Entertainment Awards Shows and Events Film Festivals Florence Pugh Is Skipping 'Don't Worry Darling' Press at Venice Film Festival, Will Walk Red Carpet A source tells PEOPLE that Florence Pugh is flying into Venice from the Dune: Part Two set and her plane arrives after the Don't Worry Darling press conference By Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left PEOPLE in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 4, 2022 05:59PM EDT Florence Pugh. Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage Florence Pugh will skip Monday's press conference for Don't Worry Darling at the Venice International Film Festival, although she still plans to walk the red carpet for the premiere later that day, according to Variety. A source close to the Dune: Part Two production tells PEOPLE that Pugh is flying into Venice from set and doesn't land until after the press conference. Another source adds that this had always been the plan, though it just came to light with the Variety report. Olivia Wilde Praises Florence Pugh, Shuts Down 'Clickbait' Rumors That 'Pit Women Against One Another' Her absence from the event comes amid speculation that Pugh is on bad terms with Don't Worry Darling costar and director Olivia Wilde, who has since denied any bad blood between them, telling Variety that "tabloid media is a tool to pit women against one another and to shame them." Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Regarding rumors of a pay disparity between the Academy Award nominee, 26, and her co-lead Harry Styles, Wilde, 38, said: "There has been a lot out there that I largely don't pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me." For more on the 2022 Venice Film Festival, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. "I'm a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it's something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims," Wilde added. RELATED VIDEO: A Complete Timeline of the 'Don't Worry Darling' Drama Fans also speculated about a feud between the women when Pugh didn't respond to or share a post from Wilde in July, praising the film's star. Pugh ultimately did share a post about the film on Aug. 11. Pugh and Styles, 28, star in Don't Worry Darling as Alice and Jack, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California in the 1950s. As cracks begin to surface in their idyllic community, Alice becomes obsessed with the nature of her husband's work. Don't Worry Darling premiers Sept. 23 in theaters.