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From rumors of off-camera feuds to on-set romance to casting selections, the connection surrounding Olivia Wilde's upcoming movie Don't Worry Darling has taken connected a beingness of its personal. And present — spit?

As the coagulated of the movie arrived connected the Venice International Film Festival for its astir suitable Monday, pictures and movies began to flood the net with each enthusiasts and critics dissecting each circulate.

What started retired arsenic a "who's lasting adjacent to whom" and "who isn't making oculus interaction with whom" turned into a question of whether the movie's prima Harry Styles spat connected his costar Chris Pine beforehand of the film's screening.

In a clip that began circulating the nett Monday night, Styles, 28, is disposable taking his spot consequent to Pine — who drastically is seated to the near of Wilde, 38.

As the "Watermelon Sugar" vocalist bends close down to instrumentality his seat, his lips travel earlier than Pine, forty two, accelerated appears down and stops clapping — which immoderate judge arsenic existent with is his acknowledging that the vocalist has simply spit. Pine past shakes his caput somewhat and appears to laughter earlier than achieving down and grabbing his prima shades which mightiness beryllium placed betwixt his legs and keeps to look amused.

Reps for Pine and Styles did present not instantly reply to PEOPLE's requests for comment.

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As the clip circulated, the net debated conscionable precisely what passed off. One Twitter idiosyncratic posted a GIF made from the clip astatine the broadside of the message, "He a hundred% spit connected Chris Pine."

Another person wrote, "#HarryStyles appears to spit connected Chris Pine one won't slumber till one recognize the fact," astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic a 3rd tweeted, "Someone desires to statesman a afloat fledged probe into what occurred connected that don't interest darling acceptable … wdym harry patterns spitting connected chris pine connected NATIONAL TELEVISION?"

Some net customers did conscionable that and diagnostic connected the grounds that jumped to Styles' extortion online, giving immoderate different clarification to what befell.

"Chris pine simply wondered successful which his prima shades had been aft the applause," Twitter idiosyncratic @cinemazietgeist wrote of her interpretation of the photos. "And helium zoned retired (likes helium is been doing each day) and realised it is successful his lap. So I americium atrocious to accidental harry styles did present not spit connected him."

The identical idiosyncratic aboriginal shared a slowed-down clip of the moment, writing, "And this vid suggests thing near his mouth."

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The viral infinitesimal came aft the solid, which includes Styles, Wilde, Pine, Florence Pugh, Gemma Chan, Sydney Chandler and Nick Kroll posed collectively on the purple carpet.

Pugh, 26, had successful beforehand sat retired of the film's property league portion connected a formation from the Dune: Part Two acceptable and Wilde fielded a query astir rumors of a "falling out" among herself and Pugh.

The second replied to the question, "Florence is simply a force, and we are truthful grateful that she's susceptible of marque it contiguous contempt being successful accumulation connected Dune."

"I understand, arsenic a director, however disruptive it's acold to suffer an histrion adjacent for an afternoon, truthful I'm precise grateful to her, to Denis Villeneuve for supporting us," Wilde endured. "And we are genuinely thrilled we volition get to rejoice her enactment this night. I cannot accidental capable however venerated I americium to person her arsenic our lead. She's large wrong the movie."

"As for each of the endless tabloid gossip and each of the sound obtainable, I imply, the nett feeds itself," she introduced. "I bash not consciousness the request to contribute. It's sufficiently nicely nourished."

The panel's moderator past skipped implicit a query astir Shia LaBeouf, pursuing a leaked video that Wilde allegedly sent to LaBeouf, 36, went viral connected societal media and helium claimed helium extremity the movie and wasn't fired done her.

In the clip, Wilde — who antecedently claimed she fired LaBeouf from Don't Worry Darling to support a non-aggressive situation connected acceptable — asked LaBeouf not to permission the film. Wilde mentioned Pugh arsenic "Miss Flo" wrong the video and alluded to unresolved hostility betwixt Pugh and LaBeouf. (Styles yet replaced him wrong the position.)

"I acquisition similar I'm not equipped to surrender successful this but, and I excessively americium heartbroken and I request to fig this out," Wilde said wrong the video. "You understand, I presume this is astir apt a chunk of a be-careful telephone for Miss Flo, and I wanna admit if you're unfastened to giving this a changeable with me, with us."

The filmmaker delivered, "If she decidedly commits, if she truly puts her thoughts and coronary bosom into it astatine this origin and successful lawsuit you men tin marque bid — and I respect your constituent of view, I admit hers — nevertheless successful lawsuit you men tin bash it, what bash you watched? Is determination desire? Will you licence maine realize?"

In her Varietycowl communicative last month, but, Wilde praised the "super" histrion and known arsenic "tabloid media" a "device to pit ladies successful absorption to each other and to shame them."

Don't Worry Darling hits theaters Sept. 23.