” Wilde said. Many keyed in on the film’s press conference earlier in the day, with hopes that reports about behind-the-scenes tension with Pugh would be addressed or clarified.

They're telling us not to worry—and it's hard to when they look this good. Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde have reunited on the red carpet for the premiere ...

A few days after the interview was published, LaBeouf vehmently denied the claim. At today's press conference, Wilde once again shut down rumours, telling press: "As for the endless tabloid gossip and noise out there, the internet feeds itself. The rumours became so loud so Wilde herself actually addressed them in an interview, telling Variety in August: "The absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me."

This movie had all the right components to build extremely positive buzz: actor-turned-director Olivia Wilde making an ambitious, creepy sophomore film after ...

someone needs to begin a full fledged investigation into what happened on that don’t worry darling set… It should be noted that until the film comes out, we really have no reason to prematurely criticise Hazza, and that his dodgy American accent is probably tied into the plot’s sci-fi conspiracy somehow. “They came to work every day on time and fully respected the process.” [September 5, 2022] F: “I can spoil it too!.. [September 5, 2022] [pic.twitter.com/ym6ULNsQwt] Or did he quit, as he seemed to prove in a private video he leaked of Wilde asking him to rethink his part in [Don’t Worry Darling](/movie/dont-worry-darling/) in August 2022? In it Wilde tells LaBeouf that she’s “not ready to give up on this yet. The clip is pretty damning, and goes against the director’s assertions that her set had to be free of drama first and foremost. Chris Pine was all set to play the town’s cult-like leader, and Wilde had landed upon a volatile, recognisable male talent to play Alice’s loving husband Jack… She was in a hush-hush relationship with one of the world’s biggest pop stars, former One Direction member Harry Styles, and had an exciting new project to follow up You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo….If you guys can make peace, I respect your point of view, I respect hers.” That pejorative language sure suggests there was already existing tensions between the director and her star.

Drama among the cast and crew of Don't Worry Darling continues to engulf the new film, with Harry Styles appearing to spit on a co-star during the premiere.

“As for all the endless tabloid gossip and all the noise out there, I mean, the internet feeds itself. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me,” Wilde told Variety. “Florence is a force, and we are so grateful that she’s able to make it tonight despite being in production on Dune. That left Wilde – who appeared alongside Styles, Pine and Gemma Chan – to face questions about the pair’s alleged disagreement. I can’t say enough how honoured I am to have her as our lead. “We’re really thrilled we’ll get to celebrate her work tonight.

The director dodged awkward questions over Florence Pugh and Shia LaBeouf ahead of the film's Venice premiere.

In response, LaBeouf sent private emails, texts and video messages to Variety to prove his case that he actually quit due to lack of rehearsal time. Much of that was stoked by LaBeouf, who came out of the woodwork to contest a two-year-old narrative that he’d been fired from the project. 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.” Over the past few weeks, the question of exactly what happened on set has become a source of global intrigue. All eyes were on the director as she faced the world’s press ahead of the film’s premiere – and after days of controversy involving Shia LaBeouf’s withdrawal from the project and Florence Pugh’s reluctance to take part in any press tours. Reports indicated that Pugh wasn’t in attendance because her flight from the Budapest set of Dune 2 didn’t land until later in the afternoon.

With all eyes on Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde, there's no better time to catch up on all the drama (alleged or otherwise) around the two women and 'Don't ...

Particularly with a movie like this, I knew that I was going to be asking Florence to be in very vulnerable situations, and my priority was making her feel safe and making her feel supported," Wilde said, in the interview. seems to require a combative energy, and I don't personally believe that is conducive to the best performances," a process that ultimately led him to abandon the role. Before everyone jumps to conclusions, it's important to note that Pugh (unsurprisingly) is a very busy woman. During the press conference sans Pugh, someone took the opportunity to ask Wilde about the feud rumours. Given that the three were likely friends, it's possible that Pugh was protective over Sudeikis and the breakdown of his marriage, which many posited was a result of Wilde meeting Styles. "You and I both know the reasons for my exit," he said. Many have theorised that their relationship violated professional boundaries, with some rumours claiming there may have been a slight cross-over in time between Wilde and Styles' relationship and the breakdown of Wilde's marriage to actor [Jason Sudeikis](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/olivia-wilde-jason-sudeikis-custody-papers-aggressive). When news broke that Pugh would not be doing any press for the film, except the Venice red carpet, people were only further convinced of something being majorly amiss. Pugh didn't even attend the press conference, meaning Don't Worry Darling's lead star will not be speaking about the film at its own worldwide premiere. At the time of filming, Pugh was still in a relationship with actor Zach Braff, who is good friends with Sudeikis. - Pugh's deafening silence when Wilde praised the actress for her work on the film. Around June/July, TikTok users started speaking about an alleged feud between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde.

