Warner Bros. Denies Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde Battle Rumors

Amid experiences of a heated feud between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde on the set of Don’t Fear Darling, the movie’s manufacturing firm is standing behind the mission.

“We’re so pleased with the work that Olivia Wilde has finished making this extremely lovely and entertaining movie and look ahead to collaborating together with her once more,” Warner Bros. co-CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy instructed E! Information in a Friday, September 23, assertion, denying rumors of a combat. “The studio may be very grateful and appreciative of the tireless assist by Olivia in bringing her imaginative and prescient to life from manufacturing by launch.”

Hours earlier, Vulture reported that the Don’t Fear Darling director, 38, and Pugh, 26, had gotten right into a “screaming match” on set after the England native was reportedly upset by Wilde’s allegedly frequent absences.

“Any suggestion of battle between the studio and Olivia is just not true,” De Luca and Abdy added of their Friday assertion.

Whereas neither Wilde nor Pugh have publicly addressed Vulture’s allegations, their tense working relationship has made headlines main as much as the movie’s premiere, which debuted in theaters on Friday.

“Florence and Olivia have had a number of disagreements personally and professionally, that’s why Florence isn’t doing any press for the film,” a supply completely instructed Us Weekly final month after experiences speculated that the Little Girl star had been upset she was paid considerably lower than costar Harry Types.

“There was so much on the market that I largely don’t take note of,” Wilde, who started courting the 28-year-old former One Route singer after connecting on the film set, instructed Selection in an August profile. “However the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent response concerning a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors actually upset me.”

She continued: “I’m a girl who has been on this enterprise for over 20 years, and it’s one thing that I’ve fought for myself and others, particularly being a director. There may be completely no validity to these claims.”

Hypothesis grew rampant after Pugh didn’t appear to advertise the mission on social media as a lot as Wilde, the “Girl” crooner and their different colleagues. The Midsommar actress, who has been in Hungary filming Dune 2, additionally didn’t be part of Wilde, Types, Chris Pine and Gemma Chan on the movie’s Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant press convention. She ultimately reunited with the forged — together with Nick Kroll — for the purple carpet and screening the place she was photographed distant from each Types and Wilde. 

Regardless of feud rumors, Pugh praised the movie’s crew whereas celebrating the film’s launch.

“It’s right here… and able to be seen. @dontworrydarling is in cinemas,” the British actress gushed through Instagram on Friday, sharing a carousel of behind-the-scenes photographs from set. “We met so many gifted folks, visited some insane areas, labored arduous within the desert mud and regarded good while doing so.”

She added: “This movie was such an epic story on such a big scale to shoot, all whereas throughout peak Covid instances. For that I’ll at all times be grateful. To all of you who helped make this, your dedication and love was seen each day — thanks.”

Pugh’s submit even included a nonetheless of her character, Alice, chatting with Wilde’s Bunny —  even tagging the O.C. alum’s Instagram within the pic.

The New York native, for her half, additionally shared a behind-the-scenes snap of the 2 girls, Types and author Katie Silberman. “I’m so deeply grateful for this expertise, and for the extraordinary effort of the group of artists who made it occur. We obtained collectively to inform a narrative for you, and we hope you have got enjoyable with it,” Wilde wrote through Instagram, tagging her three colleagues.