Simon Cowell is vouching for Harry Styles.
24.08.2022 - 18:47 / variety.com
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent If you haven’t heard of “Don’t Worry Darling,” you’ve probably read something about it. Olivia Wilde’s upcoming movie has become one of the most talked-about films of the year, especially considering it doesn’t even hit theaters for another month. Ever since “Don’t Worry Darling” was announced, the psychological thriller has attracted considerable attention in the tabloids and across social media with internet sleuths picking apart each and every detail of the film that stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. The latest gossip to come from the “Don’t Worry Darling” rumor mill claimed that Styles made more than three times Pugh’s salary on the film. (While Styles is the male lead, Pugh is, without question, the star of “Don’t Worry Darling.”)
Speaking to Variety for this week’s cover story, Wilde strongly denies the reported pay disparity. “There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to,” Wilde tells Variety. “But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me. I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims.” Variety reached out to Warner Bros., which declined to comment. (It would be illegal for studios to disclose any information regarding salaries.) The site that originally reported the alleged pay disparity, Showbiz Galore, did not cite any sources or provide any backing for its report, which stated that Pugh made $700,000 on the film, compared to Styles’ $2.5 million. While the report garnered
Simon Cowell is vouching for Harry Styles.
Simon Cowell is vouching for Harry Styles. The talent judge, who has long been a champion of Styles and famously put the boys of One Direction together on in 2010, gushed over the singer's character when asked about the recent spitgate drama out of the Venice Film Festival.Days ago, Styles started an internet frenzy when footage appeared to show him spitting on his co-star Chris Pine at the premiere of their film. Styles later joked about the alleged incident during a performance at Madison Square Garden, while Pine's rep vehemently denied it happening. «That doesn't sound like Harry,» Cowell said on Thursday in an appearance on . Host Jimmy Kimmel noted that maybe Styles spit on «accident.» «I was thinking that, yeah,» Cowell admitted.
continues to swirl around “Don’t Worry Darling,” “The View” host Joy Behar is a bit baffled by the criticisms of director Olivia Wilde. So, on Thursday’s episode of the show, the host took a few moments to defend the director.The ladies began the segment by discussing Wilde’s latest magazine profile, released Thursday in Vanity Fair, and how it factors into the ongoing discussion around the film.
The drama continues. As Florence Pugh has stayed relatively quiet on social media about her experience filming Don’t Worry Darling amid feud rumors, director Olivia Wilde has opened up about their relationship.
Olivia Wilde is putting everything on the table in her new magazine interview and she addressed nearly everything that fans have been talking about for the past several weeks.
Harry Styles spit on his costar, Chris Pine. It all started at the Don’t Worry Darling premiere, which has proven to be one of the most dramatic releases in Hollywood.There were people on both sides of the theory arguing for hours with internet detectives finding different angles, and slowing down the footage.
Florence Pugh is thriving amid all the drama and online rumors caused by the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ film, showing that she is not letting it get to her despite her alleged feud with Olivia Wilde and some tension among the rest of the cast, including Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Sydney Chandler and Nick Kroll.The cast of the film walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival together, despite previous reports that detailed a pay disparity between Pugh and Styles, and a video that surfaced online, in which Wilde asks Shia LaBeouf to stay in the film, calling Florence, “Miss Flo.”And while Olivia had previously claimed that Shia had been fired for the project in an effort to create a “safer” working environment. The actor went on to respond saying that the director had in fact encouraged him to stay.Florence decided to skip press day during the festival, probably to avoid questions about the drama.
"Don't Worry Darling" is garnering heaps of press, but none of it actually surrounds the film. In a now viral video, actor Harry Styles is seen taking his seat next to co-star Chris Pine for a screening of the movie on Monday at the Venice Film Festival. The awkward video shows Styles not making eye contact with either Pine or Olivia Wilde, his director and girlfriend, as he sits down. As Styles turns to sit, you see Pine look down at his pants, pause, and then guffaw at whatever just transpired. Chris Pine was sandwiched between Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles during the film's screening.
Olivia Wilde landed in Italy Sunday separately from boyfriend Harry Styles ahead of the "Don't Worry Darling" movie premiere at the Venice Film Festival Monday night, where Florence Pugh will not be in attendance for the press conference post screening. Wilde, who marks her second time in the director's chair with the new thriller, seemed to be in high spirits as she touched down at the Italian airport wearing a cream-colored suit.
There’s an update regarding Florence Pugh’s participation in the Don’t Worry Darling promotion at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival amid speculation about behind-the-scenes drama.
Olivia Wilde is opening up about the cuts that she was forced to make to the Don’t Worry Darling trailer in order for it to be approved by the MPA.
There’s been a lot of drama in the lead-up to the premiere of Olivia Wilde‘s “Don’t Worry Darling” at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Like Wilde’s drama with Shia LaBeouf, who exited the film before production.
It seems not a day goes by that we’re not talking about the apparent feud between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde, who worked together on the upcoming psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling. So much has happened between when the cast was first announced to now, and as the film approaches its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2022, it wouldn’t be surprising if you’re struggling to keep up or completely unaware what the controversy is in the first place. This is the Olivia Wilde-Florence Pugh feud explained, plus why we think it sounds more legitimate than ever.
There’s been a lot of drama in the lead-up to the premiere of Olivia Wilde‘s “Don’t Worry Darling” at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Like Wilde’s drama with Shia LaBeouf, who exited the film before production.
Don’t Worry Darling, recently commented on how her acting roles informed her career.In conversation with fellow actor-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal for Interview magazine, Wilde said: “I’ve made like 5,000 times more shitty movies than you have.”“I’ve been in some really bad ones, and now I think, ‘I did those to learn all the cautionary tales that would help me define myself as a director: how I will never speak to a crew, how I will never speak to actors, how I will never schedule a movie.’ All of that comes from those bad experiences,” she added.Olivia Wilde was recently challenged by Shia LaBeouf after the filmmaker claimed she had fired him from Don’t Worry Darling.The actor pushed back, alleging he had quit the role of Jack Chambers (now played by Harry Styles) opposite Florence Pugh.LaBeouf’s departure from the project in 2020 was originally cited by the studio as a “scheduling conflict”, until director Wilde claimed to Variety that she fired him in order to create a “safe, trusting environment” on set.“I say this as someone who is such an admirer of his work,” Wilde said. “His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions.