Don't Worry Darling is likely one of the maximum arguable motion pictures of 2022 — mostly because of the drama behind the scenes. There's Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles' romance throughout production, her then-recent split with Jason Sudeikis, and a rumored falling-out with co-star Florence Pugh.
They roughly overshadowed the message of the psychological thriller. For example, in step with Wilde — who each directed and starred in the movie — Chris Pine's villainous function, Frank used to be impressed via Jordan Peterson whom the director described as a "pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community."
Here's the tale behind the field place of business hit.
How Jordan Peterson Inspired Chris Pine's 'Don't Worry Darling' Character
Speaking to Interview Magazine in September 2022, Wilde said that Pine's role used to be inspired by means of the "insane" Peterson. "We based [Pine's] character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community. You know the incels?" she defined.
The Wake Up director added that an incel is "someone that legitimizes certain aspects of their movement because he's a former professor, he's an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously." Weeks later, Peterson emotionally spoke back to Wilde's comments, saying: "People have been after me for a long time because I've been speaking to disaffected young men."
"I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice," he instructed Piers Morgan as tears started to smartly up in his eyes. "It's very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly many young men are in that category. And you get these casual insults: 'These incels.' What does that mean? Well, these men, they don't know how to make themselves attractive to women, who are very picky. And good for them — women, be picky. That's your gift, man. Demand high standards from your men. Fair enough. But all these men who are alienated, they're lonesome, and they don't want to do, and everyone piles abuse on them."
Donald Trump Also Inspired 'Don't Worry Darling'
Wilde also published that the previous POTUS, Donald Trump used to be an inspiration within the scriptwriting process for Don't Worry Darling.
"We had a bunch of Trump quotes up on our board when we were writing the script, and there was this gross tendency of Trump's to be very nostalgic about a better time," she informed Elle (per EW). "What these men are referring to is a time that was horrific for anyone who wasn't a straight white cis man."
She persevered: "It was interesting to recognize that I had spent my entire life lusting after the iconography of this time when I would've had very few rights." In her Interview feature, she additionally praised the male solid members of the movie, saying that "it was a dream to work with all these evolved men on this movie who understood what we were trying to say."
The Hidden Meaning Behind The Mid-Century Looks In 'Don't Worry Darling'
Aside from the misogynistic message in the back of Don't Worry Darling, the production designers also conveyed other sinister undertones within the film's aesthetic like the male gaze and consumerism. "There were two ways to imagine Don't Worry Darling," mentioned production dressmaker Katie Byron. "There was this utopic version that we see of the 1950s through magazines and advertisements, where everything is perfect."
"And then there's this side of the '50s, especially in Palm Springs at the time, where it was a playground for artists, creatives, actors, architects," she added. "It was much more liberated in terms of all kinds of hedonistic ways of life. So one of our philosophical ideas was that this world needed to be luxurious and opulent, and also debaucherous."
Costume clothier Arianne Phillips also admitted that she had to "put my male-gaze hat on" in dressing Styles' persona, Jack. "It's not only how men idealize women, but also how they see themselves. The way that Jack chooses to dress really leaned into that Rat Pack early-'60s bro culture, in terms of that flawless suit and the leisure wear and that whole archetype," she stated.
"This is really about gender roles and about a time when there were these societal expectations," she continued. "So that idea of the perfect wife, mother, lover, who has to be all things. But the same thinking is how Jack presents himself, and how all the men present themselves, as their most virile, handsome self."
Maybe those can answer the fans' questions about the film's meaning and plotholes...
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