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If you have had access to social media in the past few months, then you’re more than likely aware of Don’t Worry Darling—or at least the drama that has been surrounding it from the moment it went into production. Olivia Wilde’s follow-up to Booksmart is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, though, increasingly, not for positive reasons. The buzz is mostly owed to the behind-the-scenes chaos that has been gossiped about and scrutinized for over two years.
I’m not here to ramble about all of the things that have gone nightmarishly sideways with the film. (I have already done enough of that). Now that it’s finally in theaters, I want to take a moment to talk about Don’t Worry Darling’s most important player and saving grace: Its leading lady, the one and only Florence Pugh.
Huge crowds of his fans will undoubtedly be flocking to theaters to witness pop-superstar-turned-actor Harry Styles in his leading actor debut. On the other hand, I, like a true stan, am graciously taking myself to the nearest multiplex for the sole purpose of seeing Pugh—or as Wilde has referred to her, Miss Flo—do her damn thing.