Watch: Olivia Wilde Reacts to Rumors of Screaming Match With Florence Pugh on Don’t Worry Darling Set
Olivia Wilde isn’t worrying about her unscripted kiss with Penelope Cruz—but she is basking in it.
The Don’t Worry Darling star revealed her smooch with the Oscar winner while filming their film The Invite was a surprise, which ultimately made it into the movie’s final cut.
“There is a moment in the film where she improvised a kiss with me,” Wilde shared during a recent appearance on the Table Manners Podcast. And she enjoyed every moment of the impromptu moment, adding, “I was like, ‘Oh, hair in the gate. Do [the scene] again!’”
But the Tron: Legacy star was just as flustered as she was delighted.
“I was so shocked when she did it that I actually turned my head and looked directly into the lens and my camera operator, he was like, ‘Olivia!’” she recalled. “I said, ‘Cut, namaste.’ For some reason that was the only thing that came to my mind.”
“My mind went blank because I was so struck by this moment,” the 42-year-old added. “I lost control. I was so madly in love with her.”
The Invite is a dramedy following Angela (Wilde) and Joe (Seth Rogan) as they attempt to reinvigorate their marriage by hosting a dinner party for their neighbors Pina (Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton).
But the night takes a turn after their sexually liberated peers make an unexpected request.
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While filming the star-studded movie, Cruz wasn’t the only reason why Wilde felt jitters in front of the camera. After all, it took the Cowboys & Aliens actress—who directed the A24 film—some convincing to put her acting hat back on.
“I was so struck [by the idea] because it hadn’t occurred to me,” she said of her costars urging her to play Angela, a stay-at-home mother in San Francisco. “I weirdly had imposter syndrome about acting in it but, for some reason, not about directing it.”
“At this point, I feel like a much better director than actor,” Wilde added, though she “was so happy I ended up jumping in.”
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