‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Crewmembers Dispute On-Set Feud Rumors Amid Solid Box Office Opening - Deadline

Forty members of the crew and production team on Olivia Wilde’s new movie Don’t Worry Darling have spoken out to dispute “the absurd gossip” surrounding alleged on-set unrest during the production of the New Line Cinema pic starring Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine.

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Venice Film Festival Photo Gallery: Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine.

“As a crew, we’ve avoided addressing the absurd gossip surrounding the movie we’re so proud of, but feel the need to correct the anonymous ‘sources’ quoted in a recent article,” reads the statement, signed by producers including co-writer Katie Silberman, various below-the-line crew members and director of photography Matthew Libatique.

“Any allegations about unprofessional behavior on the set of Don’t Worry Darling are completely false,” it continues.

“Olivia is an incredible leader and director who was present with and involved in every aspect of production.

“We are happy to put our names on this, as real people who worked on the film, and who have witnessed and benefitted from the collaborative and safe space Olivia creates as a director and leader.

Rumors have circulated about unrest on set since before Don’t Worry Darling‘s premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it received an five-minute standing ovation.

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Pugh however, has been on a tight schedule working on Dune: Part Two; she also wasn’t at the Toronto Film Festival for her Netflix movie The Wonder

As for the movie itself, the film opened this weekend in North America to $19.2 million, after distributor Warner Bros had been eyeballing a frame of around $17 million

Eliana Alcouloumre, production assistant

David Hecht, assistant property master