Chris Pine Admits He Wouldn’t Have ‘Cared’ About Potential ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Drama: Venice Film Festival Promo Was ‘Ridiculous’

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Not here for it. Chris Pine was just as in the dark about potential drama surrounding the Don’t Worry Darling cast as fans were — and he would have liked to keep it that way.“I absolutely didn’t know about it, nor really would I have cared,” the actor, 42, told Esquire on Wednesday, March 1. “If I feel badly, it’s because the vitriol that the movie got was absolutely out of proportion with what was onscreen.”The Star Trek star noted that speculation around cast dynamics at the Venice Film Festival left him disappointed. “Venice was normal things getting swept up in a narrative that people wanted to make, compounded by the metastasizing that can happen in the Twittersphere,” he continued. “It was ridiculous.”Don’t Worry Darling, which was released in September 2022, originally sparked interest due to its mysterious plot.

The drama, however, quickly escalated off screen after fans started to question whether the film’s lead Florence Pugh had issues with director Olivia Wilde due to her relationship with Harry Styles.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesDuring the project’s promotional tour, Pugh, 27, raised eyebrows when she opted out of doing press at Venice Film Festival.

After traveling to the event from the Dune 2 set, the Little Women star skipped interviews and reunited with her costars on the red carpet.At the time, Wilde, 38, attempted to shut down rumors of a rift, telling reporters, “Florence is a force, and we are so grateful that she’s able to make it tonight despite being in production on Dune.

I know, as a director, how disruptive it is to lose an actor even for a day, so I’m very grateful to her, to [Dune director] Denis Villeneuve for helping us.