VENICE, Italy — Fans went wild for the
arrival of music star
Harry Styles in Venice on Monday, but any discussion of
controversies around his film “Don’t Worry Darling” was quickly shut down.
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The mere presence of the 28-year-old in the film — a
dystopia about a seemingly-perfect community with dark secrets — has ensured
the internet is awash with unsubstantiated gossip.
Claims that the film’s lead star,
Florence Pugh,
fell out with director Olivia Wilde over the latter’s relationship with Styles
have been denied but continue to keep tongues wagging.
And there was further grist to the mill when Pugh
failed to show up for the film’s press conference in Venice — though she was
due to walk the red carpet for the premiere later on Monday.
Wilde had clearly had her fill of the rumors.
“As for all the endless tabloid gossip and all the
noise out there, the internet feeds itself, I don’t feel the need to
contribute, I think it’s sufficiently well-nourished,” Wilde told reporters.
Pugh, who plays a housewife determined to reveal the
community’s secrets, was reportedly late to Venice because she was filming
“Dune: Part Two” in Hungary.
“Florence is a force and we’re so grateful that
she’s able to make it tonight despite being in production on ‘Dune’,” Wilde
said.
“I can’t say enough how honored I am to have her as
our lead.”
‘Very lucky’
With millions of fans hanging on his every word, Styles was typically
cautious.
Asked about
balancing his acting and music careers, Styles said he found them “opposite in
a lot of ways”.
“Making music is
a really personal thing. There’s aspects of acting where you’re drawing from
experience, but for the most part you’re pretending to play someone else.
That’s what I find the most fun about it,” he said.
But Styles was
non-committal about whether more acting was in his future.
“I feel very
lucky that I get to do something that I love as a job and being able to explore
this has made me feel even luckier,” he said. “In terms of the future, I try
not to think about it too much ... one day at a time.”
Wilde said she
hopes “Don’t Worry Darling” will generate discussion about patriarchal control
at a contentious moment in
US politics.
“It’s
unfortunately very timely but it’s also timeless. I don’t think there’ll ever
be a time when the idea of controlling someone’s body is not relevant to fight
against,” Wilde said.
“We want women to
feel they are being heard and to feel inspired by ... the kind of revolutionary
who’s willing to sacrifice everything to do what’s right,” she added.
“Those are the
superheroes I want to see at this time.”
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