Actress Florence Pugh, who just had the biggest year of her career talked about her upcoming projects and more with ‘Vanity Fair’ on Wednesday.
When the actress was asked about how she’s strategizing her upcoming projects, she said, “Working with Marvel has helped hugely. Their schedule is so precise—they know when they’re going to make it, when they’re going to release it.” She further continued, “What that means is if you want to fill your time with other things, you have to do it amongst that. You’re able to have a lot more leeway: ‘Oh, I’m going to be away doing this for this certain amount of time, so I need to make sure that I can get in a little indie here, or do a play.’ So that’s what I’m trying to do now. With this year, I went into the year willing it to make its own thing, and didn’t have any projects specifically lined up—like, hopefully there would be one special big thing or one special little thing. And lo and behold, I got Oppenheimer and then I got Dune. That all started making its image of the year within the first four months or so.”
The star also talked about her ‘Dune 2’ co-stars, who are of the same generation as her. She said, “It’s actually an interesting point because for the majority of my career I’ve worked with lots of older actors that I’ve had to pinch myself for working with. I’ve learnt a lot just by watching. To do Dune with those specific actors at the front, like Timmy [Chalamet] and Zendaya and Austin [Butler]—they are remarkable people, number one, and unbelievable actors, number two. They’re stars in their own ways, not in the cliché way of using the word. They’re just—they’re sparkly people. I’m now lucky enough to call them all my friends, which is super exciting. For me to be able to work with the ‘young Hollywood’ of the moment, and them being beautiful people, and then have them on my phone when I want to text them—to see that that’s the direction in which our industry is going is such a wonderful feeling.”
“You are who you are”
When Florence was asked about whether looking more natural to the public ever felt like a burden, the star replied, “No, I love it, I love it. When I started out, my granddad would always tell me off and be like, “Why are you showing everyone your ugly spots?” He’d be really confused as to why I’d show my cellulite. My answer was like, ‘Well, I’d much rather do it than they do it, and then I feel ashamed.’ There’s no pretending with me. When I put on makeup and step in a wonderful dress, I give credit to the people that made me look like that, and I also want my fans to know that (a) I don’t look like that all the time and (b) I also have stress acne, and I also have hairy eyebrows, and I also have greasy hair. I’ve always thought that was a way better way to do it. Just be honest and open—then no one has to call you out for anything. You are who you are.”