It’s Florence Pugh Day! Top 5 picks from her glowing filmography | Hollywood

During a recent appearance on a chat show, Florence Pugh lamented that her birthday falls on January 3rd. She complained that no one wants to celebrate New Year and Christmas fever, get drunk or eat any wrong food, which spoils all the fun in her birthday celebrations. At this, the host suggested that January 3rd be celebrated from now on as “Florence Pugh Day” and we couldn’t agree more!

On her 28th birthday and in the opening of FPD, we bring you five films from the talented star that you should watch:

little Women

Greta Gerwig’s predecessor to Barbie was a much better movie, called Little Women. Based on the pioneering work of American author Louisa M. Alcott, it stars Pugh as Amy March, the youngest and most sassy of the March sisters.

The film charts the stories of the March sisters as young girls in a Civil War-stricken America, becoming women who have their share of social, personal, and emotional journeys through the female experience.

Like Amy, Pugh was surprisingly convincing as a 12-year-old. She threw a tantrum, tore up her sister’s books with great anger, looked at the neighborhood boy, and threw her feet on the ground with all the innocence and unbearable qualities of a child. On the flip side, she was equally astonishing as a pragmatic young woman, teaching you the virtues of a comfortable, if loveless, marriage.

Although she shared the screen and credits with the likes of Soairse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet, she surpasses them both as the most scintillating performance in a scintillating film with them.

midsummer

It’s been years since I’ve watched Midsommar and I still regularly have flashbacks to Florence Pugh surrounded by women, howling her lungs out as she sprawled on the floor. Ari Aster’s horror film A24 is also among the strangest and most violent films to come out of Hollywood.

Midsommar shows a young woman attending the somewhat innocent-on-paper Midsommar festival in a remote village in Sweden with her boyfriend and his friends. Her boyfriend is thinking of dumping her while she suffers from much worse demons. The same horrors appear throughout their “holiday,” each worse than the next.

While Ari Aster’s writing and direction make the film a hypnotic if uncomfortable watch, it’s Florence who takes it beyond the realm of the good into the all-time great. Her screams are blood-curdling, and her evil smile is the most disturbing. She’s frustrated one moment and exhilarated the next and feels it all with her.

wonder

Spanish director Sebastian Lelio’s adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel is excellent in every frame. From the bleak hills of the Irish Midlands to the darkest corners of the cottage that houses a miracle. It is the year 1862, shortly after a brutal famine, and a nurse and a nun are invited to a village to witness a young girl living without food for several days.

While the nun is willing to believe what she sees with her own eyes, the nurse, played by Pugh, is not so sure of herself. Skeptical but gentle, tough but caring, Pugh plays the role to pitch perfect. It is our eyes and, often times, also our minds through this story. We learn secrets with her and bounce back from them like her.

do not worry, honey

Everyone seems to remember the never-ending behind-the-scenes drama surrounding director Olivia Wilde’s press tour. But lest we forget, Don’t Worry Darling had a winning performance from Florence Pugh in midfield.

The actress played Alice, whose life in an idyllic mid-century-style neighborhood with her husband Jack (Harry Styles) slowly begins to unravel. The egg turns out to be nothing but an empty shell. She finds herself trapped between the wall of her house and the window. Something is terribly wrong.

Despite the disjointed narrative, Pugh grips the viewer with full force and confrontational energy. The actor delivers curiosity, anger, and anger, establishing the mystery along the way. Even if the movie doesn’t know where it’s going, Pugh more or less saves it with her performance.

Lady Macbeth

Florence Pugh gave a standout central performance in William Oldroyd’s 2017 film, the film that announced the arrival of a glowing new talent. Pugh plays Catherine, who marries Alexander (Paul Hilton). She finds herself in a stuffy Victorian house, but her soul refuses to remain locked inside.

Catherine begins an affair with one of her husband’s workers, and is soon arrested. From here, things take a twisted and darker turn. Pugh is amazing to watch, as her berserk rage and cunning for survival provide momentum to the intoxicating narrative.

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