I’m Still Worried, Darling: An Update on the Don’t Worry Darling Behind the Scenes Drama
By: Mallory Johnson
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Olivia Wilde’s second directorial movie, Don’t Worry Darling, hit theatres on September 23rd, and with it came more drama and rumors. I previously wrote an article about the extensive drama that happened before the movie came out, and I felt like it needed an update. Before I go any further, since I have seen the film and this has all happened after it came out, there is a risk of spoilers in this article, so here is a major SPOILER ALERT.
Kiki Layne, who plays Margaret, was previously completely out of all the drama, until September 25th, when she posted a shocking Instagram caption. She posted a sweet photo and video of her and co-star-turned-boyfriend Ari’el Stachel on set, and in the caption revealed that “they cut us from most of the movie, but we thriving in real life.” This shocked fans because Kiki’s character Margaret is a major part in the movie. Fans quickly turned to anger and questioned Olivia’ character, Bunny’s, importance in the story and theorized that her scenes replaced Margaret’s scenes. While fans were discussing this shocking Instagram post on social media, they started questioning why Kiki was not at the film premieres in Venice and New York City. Surely if she played a major part in the film, she’d be there, right?
On the day of the movie’s release, an article from Vulture came out alleging that Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde reportedly had a “screaming match” on set. However, an article came out days later that said that 40 crew members on the film signed a petition of sorts denying that the screaming match happened.
Finally, this last part has a SPOILER ALERT. A while before the movie came out, Olivia Wilde claimed in an interview that it was about “female pleasure” and made the film sound like a feminist hit. However, all the sex scenes in the movie are non-consensual; it is shocking to think that Olivia Wilde forgot to think of that aspect.
I highly recommend watching Don’t Worry Darling (especially in theatres!) All the drama surrounding this movie has only promoted it more, because there is no press like bad press.