Florence Pugh is well aware of that part in the Don’t Worry Darling trailer many have latched on to — and she’s not going to further contribute to any Watermelon Sugar fantasies, OK?
The trailer for the upcoming film directed by Olivia Wilde dropped in May, and instead of people getting invested in the mystery of the movie, many viewers were more focused on fleeting footage of Pugh’s co-star Harry Styles performing an act of female pleasure on her character atop of a kitchen table.
And Florence isn’t going to serve the masses the tasty tidbits they are hungry to devour.
“When it’s reduced to your sex scenes, or to watch the most famous man in the world go down on someone, it’s not why we do it. It’s not why I’m in this industry,” she told Harper’s Bazaar in a profile published Tuesday.
“Obviously, the nature of hiring the most famous pop star in the world, you’re going to have conversations like that. That’s just not what I’m going to be discussing because [this movie is] bigger and better than that. And the people who made it are bigger and better than that.”
Although Florence not wanting to talk about herself sexually while promoting a movie is understandable, she shouldn’t be too surprised by the eagerness and excitement of Harry’s fans for the film.
Director Olivia Wilde recently promised Don’t Worry Darling would focus on “female pleasure” in its sex scenes, and compared the film to Adrian Lyne’s erotic thrillers Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal.
Olvia told Vogue earlier this year: “[Those movies are] really sexy, in a grown-up way. I kept saying, ‘Why isn’t there any good sex in film anymore?’”
So, for publicity’s sake, maybe Florence and Olivia need to have a chat.