Florence Pugh Reflects on the Emotional Toll of Midsommar
The actor reveals how embodying Dani’s trauma left her battling months of depression Florence Pugh has never hidden the fact that Midsommar pushed her to emotional extremes, but in a recent conversation on The Louis Theroux Podcast, the Oscar-nominated actor opened up more candidly than ever about just how deeply the role affected her. According to Pugh, the psychological strain of portraying Dani—an American woman drowning in grief and trapped in a deteriorating relationship—left her dealing with depression for half a year after filming wrapped. Pugh explained that she had long known the role was demanding, but only later realized the extent to which she had pushed herself beyond healthy limits. “I just can’t exhaust myself like that because it has a knock-on effect,” she said during the interview. She recalled returning from the set of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, […]