Florence Pugh is done with 'bullshit' on set: 'Show up on time, don't be a misogynist'

Florence Pugh has had enough. In a new interview with Elle magazine, the Oscar nominee says she is done accepting "bullshit" on her film sets and has learned to lead them herself.

"Every time I work on a movie, I get more confident in the way that I can protect myself and the way that I can lead a film set, and just not stand for bullshit anymore. I'm not doing it," Pugh said. "I'm not standing for bullshit behavior. I'm not standing for bullshit attitude. I'm not allowing for people to be rude to the crew."

She framed it as a simple standard for the professionals she wants around her. "You just get bolder and bigger and more confident with time, and you want to be around and work with the right people," she added. "I don't want to deal with messy. It's just about surrounding yourself with professionals who have the same way of working in mind: Show up on time, don't be rude, don't be a misogynist."

Speaking out beyond the set

Pugh is closing out a big year, with her acclaimed turn in Netflix's "East of Eden" followed by two expected blockbusters on Dec. 18: "Avengers: Doomsday" and "Dune: Part Three." But she generated some of her biggest headlines this year for publicly condemning the Cornell 7, the seven male students accused of drugging and gang raping a female classmate at Cornell University in October 2024.

When Instagram censored her initial posts on the matter, Pugh pushed back hard. "No one fucking censors me," she told Elle. "Don't even try. That's just going to add fuel to the fire."

She said she spoke out "because I'm a woman who cares about women. I care about women I know, and I care about women I don't know." She added: "Rape can never ever be a conversation that we move on from. It has to be something that we look at, face-on, and we demand justice, accountability."

Pugh's full profile is available on Elle's website.