Olivia Wilde on her new film 'The Invite,' shooting in 21 days, and how 'Don't Worry Darling's' 38% Rotten Tomatoes score set her free
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Clayton Davis
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Olivia Wilde discusses her third directorial feature "The Invite," a claustrophobic chamber comedy shot in just 21 days on film, in story order, and confined to a single San Francisco apartment. She reflects on the critical and commercial failure of her previous film "Don't Worry Darling" (which holds a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes), describing how that experience ultimately set her free creatively. The article covers her unconventional filmmaking approach, including rehearsing like a play with actors working for free for six weeks, and highlights Seth Rogen's performance as a career-best turn.
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VarietyOlivia Wilde on her new film 'The Invite,' shooting in 21 days, and how 'Don't Worry Darling's' 38% Rotten Tomatoes score set her freevariety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledOlivia Wilde did almost everything you are not supposed to do to make 'The Invite.'
She shot her third feature as a director in a tight 21 days, scene by scene, in story order, which is a luxury most directors give up before the first morning of prep work.
The entire premise of the film is confined to a single San Francisco apartment, which allowed her to rehearse it like a play, asking her cast to work for nothing for six weeks so the experiment could hold together.
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