Don't Worry Darling has been making headlines lately for the rumored on-set feud between director Olivia Wilde and lead actress Florence Pugh. In a new twist, forty members of the crew have penned a letter disavowing rumors of the feud, calling it “absurd gossip.”
Warner Bros.'Don't Worry Darling is a psychological thriller about Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Harry Styles), a couple living a typical 1950s suburban existence that begins to unravel when Alice starts to experience strange happenings. The film originally starred Shia LaBeouf (who is facing assault allegations) in the role of Jack, and Wilde recently made comments suggesting she replaced him for the comfort of Pugh, but LaBeouf released a video of Wilde asking him to return to the film and referencing Pugh as “Miss Flo.” The casting of Styles attracted controversy when he and Wilde began dating, though the timeline of her relationship with Jason Sudeikis allegedly overlapped. Pugh was reportedly unhappy about many of these events, which led to an alleged on-set screaming match with Wilde, according to an anonymous source.
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Now, however, forty crew members have come forward and sent a letter to Deadline, where they specifically take umbrage at the idea that Pugh and Wilde engaged in such behavior while on set. “As a crew, we’ve avoided addressing the absurd gossip surrounding the movie we’re so proud of, but feel the need to correct the anonymous ‘sources’ quoted in a recent article,” the letter reads. “Any allegations about unprofessional behavior on the set of Don't Worry Darling are completely false. Olivia is an incredible leader and director who was present with and involved
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