Good things take time. Be it Jesse Pinkman’s near perfect wooden box. Or Florence Pugh’s performance in the 2019 horror-thriller, Midsommar. Though she has been a part of many movies since, the role is believed by many to be her best performance till date.
Pugh’s acting career might still be young. And fans around the world sre still willing to flock to theatres to see her. Midsommar might have a large role to play in that. But it seems like the world will never be treated to another performance of that scale from her. The reason? Turns out time isn’t the only thing it took from her.
Florence Pugh went through hell in order to prepare for her role in Midsommar
Florence Pugh has never been one to shy away from letting people in on her process. In an interview on the Reign With John Smith podcast, she revealed how the role took quite a toll on her. She said,
There have been some roles where I’ve given too much and I’ve been broken for a long while afterwards.
Playing Dani was never going to be easy after all. Her story takes a turn for the worse when her trip to a Swedish midsummer festival with her toxic boyfriend goes awrily wrong. And she had to put herself through before stepping into the character’s shoes. She continued,
I definitely felt like I abused myself in the places that I got myself to go.
After all, that was her first time essaying such an intense character. She said,
When I did it, I was so wrapped up in her. I’d never played someone that was in that much pain before and I would put myself in really shit situations that maybe other actors don’t need to do but I would just be imagining the worst things. (The Independent)
Deep down, she was also afraid this would be the last time she put herself through so much.
How Florence Pugh came back a little broken (but really proud of herself)
In a conversation with The Sunday Times, she revealed how she did everything, from hyperventilating to going to an open casket for her siblings. No wonder she told John Smith,
The nature of figuring these things out is you need to go, ‘Alright, well, I can’t do that again because that was too much.’
There is a part of her that feels proud of everything she managed to pull off in the end. She continued,
But then I look at that performance and I’m really proud of what I did, and I’m proud of what came out of me. I don’t regret it. But, yeah, there’s definitely things that you have to respect about yourself.
While she is yet to outdo the scale set by her in the Will Poulter starrer, Florence Pugh is still going strong. The 29-year-old is making waves with her new movie, We Live in Time, co-starring Andrew Garfield.
Midsommar is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
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