The long awaited premiere of their movie Don’t Worry Darling is taking place at the Venice Film Festival on Monday night.
Marking their first red carpet appearance together as a couple, the movie’s director Olivia Wilde, 38, and her leading man Harry Styles, 29, arrived for the festival photocall of their film on Monday morning.
Olivia put in a daring display, flashing her bra as she went shirtless under a bright green suit, before her beau made his big entrance to the excitement of fans.
Star power: Marking their first red carpet together as a couple, director Olivia Wilde and her leading man Harry Styles arrived for the Venice Film Festival photocall of their film Don’t Worry Darling n Monday morning
Making an entrance! Olivia put in a daring display, flashing her bra as she went shirtless under a bright green suit
Harry wasn’t to be outdone after his girlfriend’s daring fashion choice, rocking a pinstripe cream blazer with loose-fitting black slacks and a blue necktie.
While the couple were joined by castmembers Chris Pine and Gemma Chan, there was no sign of Don’t Worry Darling’s leading lady Florence Pugh.
It was revealed over the weekend that the actress will be skipping the photocall and press conference on Monday, amid speculation there was friction between her and director Olivia on set.
The 26-year-old actress — who plays Harry’s wife in the film — 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 in the evening to attend the premiere screening, before hopping back on a plane to Budapest to be back at work on the Dune sequel on Tuesday morning.
Keeping their distance: The real-life couple posed with cast members Gemma Chan and Chris Pine, but there was no sign of the movie’s leading lady Florence Pugh amid speculation there was friction between the actress and Olivia on set
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.
Couple: Olivia and Harry began their relationship after falling for each other on the set of Don’t Worry Darling in 2020
Leading man: Harry is celebrating his first lead role with the new movie after appearing briefly in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
Separate arrivals: Olivia and Harry took separate water taxis to the photocall and didn’t pose next to each other
Retro vibes: Fashion fan Harry, who is marking his first leading role with the movie, looked sharp in his ’70s style shades
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 during the production of Don’t Worry Darling — while still married to Jason Sudeikis — before they split in November.
Controversy: A report from Page Six in late July claimed that Pugh was upset that Wilde was hooking up with Styles during the production of Don’t Worry Darling — while still married to Jason Sudeikis
‘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.’
There have been conflicting reports as to the timeline of Olivia’s split from her ex husband Jason, with whom she shares two children, and when she started her new relationship with Harry.
Rumours of Harry and Olivia’s romance were confirmed when they were seen holding hands at his agent’s wedding in Montecito, California, on January 3 2021, raising eyebrows over just how quickly she had moved on.
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.
MIA: There was no sign of Don’t Worry Darling’s leading lady Florence Pugh at the photocall amid speculation there was friction between her and director Olivia on set (pictured in the movie)
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