Florence Pugh will NOT attend Don't Worry Darling press conference

Florence Pugh will NOT attend Don’t Worry Darling press conference at the Venice Film Festival… but she will hit the red carpet

Florence Pugh will be skipping the highly-anticipated press conference for Olivia Wilde’s new film Don’t Worry Darling amid speculation there was friction between the actress and director on set.

The 26-year-old actress — who stars alongside Harry Styles in the film, who started dating the director during production — will be landing in Venice a few hours after the press conference, coming straight from the Budapest set of Dune Part 2, via Deadline.

She is expected to hit the red carpet with her co-stars, participate in the photo call and attend the premiere screening, before hopping back on a plane to Budapest to be back at work on the Dune sequel on Tuesday morning.

Skipping: Florence Pugh will be skipping the highly-anticipated press conference for Olivia Wilde’s new film Don’t Worry Darling amid speculation there was friction between the actress and director on set; seen in June in London

The press conference is scheduled to take place at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, though Pugh’s flight in from Budapest won’t get in until 1:30 or 2 p.m.

The report claims this was always the plan for Pugh, who has been planning it like this for the past few weeks, before all the rumors of difficulties on the set surfaced.

Pugh has been quite sparse, when it comes to promoting the film, slated for release in theaters September 23, with the actress only doing a cover story for Harper’s Bazaar.

Flight: The press conference is scheduled to take place at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, though Pugh’s flight in from Budapest won’t get in until 1:30 or 2 p.m.; still from Don’t Worry Darling

She isn’t expected to do any more press for the movie, since she is expected to be still filming on Dune Part 2 through October.

Coincidentally, her Dune Part 2 costar Timothee Chalamet is being given ample time to do both the press conference and the red carpet at Venice for his new film Bones For All, and it’s worth noting that both Dune Part 2 and Don’t Worry Darling are both Warner Bros. films.

A report from Page Six in late July claimed that Pugh was upset that Wilde was hooking up with Styles — while still married to Jason Sudeikis — before they split in November. 

No more: She isn’t expected to do any more press for the movie, since she is expected to be still filming on Dune Part 2 through October; pictured in March in London

‘I can tell you for a fact that Flo seeing Olivia and Harry all over each other on set did not go down well as Olivia was still with Jason when she first hooked up with Harry,’ the source said.

Others have noticed that Pugh has sparsely posted about the film on her social media accounts, which has also fueled rumors of friction on the set. 

Wilde has also been commenting about the film, revealing she was ‘forced’ to cut several sex scenes, adding, ‘We still live in a really puritanical society.’ 

Flo: ‘I can tell you for a fact that Flo seeing Olivia and Harry all over each other on set did not go down well as Olivia was still with Jason when she first hooked up with Harry,’ the source said; still from Don’t Worry Darling

Don’t Worry Darling is set in the 1950s, following a housewife (Pugh) whose husband (Styles) moves them into a utopian community for his new company.

She starts worrying that her husband and his company are hiding terrible secrets as her life is turned upside down.

The cast also includes Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Nick Kroll, Douglas Smith, KiKi Layne, Timothy Simons and Dita Von Teese. 

Utopian: Don’t Worry Darling (pictured) is set in the 1950s, following a housewife (Pugh) whose husband (Styles) moves them into a utopian community for his new company

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