
Because of Booksmart’s triumph and Wilde’s growing reputation as a director, a heated bidding war for Don’t Worry Darling began that summer, and in April of 2020, it was announced that Pugh and Shia LaBeouf would star.
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It was so widely loved that many, Hollywood insiders included, felt that its modest $25 million box office haul was a sign of how broken the movie industry is. In 2019, Wilde directed Booksmart, which was a critical success. Unsuccessful couples are definitely not couple goals. If there’s lopsided success, a celebrity couple just isn’t aspirational.

Wilde-Sudeikis were considered cool and “ couple goals.” Part of being “couple goals” in Hollywood is that both famous people have to be independently successful. (Bear with me this concept is embarrassing for all of us.) To fully fathom this entire saga, one important thing to understand is that back in 2020, Wilde and Sudeikis were a beloved celebrity couple. The Harry Styles-Olivia Wilde-Jason Sudeikis love triangle of it all To that end, we’ve attempted to bring you all the drama to one place, in semi-chronological order.Īll that scandal and speculation can be fun in its own special way, but when it comes to this movie - darling, I’m worried. It’s unclear whether people were undeterred by the drama going on behind the scenes or were actually motivated by the mess, but the movie had a solid opening and looks to earn back its reported $35 million budget.Įither way, it’s clear that Don’t Worry has become one of those movies where the real drama is behind the scenes. Despite negative and even scathing reviews, however, Don’t Worry Darling hauled in an estimated $19 million in its domestic debut and $10.8 million worldwide during its opening weekend in late September. Tensions between Pugh and Wilde have, like the love triangle between Styles, Wilde, and Sudeikis, threatened to eclipsed the movie itself. There have also been rumors that Pugh didn’t care for Wilde and Styles’s relationship. And in one of the rare moments when she has spoken about the movie, Pugh grumbled at the idea of her performance being reduced to sex scenes. While Wilde has been effusive about Pugh, Pugh has not been promoting this movie or returning Wilde’s warmth.

Meanwhile, Pugh, the star of Don’t Worry, hasn’t been on the same page as her director. That timing would explain why Sudeikis served Wilde custody papers during a huge promotional stop for the movie. Speculation is that Wilde and Styles may have had an affair on set. While filming, Wilde split with her longtime partner Jason Sudeikis and began dating the lead of Don’t Worry, pop star Harry Styles. Much of the drama comes back to director Olivia Wilde, who among other things told Variety that only women have orgasms in the film.
