Florence Pugh Asked for an Acting Break This Summer for the First Time in Her Career After Realizing: ‘I Hate How Much of My Life I’ve Missed’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Florence Pugh said an interview with British Vogue that she did something this past summer that she’s never done before in her career: Asked to take a break from acting.
The Oscar nominee had been working at breakneck speed for several years, filming roles in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” and the upcoming A24 romance drama “We Live in Time.” It was time to hit the pause button. “[It’s] the first time ever in my career when I’ve actually asked for a summer break” Pugh said. “I’m an absolute work maniac, [but] I can see I’m exhausted.
I suddenly woke up last year and I was like, ‘I hate how much of my life I’ve missed.’ Yes, I want to have a career forever, but that’s not going to happen if I work myself into the ground.” Pugh is recharged after a summer off, and she recently attended the Toronto International Film Festival to world premiere “We Live in Time” alongside co-star Andrew Garfield.
The romance film, directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley, opens in U.S. theaters Oct. 11 from A24. Pugh plays a chef who falls in love with the man (Garfield) she accidentally hits with her car.
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