Florence Pugh

After four years of separation, Florence Pugh has mentioned how much mental abuse that she inflicted on herself for Ari Aster's 'Midsommar'.

As she took her seat on the plane to the US, Pugh did look back on her work on Midsommar with a tinge of regret, saying, “I felt like I’d left [Dani] in that field in that state. I definitely felt like I’d left her there in that field to be abused”. As filming progressed, Pugh remembered following the storyline’s dark path by imagining different horrible scenarios, continuing, “I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak.

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I do think that she'll be getting respect and love in a weird way." almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go and do another movie." "But I do think that they care for her and I don't think she's - in that weird, twisted, horrible way - in a place where people actually want her to be there. "Obviously, that’s probably a psychological thing where I felt immense guilt of what I’d put myself through but I definitely felt like I’d left her there in that field to be abused… "I remember looking [out the plane window] and feeling immense guilt because I felt like I’d left her in that field in that state," Pugh explained. "Because each day the content would be getting more weird and harder to do, I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak.

Florence Pugh revealed she felt "immense guilt" over pushing herself psychologically for Ari Aster's "Midsommar."

I knew I would never be so open and so raw and so exhausted like I was that day ever again. “I remember the first take being so long, much longer than is displayed in the film that you all watched,” Pugh said, citing the infamous climatic breakdown scene with Dani. Obviously, that’s probably a psychological thing where I felt immense guilt of what I’d put myself through but I definitely felt like I’d left her there in that field to be abused, almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go and do another movie.” It would take like 15, 20 minutes to get in and out of it. So every single one of those flowers then obviously adds to the weight of the dress. “I’d never played someone that was in that much pain before, and I would put myself in really shitty situations that maybe other actors don’t need to do but I would just be imagining the worst things.” And all of those flowers were individually made and handmade, and they all have wire in them. I think by the end I probably, most definitely abused my own self in order to get that performance.” “I remember looking [out the plane] and feeling immense guilt because I felt like I’d left [Dani] in that field in that [emotional] state,” she said. It meant on the hot days, I would get fucking hot.” Why would making a movie like that be pleasurable?” Scenes that make you hurt, or cringe, or turn away from the screen when watching are scenes designed to make you feel, for ten seconds at least, the most human.

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I created such a sad person, and then felt guilty that I’d created that person and then left her.” “I felt like I’d left her there in that field, in that state, and it was so weird. [https://t.co/ACdMsV8Xnm] Pugh continued, “There were so many places that I had to go to. “I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak. I’ve always thought all my characters, once I left like, ‘They’ll be fine.’ She can’t fend for herself, almost like I’d created this person, and then I just left her when I had to go do another movie.

d never played someone that was in that much pain before," the Oscar nominee said of the 2019 Ari Aster film.

She said that it was really hard to stop and that these women made the scene possible. She also said that by the end of the filming, she had abused herself to get the performance she wanted. The actress also talked about the difficulties of filming in a hot field with three different languages, saying that it wasn’t pleasurable, nor should it be.

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Braff, 47, has praised Pugh as they promote the movie, noting that she inspired him to write the movie. "Each day, the content would be getting more weird and harder to do, I was putting things in my head that were just getting worse and more bleak." "I remember looking down and feeling immense guilt, like I felt so guilty, because I felt like I'd left her in that field, in that state, and it was so weird, I'd never had that before," Pugh said during her podcast appearance.

The actress opened up about what it was like to make the psychological thriller and why she felt "immense guilt" when it was over.

I knew I would never be so open and so raw and so exhausted like I was that day ever again. Obviously, that’s probably a psychological thing where I felt immense guilt of what I’d put myself through but I definitely felt like I’d left her there in that field to be abused, almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go and do another movie.” “The scene where we would all throw our guts out on the floor and war cry and scream in each other’s faces...I remember the first take being so long, much longer than is displayed in the film that you all watched.” Pugh explained that the film shot in a “very hot field,” saying “I wouldn’t say all of it was pleasurable.” By the time she left, and had to move on to Boston to film Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, she felt like she was leaving Dani behind. “When I did it, I was so wrapped up in her and I’ve never had this ever before with any of my characters,” Pugh said of Dani on “I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak.

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almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go and do another movie,” Pugh added. “When I did it, I was so wrapped up in her,” Pugh recalled. “I remember looking [out the plane] and feeling immense guilt because I felt like I’d left her in that field in that state,” she said.

Florence Pugh has reveled that she "definitely abused" herself in order to deliver her acclaimed performance from 2019's Midsommar.

I had created such a sad person, and then felt guilty that I had created that person.” “I remember looking [out the plane] and feeling immense guilt because I felt like I’d left [Dani] in that field in that [emotional] state,” she said. “I’d never played someone that was in that much pain before,” she said.

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“I think she survives,” continued Pugh, “[But] it was more like she was in a different place. “I’d never played someone that was in that much pain before, and I would put myself in really shi*ty situations that maybe other actors don’t need to do, but I would just be imagining the worst things.” “She can’t fend for herself, almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go do another movie.” “I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak. In 2019, Ari Aster‘s “Midsommar” established the director as one of the world’s must-watch horror directors. Pugh had never played a character like Dani before and felt tremendous responsibility toward her.

Florence Pugh realized that she "abused" herself while method-acting during the making of Ari Aster's 2019 film Midsommar.

I do think she’s — in that weird, twisted horrible way — she’s in like a place that people actually want her to be there. obviously, that’s probably a psychological thing where I felt immense guilt of what I’d put myself through, but I definitely felt like I’d left her there in that field to be abused, to be — she can’t fend for herself, almost like I’d created this person and then I just left her there to go and do another movie.” I think by the end I probably, most definitely abused my own self in order to get that performance.”

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In an Instagram post in March 2021, Pugh shared, “I’ve never been an actor that finds it easy to cry on camera, it’s something very personal to me and despite finding all other aspects of acting exciting and thrilling, I find crying very scary.” Pugh explained how she “was so wrapped up in” the role of Dani that she “would just be imagining the worst things because each day the content would be getting more weird and harder to do.” “I was putting things in my head that were just getting worse and more bleak,” Pugh confessed. [Greta Gerwig](https://www.papermag.com/tag/greta-gerwig)’s Little Women, seeing the field where they had shot the majority of the film and feeling guilty. “I think by the end, I had probably — most definitely — abused my own self in order to get that performance.” “I would put myself in really shit situations that other actors maybe don’t need to do.”