As “Don’t Worry Darling” continues its overpowered performance, actor Chris Pine is trying to put the instances of a spit-filled fight with co-star Harry Styles behind him. The two unexpectedly sent web-based fun into overdrive on Monday, resulting in it going to the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in Italy.
Video footage taken before the screening appeared to show Styles spitting on Pine before collapsing inside the theater. On Tuesday, a representative for Pine pardoned the case. “This is an absurd story – a total creation and the result of a bizarre online hoax that is clearly misleading and thinks of silly speculation,” the rep said in a clarification to Variety.
Jason Derulo slipped on Harry Styles’ spit and fell down the stairs at the Venice Film Festival pic.twitter.com/EAsv0occu6
—Beth McColl (@imteddybless) September 6, 2022
Pine-Styles’ event, dubbed “Spitgate” on Twitter, is the latest in a creative roundup of projects, both real and imagined, emerging in the future before “Don’t Worry Darling” opens in that state of mood in which not all that. far.
At a public meeting ahead of Monday’s screening, boss Olivia Wilde tried to limit reports of a feud between her and the film’s central star, Florence Pugh. Still, Pugh herself was clearly not present at the public meeting. Regardless, the performer turning up in Venice later Monday in time for the film’s showing, she seemed to avoid face-to-face association with Wilde during a strong eulogy.
The off-screen spectacle that surrounds “Don’t Worry Darling” may prove more persuasive than the actual film. Early reviews have been mixed, but scholars are, in any case, brushing aside acknowledgment of Pugh’s show.