Olivia Wilde really likes Harry Styles for starring in her female-led movie

Olivia Wilde, now the world’s leading Harry Styles stan, praises her newly minted boyfriend for performing in the upcoming “Don’t Worry Darling”.

Production of Wilde’s second feature, a psychological thriller set in a utopian community in the California desert of the 1950s starring Florence Pugh, Chris Pine and Styles, wrapped over the weekend.

To mark the occasion, the director is calling out cast and crew members on Instagram. So when it came to Wilde’s turn to toast the former boybander, all eyes were on her post, of course, as it’s the first public comment she’s made about him since the news of their romance left the hearts of One Direction fans everywhere. broke.

Before celebrating his ‘talent’ and ‘warmth’, Wilde first noted how rare it is to find male actors who don’t mind playing a supporting role in films that focus on women.

That may seem like a low bar, but as Wilde put it, “Little known fact: Most male actors don’t want to play supporting roles in female-directed films. The industry has raised them to believe that it diminishes their power (i.e. financial value) to accept these roles, which is one of the reasons it is so difficult to get funding for films that focus on female stories. No joke, it’s hard to find actors who recognize why putting a woman in the spotlight might be worthwhile. “

But she didn’t have much of a problem with Styles, who stepped into the role after Wilde reportedly fired actor Shia LaBeouf after showing “bad behavior” during the pre-production process and violating her “no bastard” policy. LaBeouf has since, of course, been dropped by CAA amidst allegations of sexual abuse and battery from singer FKA Twigs.

Enter: @harrystyles, our ‘Jack’, ”Wilde continued in the caption, next to a photo of Styles sitting atop a silver convertible on set. “Not only did he enjoy the opportunity to center the brilliant @florencepugh as our ‘Alice’, but he gave each scene a nuanced sense of humanity. He didn’t have to go to our circus, but he jumped aboard with humility and grace and blew us away every day with his talent, warmth and ability to reverse. “

Wilde also shared separate reports about Pugh, who she described as a ‘director’s dream’, and her longtime friend Pine, who wrote that he is ‘one of the most generous, supportive, intelligent and skilled actors out there’.

Behind-the-scenes photos are also starting to trickle in, embracing Wilde and Styles along with cast and crew in one photo.

As their working relationship comes to an end, the romance of Wilde and Styles seems to be gaining momentum as the director was photographed moving bags from the Silver Lake house she previously shared with former fiancé Jason Sudeikis to the home of the singer in the Hollywood Hills. on Sunday.

Wilde and Styles first connected in January. The two were seen holding hands at Styles manager’s wedding months after Wilde and Sudeikis called it quits and ended their engagement after nine years together.