For a movie titled Don't Worry Darling, it's fair to say producers are probably worrying a lot.

segment of the event in Las Vegas when a mystery woman handed her a yellow manila envelope marked “personal and confidential”. There was a huge breach in security, which is really scary. financial value) to accept these roles, which is one of the reasons it’s so hard to get financing for movies focusing on female stories,” Wilde wrote. “But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a non-existent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me.” Yet on the same day, she posted a teaser trailer for another new project, Oppenheimer, about J. “I’m gutted because it could have been something special.” On and off camera,” Pugh said. The following year, emerging UK actress Florence Pugh, 26, signed on to star as the DWD lead, with Shia LaBeouf, 36, cast as her love interest. “Enter: @harrystyles, our ‘Jack’. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. More on that later. 25+ news channels in 1 place.

Scenes from the premiere of 'Don't Worry Darling' at the Venice Film Festival was pored over by social media after rumours of conflicts behind the scenes.

Harry, please know that kissing a straight comedian guy on the lips is not going to do anything. Now this was a surprising development, mostly because I didn’t know that Nick Kroll was an actor, let alone in this movie. Did the fame finally get to his head? Is this a reaction to the What possible motivation did Styles have for this? While the two did attend the festival press conference, movie screening, and red carpet together, they’re always separated by some poor sod — usually Gemma Chan or Chris Pine — looking like they’d very much rather be elsewhere. Florence Pugh’s presence at the Venice Film Festival was either heavily curated or quickly jumped on by content makers to make it look that way. [September 5, 2022] For example, did you know that Gemma Chan and Chris Pine are also in this movie? We had to see her not be there. We had to see that press conference. And look, frankly the film itself is irrelevant.

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/)

The internet was already frothing at the mouth over the backstage wrangles on Olivia Wilde's new film. And then its stars started opening their mouths.

But the third is that Harry Styles and Chris Pine are at loggerheads, and the Don’t Worry Darling drama kuzuryū has just birthed another angry head. The second is that Styles did spit on Pine as part of some elaborate in-joke, because Harry Styles is cheeky and The first – which isn’t entirely unthinkable – is that nobody spat anything at anyone, and the internet is wetting its knickers over nothing. This is what a clip doing the rounds on social media shows. But this is all in the past. It is a clip of

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).

If you've been online in the past 24 hours, you've likely seen your timeline full of people talking about Don't Worry Darling, which premiered at the 2022 ...

there is 100% more tea to be shared [The Wrap](https://www.thewrap.com/florence-pugh-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-publicity-press/) reports that she’s expected to do the press conference and attend the red carpet and film premiere. When another reporter tries to ask about LaBeouf, the moderator shuts the question down entirely. Her people state that Pugh’s private jet is flying in from Budapest, and will land after the press conference. He includes a video message Wilde allegedly sent LaBeouf asking him to rethink his decision to exit the project. And the people who made it are bigger and better than that.” The same day, Pugh posts a poster for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. “I kept saying, ‘Why isn’t there any good sex in film anymore?’” she recalls, adding that she wants the audience to “realise how rarely they see female hunger, and specifically this type of female pleasure.” [Booksmart](https://thelatch.com.au/ticket-to-paradise-details/). [FKA Twigs sues her ex-partner Shia LaBeouf](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/arts/music/fka-twigs-shia-labeouf-abuse.html), citing a “relentless” abusive relationship. Olivia Wilde [voices her support for Twigs online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9047321/Olivia-Wilde-shares-support-FKA-twigs-singer-sued-ex-boyfriend-Shia-LaBeouf.html), and [Variety](https://variety.com/2020/film/news/shia-labeouf-career-abuse-allegations-1234874581/) reports that actually, LaBeouf “was dropped from the film” due to “poor behaviour”. Florence Pugh posts a screenshot of the Deadline announcement with an enthusiastic caption.

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,”

The drama surrounding Olivia Wilde's 'Don't Worry Darling' reached new heights during the film's premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.

