Florence Pugh “definitely abused” herself for ‘Midsommar’ performance

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Midsommar.In the psychological thriller, Pugh plays Dani who struggles following the death of her sister and the murder of her parents.In a new interview on Off Menu Podcast, Pugh revealed (via Consequence) that she’d “never played someone that was in that much pain before.”“I would put myself in really shitty situations that maybe other actors don’t need to do, but I would just be imagining the worst things,” she continued. “Each day the content would be getting more weird and harder to do.

I was putting things in my head that were getting worse and more bleak. I think by the end I probably, most definitely abused myself in order to get that performance.”A post shared by Off Menu Podcast (@offmenuofficial) She went on to explain that she felt “immense guilt” when she left the shoot to go and film Greta Gerwig’s Little Women in Boston.“It’s so weird.

I’ve never had that before,” said Pugh. “Obviously, that’s probably a psychological thing where I felt immense guilt for what I’d put myself through, but I definitely felt like I’d left [Dani] there in that field to be abused.

I had created such a sad person, and then felt guilty that I had created that person.”Last month, Florence Pugh released two original solo songs that feature in her latest movie A Good Person.Pugh confirmed her music would feature on the Zach Braff-directed film’s soundtrack back in January.