Harry Styles and Nick Kroll. (Getty)
The Don’t Worry Darling premiere was a hot mess – from Harry Styles kissing Nick Kroll to Chris Pine doing… whatever Chris Pine was doing
Don’t Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, has been in the headlines for weeks for alleged behind the scenes drama.
The film received its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Monday (5 September), and it was chaotic to the end.
In a moment of pure ecstasy as the film received a four minute standing ovation, Styles grabbed his co-star Nick Kroll and laid one on him.
In the video captured by Variety co-editor in chief, Ramin Setoodeh, the two then laugh and embrace while the crowd goes wild with cheers and whoops.
Harry Styles kisses Nick Kroll during the standing ovation for #DontWorryDarling. #Venezia79 pic.twitter.com/xqVPtOjwFT
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) September 5, 2022
Many picked up on the chemistry between Kroll and Styles on the red carpet beforehand, where they lovingly gazed at each other. Others speculated on whether Styles and Wilde – who are reported to be an item – had split amid the chaos.
harry styles staring at nick kroll’s lips but refused to even stand beside olivia. harry your gay is showing pic.twitter.com/wXsESRtjhB
— bigger than ish👁️🗨️ (@haloslovechild) September 5, 2022
harry styles and nick kroll, i know what you are pic.twitter.com/CynNiZjhvG
— maia (@flodayas) September 5, 2022
This morning I woke up in a world where Harry Styles and Nick Kroll were just coworkers and tonight I’m going to sleep in a world where my phone background is a photo of them kissing. All is well.
— brooke (@ladyefron) September 6, 2022
harry styles and nick kroll at the venice film festival pic.twitter.com/Pgk8uSxPfT
— nicole (@goIdenaffairs) September 5, 2022
Olivia Wilde watching Harry Styles kiss Nick Kroll pic.twitter.com/cL0BhOfZvd
— The Extra (@_the_extra) September 5, 2022
mom: hey-
me: mom i cannot right now harry styles just kissed nick kroll in front of his so called gf
— bigger than fern (@LOUISTTHESTYLES) September 5, 2022
harry styles came in, giggled, said some words, slayed, kissed nick kroll and went back.
— Luna! (@littlebtrlight) September 5, 2022
florence walking out 3 mins into the standing ovation, her stylist captioning her pic ‘miss flo’, harry styles having more chemistry with nick kroll than olivia, half of the cast not interacting during the red carpet??? this don’t worry darling shit just gets messier and messier
— shauna (@wednesdaysadums) September 5, 2022
The fact that the kiss between Harry Styles and Nick Kroll just upstaged everything else is amazing.
— Mindy Lawrence ×͜× (@mdwtommo) September 5, 2022
That’s not all.
During an interview with Harry Styles and Chris Pine, fans noticed Pine had totally zoned out while Styles made some… interesting cultural analysis.
“My favourite thing about the movie,” Styles began, “is like it feels like a movie. It feels like a real ‘go to the theatre’ movie, the reason why you go to watch something on the big screen.”
The whole time Pine appeared to be checked out, looking like he would rather be anywhere else but in that room.
my favorite thing about the movie is like it feels- like- like a movie it feels like a real like- yknow go to the theater film movie the yknow y-you kind of- the reason why you go to watch something on the big screen pic.twitter.com/OOTfYPvlEO
— lupe (@arisdoja) September 5, 2022
chris pine sweetie i’m gonna get you out of there pic.twitter.com/iLVvjccskN
— franklin (@leohoratio) September 5, 2022
chris pine deserves an oscar for not reacting here i am so serious https://t.co/6er6t4ssDJ
— Julian Bashir = Starfleet’s # 1 Space Bi (@Hildawg_Made_It) September 5, 2022
Olivia Wilde: Florence Pugh is a force. When you watch this film, you’re gonna say “That’s Florence Pugh”
Harry Styles: I’m not an actor, I am an actor, you know?
Chris Pine: *Astral projecting to the Swiss Alps*— Ben Crew – Muppets Gatsby (@BenjaminCrew1) September 5, 2022
we’re witnessing chris pine going through his joker moment in real time pic.twitter.com/NpI8Owv4xy
— franklin (@leohoratio) September 5, 2022
I’ve been a diehard Chris Pine fan for nearly 20 years now so I consider myself something of an expert, and I can confidently say he is reconsidering all his life choices here… literally dissociating from his surroundings https://t.co/RZujeSveoo
— may (@creepertastic) September 5, 2022
chris pine at the don’t worry darling premierepic.twitter.com/BqiF60dAcJ
— 💭camila (@cinemaIwt) September 5, 2022
The premiere also sent fans into a frenzy asking whether Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine following a bizarre clip captured as the two took their seats at the premiere.
And earlier on, Pine sparked a wave of memes on the Don’t Worry Darling red carpet as he began photographing Pugh and being her ultimate hype man.
Let’s just say it was giving big Cara Delevingne hyping up Megan Thee Stallion energy.
Chris Pine photographing Florence Pugh pic.twitter.com/zEdvfX9oa4
— Florence Pugh Daily (@pughdaily) September 5, 2022
chris pine taking photos of florence pugh pic.twitter.com/Zp7pLMJI36
— cat.🦫 (@lordeonfilm) September 5, 2022
Some gueseds that Pine has been caught up int he alleged backstage drama, with one fan writing: “Imagine being Chris Pine, a PROFESSIONAL actor. Flip phone is charged. Feminist theory books on deck for your down time between junkets. You show up to your cast HATING each other and you get stuck on a junket with a man who has seemingly just figured out what acting is? Wow.”
While another added: “Chris Pine disassociating at a press conference, Florence Pugh showing up 15 mins late with an aperol spritz, Tom Cruise clinging to a plane and saying ‘see you at the movies!’, Brendan Fraser getting a six minute ovation…maybe cinema really is back.”
PinkNews contacted representatives for Harry Styles and Chris Pine for comment.