![]() ![]() I do think the lack of eroticism in American film is kind of new.” ![]() “But of course we still live in a really puritanical society. “The came down hard on me and the trailer at the last second and I had to cut some shots, which I was upset about because I thought they it took it up another notch,” she said. getting hit at every turn, shouldering a relentless and misogynistic scolding for the type of otherwise rote Hollywood interactions that other filmmakers face with no fanfare.”Īugust 31, 2022: The Associated Press publishes an interview with Wilde, in which the director admits she “was upset” about having to cut some sex scenes from the DWD trailer. Maybe it’s true that LaBeouf was not fired so much as he did quit, but Olivia Wilde can’t hurt his reputation any more than he’s hurt it himself…. Keep in mind that he told everyone he was abused by his father as depicted in his movie Honey Boy…and recently admitted that was not true.Īs for the role of the patriarchy in all this: Fran Hoepfner of Gawker summed it up aptly, “LaBeouf emerging at the eleventh hour to join in the ongoing Wilde pile-on feels spiteful and misaligned. How much of this is savvy PR for LaBeouf's attempted redemption arc? In an email he shared with Variety, he writes to Wilde to both offer to make amends and also dispute her press strategy. "I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo,” Wilde continues, adding, “If she really commits, if she really puts her mind and heart into it at this point and if you guys can make peace-and I respect your point of view, I respect hers-but if you guys can do it, what do you think? Is there hope?” “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,” she says in the video, which has leaked online. The actor also sent Variety a video that Wilde had allegedly sent him at some point during all this negotiation, in which she refers to Pugh as “Miss Flo” and seems to confirm that the actors did not get along. I want to make clear how much it means to me that you trust me. ![]() I’m gutted because it could have been something special. I’m honored you were willing to go there with me, for me to tell a story with you. Doesn’t feel good to say no to someone, and I respect your honesty. LaBeouf claims that he and the director spoke about his quitting together, and that after a conversation the night before he officially left (mid-August 2020), Wilde texted him, “Thanks for letting me in on your thought process. That was my job.”Īugust 26, 2022: LaBeouf tells Variety that he “quit the film due to lack of rehearsal time.” Ultimately, my responsibility is to the production and to the cast to protect them. I believe that creating a safe, trusting environment is the best way to get people to do their best work. 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. And the people who made it are bigger and better than that.” Elsewhere in the Bazaar piece, Pugh praises the crew and COVID nurses who worked on the movie.Īugust 24, 2022: Wilde talks to Variety, dismissing rumors of a feud, saying, “Tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them.” She also describes the departure of LaBeouf thusly: “His process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions. That’s just not what I’m going to be discussing because bigger and better than that. Obviously, the nature of hiring the most famous pop star in the world, you’re going to have conversations like that. There is also, around this time, a rumor that Pugh got paid less than Styles for the movie, which everyone who has commented on it denies.Īugust 16, 2022: Pugh reveals to Harper's Bazaar that she and longtime boyfriend Zach Braff have split and says this about the buzz around Don't Worry Darling: “When it’s reduced to your sex scenes, or to watch the most famous man in the world go down on someone, it’s not why we do it.
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