Gossip-hungry fans, however, seem to have been having fun; compared to some of the nastier stories that come out of Hollywood, the Don’t Worry Darling gossip is comparatively lighthearted. This claim was disputed by LaBeouf, who insisted that he had quit the movie of his own accord. Of course, Pugh’s careful timing only fueled the flames of gossip. Pine does seem to react to something - perhaps his phone lit up with a notification, or maybe the sunglasses on his lap shifted. To many viewers, the viral clip appeared to show Styles spitting on Pine’s lap, while others dismissed the claim as ridiculous. The clip shows Styles pursing his lips, before taking his seat beside Pine - Pine quickly glances down at his lap, seemingly in disbelief.

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.

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.

'Don't Worry Darling" stars Harry Styles and Chris Pine have a dramatically mouthwatering moment for the scandal-addled film at the Venice Film Festival.

[ scandal-addled production](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-02/dont-worry-darling-movie-explained-olivia-wilde-harry-styles-jason-sudeikis-florence-pugh-shia-labeouf) continued to be a spitballing sport all over social media instead. “do i think harry styles purposely spit on chris pine? do i think it’s absolutely hilarious to pretend he did? [tweet](https://twitter.com/jiawnah/status/1567163129020252164). Then Pine looks down at his own lap and pauses for a moment, then appears to laugh. But as the former One Direction frontman readies himself to sit to Pine’s left, he briefly appears to pucker his lips. [the lukewarmly received film](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-05/dont-worry-darling-review-olivia-wilde-florence-pugh-harry-styles) continued after director Wilde and actor Shia LaBeouf [squabbled during the making](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-08-26/not-so-fast-olivia-wilde-shia-labeouf-wants-to-clear-the-air-i-quit-your-film) of the high-profile project and Pugh, who was at the center of that spat, [cut back on her press events](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-04/florence-pugh-venice-film-festival-dont-worry-darling-premiere) before and during the premiere. The clip showed Styles, 28, arriving to take his empty seat next to Pine, 42, who is smiling while joining Wilde and the crowd in applause. Earlier, [an awkward,](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-venice-1235212421/) [Florence Pugh-less press conference](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-04/florence-pugh-venice-film-festival-dont-worry-darling-premiere) and footage of Pine [“astral projecting”](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/harry-styles-spitting-dont-worry-darling-venice-1235212785/) [during a joint interview](https://twitter.com/ShadowKnightPK/status/1567159980867862528) with Styles further cemented that sentiment. [quipped](https://twitter.com/Mac70J/status/1566958343461249024). [brief clip](https://twitter.com/SteveRogers1943/status/1566959109928325120) that showed [the alleged spit take](https://twitter.com/therealsupes/status/1566967137952219136) while Styles took his seat in the Sala Grande. [poring over several angles](https://www.tiktok.com/@varietymagazine/video/7140084976686615850) of [footage of its stars](https://www.tiktok.com/@zeroisurher0/video/7140084779826941227?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7140084779826941227&lang=en) Harry Styles and Chris Pine at the Venice International Film Festival.

The film's off-screen drama gripped the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, from the alleged discord between director Olivia Wilde and star Florence Pugh ...

“As for all the endless tabloid gossip and noise out there, the internet feeds itself. (This is to say nothing of the multiple controversies already besieging the film, including a public dispute between Wilde and former DWD star Shia LaBeouf about whether or not he was fired.) Here, a study guide for the events of the past few days. I think it’s sufficiently well nourished.” Subsequent questions about LaBeouf were swiftly shut down by a moderator. But her absence only fueled rumors of a rift with Wilde, [reportedly](https://puck.news/worry-darling-worry-a-lot/) over Pugh’s frustration with Wilde and Styles’s on-set romance; [the hyper-sexual nature of the trailer](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40772062/florence-pugh-dont-worry-darling-interview/) (in which Styles’s Jack goes down on Pugh’s Alice); and a video released by LaBeouf [to Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/shia-labeouf-denies-fired-olivia-wilde-dont-worry-darling-1235350529/) in which Wilde, in attempting to keep LaBeouf from leaving the film, says that his impending departure “might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo.” [the film’s](https://www.vogue.com/article/venice-film-festival-dont-worry-darling-review) off-screen drama gripped the Venice International Film Festival over the weekend.

The singer turned actor had been the focus of a viral clip that allegedly shows him spitting on his co-star at the Venice film festival.

The suggestion of such behaviour was fuelled by what appears to have been a tense press push for the film so far. Don’t Worry Darling is a thriller set in a seemingly perfect US suburb. There is nothing but respect between these two men and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist.”

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.