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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shahana Yasmin

Florence Pugh reveals why she can’t do roles like Midsommar again: ‘That was too much’

Florence Pugh has shared she had to go to extremely dark places when she starred in Midsommar and would probably never play a similar character again.

The A24 film, directed by Ari Aster of Hereditary fame, follows Pugh’s character, a traumatised psychology student named Dani, on a trip to Sweden for a midsummer festival with her increasingly distant boyfriend Christian, played by Jack Reynor, and his friends.

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