Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Baby” press tour was messy, to say the least. In a new interview with Elle magazineWilde expressed his disappointment at the way the media has taken over all the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the film and “minimizing [it] To TikTok’s little points of interest,” he added, “This movie tries to ask big questions, but [it’s] Let’s just focus on that side view here. “
Rumors swirled for months that Wilde and her lead “Don’t Worry Baby” Florence Pugh feuded on set. Social media users spent a lot of the film’s press tour looking for confirmation wherever they found them, whether it was because Pugh’s lack of social media promotion for the film or the duo were staying away during the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Then drama erupted around Shia LaBeouf’s exit from the film, with LaBeouf leaking a video of Wilde trying to get him back despite Pugh’s apparent reservations about working with him. And don’t forget the Harry Styles video of allegedly spitting on Chris Pine (both of their actors have denied such an act).
Wilde said, “Being a well-known figure for a while…makes me well-equipped to have a Teflon exterior.” Elle magazine. “But it also means that you are under a different kind of microscope. It has brought my attention to the media and how it puts women against each other.”
“It is shocking to see so many lies about you being circulated as truth,” Wilde continued. “Florence had a really wise comment that we didn’t sign up for a reality show. And I love that she put it that way, because as if the general public feels that if you’re making something that you’re selling to the public, you’re somehow accepting that your life is going to be torn apart by a pack of wolves. No , that’s actually not part of the job description. It never was.”
Wilde also echoed Pugh again when she said the media went too far in covering the film’s sex scenes. While Wilde herself defended the film’s sex scenes prior to its release on how they demonstrated female pleasure, she told Elle, “It’s interesting because Florence very wisely indicated that a lot of attention has been paid to the sex scenes. And I think she’s right. I totally agree with her in It overshadows everything else the movie is about, which is ironic because one of Victory’s use of sex is as a distraction.”
“When Florence pointed out that this movie is so much bigger and better than just the sex scenes, I was so happy that she said it because I feel the same way,” Wilde concluded.
“Don’t Worry Baby” topped the box office during its opening weekend and has since grossed $39 million in the United States. The film continues to be shown in theaters across the country.
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