Olivia Wilde showers Florence Pugh with compliments in a profuse manner for 's cover story, perhaps in an effort to dispel rumors the two are on the outs.
But despite all the adulation, Wilde has been met with silence from Pugh.The 38-year-old director opened up about why she decided to cast the star for the lead role of Alice in the psychological thriller, , starring Pugh, Wilde's boyfriend, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine.
According to, the studio had set its sights on another actress, but Wilde, following a lunch meeting with Pugh, knew she had found her Alice.«I had been blown the f**k away by her,» says Wilde, while referencing the 2019 horror. «I loved the film, but I loved her.
I was just like, 'Well, she's extraordinary. She's clearly the most exciting young actress working today.»As the film went into production in the middle of the pandemic, Wilde praised Pugh's working relationship with Styles, and vice versa.«We were all brought so close by the bubble of the production, » she says. «She was really a great supporter of his as someone who was newer to a film set.
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