Veteran actress and director Olivia Wilde says she doesn't look for your approval when choosing projects to work on.
Attending the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wilde, who has been in the film industry since the age of 20, said that while she is not looking for acceptance or love from audiences, she is He told the audience that he is proceeding with the project with this belief. Element of uncertainty.
Wilde said she has “naturally gravitated towards roles that involve some degree of risk,” which ultimately influenced the types of projects she was asked to participate in. Every deadline.
Wilde's career began in 2003 with the short-lived and controversial TV series “Skins.”
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Olivia Wilde doesn't want to be “accepted or loved” as a director. (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)
She guest starred as Alex Kelly on TV's hottest teen drama The OC in 2004, playing a bisexual bartender who dates both Adam Brody and Mischa Barton's characters on the show. Wilde was eventually dropped from the show as her storyline with Wilde sparked public debate.
But Wilde was unfazed. As a result, the 40-year-old said people have started pitching her projects “that I know I won't be afraid of.” “And I think part of that is being willing to not be accepted, willing to be willing to be celebrated by no one, willing to be willing to be loved by no one.”
Olivia Wilde poses at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Red Sea International Film Festival Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
“I think there's a big problem in our business, and I think it's the same all over the world, when you confuse filmmaking and acting with fame and mass acceptance, and any opportunity to do a dangerous job is immediately eclipsed. You get cut off,” she continued. . “I think that's why it was important for me not to focus too much on being accepted and loved,” she said.
Wilde's directorial debut was the 2019 coming-of-age film Booksmart, which resonated with the public, but his next feature film Don't Worry Darling, in 2022, was more controversial and set the film world on fire. It was full of scandal. On and off the movie set. The film stars actress Florence Pugh and pop star Harry Styles, with Wilde going on a date with both of them.
Florence Pugh and Harry Styles have starred in the 2022 film Don't Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde. (Warner Bros. Movie)
Taking it a step further, Wilde said she would rather her work be called “controversial” or hated than be met with conformity. controversial More than boring. As a director, I don't want to make a movie where people think, “Well, I don't get it, I didn't feel anything.'' I think it's better for people to hate you than for them to feel nothing at all. ”
Olivia Wilde would rather do something controversial and be hated than something boring. (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)
“What was important to me was not to focus too much on being accepted or loved.”
Going forward, Wilde plans to prioritize work that is “more rewarding than anything I've ever done,” she revealed. “If I don't do that, I get bored. I think my biggest fear is probably that as an artist I'll skid and just become lazy.”
