Florence Pugh says folks within the indie movie business have been indignant she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe

• Florence Pugh mentioned folks within the “indie movie world” have been “pissed off” when she joined “Black Widow.”
• The actor joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Yelena Belova within the 2021 film.
• Pugh recalled that individuals she knew thought, “‘Nice, now she’s gone perpetually.'”

Florence Pugh’s profession has solely gotten extra spectacular over the previous few years, starring in critically acclaimed tasks like “Combating with My Household,” “Midsommar,” and “Little Girls” to call a number of.

However she additionally jumped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Yelena Belova, the adoptive sister of Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, in 2021’s “Black Widow.”

Pugh later reprised the function in Disney+’s “Hawkeye” collection, by which she pursued Jeremy Renner’s titular archer, and she or he’ll subsequent be seen in “Thunderbolts” alongside Sebastian Stan, Harrison Ford, David Harbour, and extra. 

However her blockbuster success wasn’t celebrated by everybody, because the actor mentioned in a brand new interview that the unbiased movie business was irritated by the truth that she’d taken a Marvel function.

Chatting with TIME as a part of its Subsequent Technology Leaders collection, Pugh recalled: “So many individuals within the indie movie world have been actually pissed off at me. They have been like, ‘Nice, now she’s gone perpetually.'”

However the 27-year-old star went on to say that she’s nonetheless “working as laborious” as she did earlier than, including: “I’ve all the time finished back-to-back films. It is simply individuals are watching them now.”

“You simply should be a bit extra organized together with your schedule,” Pugh mentioned.

Florence was additionally on the heart of a purported feud with “Do not Fear Darling” director Olivia Wilde, which escalated on the Venice Worldwide Movie Competition final 12 months when the star missed the press convention for the movie.

Whereas she did not focus on the controversy within the interview, Pugh mentioned that she has been on movie units up to now which have felt chaotic. 

“A complete movie set, it is everyone making an enormous effort as a result of they need to be there,” mentioned the British star. “And if somebody does not need to be there or if somebody is not pulling their weight, you’ll be able to really feel it. The movie feels fallacious.”