It’s no wonder that several actors don’t get along due to a difference in their working styles. Midsommar (2019) Actress Florence Pugh is no different for having a hard time adapting to Shia LaBeouf’s working style, which led to her being kicked out of the film by director Olivia Wilde. The role was later replaced by Harry Styles in Olivia Wilde Don’t worry honey.
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Before Florence Pugh and Shia LaBeouf were cast as lead actors in don’t worry darling, it was actually Olivia Wilde who played the role of the heroine. Feeling that a younger cast was needed for the film, she later pulled out and cast Florence Pugh in her place and Shia LaBeouf as the lead actor. Olivia Wilde then decided to kick the Transformers hero due to his improper working method which caused a lot of collateral damage to his co-stars.
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Originally reporting it as a “time conflict” director attempted to quietly eliminate Shia LaBeouf in front of sources close to Variety let out a different story. Stating that the actor’s method was uncomfortable for the director as well as the crew, the source also pointed to some bad behavior on the part of Shia LaBeouf. The actor was then replaced 3 months later by none other than English singer-songwriter Harry Styles.
Speaking in an interview after he fired Shia LaBeouf, here’s what the director had to say,
“A lot of things came out after that that really troubled me, in terms of behavior. For our movie, what we really needed was an incredibly supportive energy. Especially with a movie like this , I knew I was going to ask Florence to be in very vulnerable situations, and my priority was for her to feel safe and to feel supported.
Florence Pugh, who rose to fame playing Yelena Belova in the MCU, later said that people were more interested in the sex scenes shown in the film rather than the story and the movie. “Why” of the movie.
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After his shot Don’t worry darling, Singer and actress FKA Twigs, who had dated LaBeouf for a year, filed a lawsuit against her former partner, which included crimes such as sexual abuse, strangulation and knowingly giving an STD to the singer. The film’s director Olivia Wilde has publicly supported FKA Twigs’ behavior which only confirms the actor’s behavioral issues.
don’t worry darling features Harry Styles and Florence Pugh as the lead actors in which Pugh will play Alice, a housewife who becomes suspicious of her husband Jack’s behavior in 1950s Victory, California. The film is slated for a September 23, 2022 release date.
Source: IndieWire