Florence Pugh.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImageFlorence Pughwill skip Monday’s press conference forDon’t Worry Darlingat theVenice International Film Festival, although she still plans to walk the red carpet for the premiere later that day, according toVariety.A source close to theDune: Part Twoproduction tells PEOPLE that Pugh is flying into Venice from set and doesn’t land until after the press conference. Another source adds that this had always been the plan, though it just came to light with theVarietyreport.Her absence from the event comes amid speculation that Pugh is on bad terms withDon’t Worry Darlingcostar and directorOlivia Wilde, who has sincedenied any bad blood between them, tellingVarietythat “tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them.“Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesRegarding rumors of a pay disparity between the Academy Award nominee, 26, and her co-leadHarry Styles, Wilde, 38, said: “There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me.“For more on the 2022 Venice Film Festival, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.“I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims,” Wilde added.RELATED VIDEO: A Complete Timeline of the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ DramaFans also speculated about a feud between the women when Pughdidn’t respond to or share a postfrom Wilde in July, praising the film’s star. Pugh ultimately did share apostabout the film on Aug. 11.Pugh and Styles, 28, star inDon’t Worry Darlingas Alice and Jack, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California in the 1950s. As cracks begin to surface in their idyllic community, Alice becomes obsessed with the nature of her husband’s work.Don’t Worry Darlingpremiers Sept. 23 in theaters.
Florence Pugh.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage

Florence Pughwill skip Monday’s press conference forDon’t Worry Darlingat theVenice International Film Festival, although she still plans to walk the red carpet for the premiere later that day, according toVariety.A source close to theDune: Part Twoproduction tells PEOPLE that Pugh is flying into Venice from set and doesn’t land until after the press conference. Another source adds that this had always been the plan, though it just came to light with theVarietyreport.Her absence from the event comes amid speculation that Pugh is on bad terms withDon’t Worry Darlingcostar and directorOlivia Wilde, who has sincedenied any bad blood between them, tellingVarietythat “tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them.“Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesRegarding rumors of a pay disparity between the Academy Award nominee, 26, and her co-leadHarry Styles, Wilde, 38, said: “There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me.“For more on the 2022 Venice Film Festival, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.“I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims,” Wilde added.RELATED VIDEO: A Complete Timeline of the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ DramaFans also speculated about a feud between the women when Pughdidn’t respond to or share a postfrom Wilde in July, praising the film’s star. Pugh ultimately did share apostabout the film on Aug. 11.Pugh and Styles, 28, star inDon’t Worry Darlingas Alice and Jack, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California in the 1950s. As cracks begin to surface in their idyllic community, Alice becomes obsessed with the nature of her husband’s work.Don’t Worry Darlingpremiers Sept. 23 in theaters.
Florence Pughwill skip Monday’s press conference forDon’t Worry Darlingat theVenice International Film Festival, although she still plans to walk the red carpet for the premiere later that day, according toVariety.
A source close to theDune: Part Twoproduction tells PEOPLE that Pugh is flying into Venice from set and doesn’t land until after the press conference. Another source adds that this had always been the plan, though it just came to light with theVarietyreport.
Her absence from the event comes amid speculation that Pugh is on bad terms withDon’t Worry Darlingcostar and directorOlivia Wilde, who has sincedenied any bad blood between them, tellingVarietythat “tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them.”
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Regarding rumors of a pay disparity between the Academy Award nominee, 26, and her co-leadHarry Styles, Wilde, 38, said: “There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me.”
For more on the 2022 Venice Film Festival, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day.
“I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims,” Wilde added.
RELATED VIDEO: A Complete Timeline of the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Drama
Fans also speculated about a feud between the women when Pughdidn’t respond to or share a postfrom Wilde in July, praising the film’s star. Pugh ultimately did share apostabout the film on Aug. 11.
Pugh and Styles, 28, star inDon’t Worry Darlingas Alice and Jack, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California in the 1950s. As cracks begin to surface in their idyllic community, Alice becomes obsessed with the nature of her husband’s work.
Don’t Worry Darlingpremiers Sept. 23 in theaters.
source: people.com