ICYMI, eagle-eyed fans person agelong speculated that determination was an ongoing feud betwixt Florence and Olivia. The chatter lone heightened erstwhile Florence did not be the film's Venice Film Festival press conference. (She was incapable to marque it owed to Dune: Part 2 filming obligations).

Despite this, Olivia has had thing but praise for the actress, who she referred to arsenic a "force" during the Sept. 5 property conference. 

"We are truthful grateful that she's capable to marque it contiguous contempt being successful accumulation connected Dune," Olivia said. "I cognize arsenic a manager however disruptive it is to suffer an histrion adjacent for a day, truthful I'm precise grateful to her, precise grateful to Denis Villeneuve for helping us, and we're truly thrilled we'll get to observe her enactment tonight."

She added, "I can't accidental capable however honored I americium to person her arsenic our lead. She's astonishing successful the film."

Elsewhere successful her speech with Elle, Olivia addressed Florence's erstwhile comments slamming the fixation connected her Don't Worry Darling sex scenes with Harry Styles. 

"It's absorbing due to the fact that Florence precise wisely pointed retired that a batch of attraction has been fixed to the enactment scenes," Olivia said. "And I deliberation she's truthful right."

She continued, "I wholly hold with her that it's overshadowing everything other that the movie's about, which is truthful interestingly ironic due to the fact that 1 of the uses of enactment successful Victory is arsenic a instrumentality of distraction. When Florence pointed that retired that this movie is truthful overmuch bigger and amended than conscionable the enactment scenes, I was truthful blessed that she said that due to the fact that I consciousness the aforesaid way."