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WHAT WENT WRONG

Don't Worry Darling

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Flop, Film, Film History, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, History, Tv & Film, Movie, Directing, Hollywood

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

How did 'Don’t Worry Darling' become one of Hollywood’s biggest misfires since 'Ishtar'? Chris and Lizzie investigate how Olivia Wilde’s highly anticipated sophomore film began falling apart long before it reached theaters.


From Shia LaBeouf’s hotly disputed exit and last-minute replacement with Harry Styles, to how Wilde’s personal life hijacked the press tour, the off-screen drama proved far more compelling than the movie itself. Discover what changed from the original script, why key themes were misrepresented, and how Florence Pugh’s deafening silence helped fuel a media frenzy.


*CORRECTIONS: Cockburn is pronounced "co-burn", not "cock-burn" as we assert in this episode. That being said, it stands to reason Olivia Wilde chose to change her name precisely because America is filled with dummies like us.


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0:00.0

Hello, and action, and action. Hello, dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong,

0:24.1

your favorite podcast full stop that just so happens to be about movies,

0:27.5

and how it is nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one,

0:31.3

let alone a arguably somewhat misunderstood misfire,

0:36.7

which suffered a public collapse, the likes of which we have

0:40.8

arguably not really seen since Ishtar in many senses. As always, I am Chris Winterbauer, joined by my co-host

0:47.6

Lizzie Bassett, and I'm very excited, Lizzie, to be discussing today's film. How are you?

0:52.9

And what are we talking about? I'm good. I'm also

0:55.5

excited to talk about this. And I have one question for you, Chris. Are you ready to get messy?

1:01.0

Because this is a mess. Yeah. You know, it is. And yet this is my theory. This is half of a very good

1:08.3

movie. I agree. And I stand by that and I will present all of my evidence.

1:12.1

I'm very excited to get messy.

1:13.7

We don't often cover films as recently released as this one, but so much information is available that this film actually warrants certainly an exploration.

1:22.2

And I'm excited, yeah, let's get messy.

1:24.2

Let's get all the mess all over ourselves.

1:26.8

We're going to.

1:27.3

We're diving into

1:28.9

the shit pile here with this one. And it's interesting. As you said, there is a lot of information

1:33.8

available about this movie. But I will preface this episode by saying most of the information

1:38.2

available is about the potential on-set drama that did eventually become public. There's almost no information about post-production,

1:46.1

which is interesting. That's okay. We have plenty to discuss without that. And maybe someday it'll come

1:50.6

to light because it took absolutely forever, which I'm interested about. Fun facts. Yes.

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