Florence Pugh revealed that getting into the mindset of her character in 'Midsommar' lead to six months of depression.

“I had never seen that level of grief or mental health in the way that was being asked of me on the page,” Pugh said. “So for that, I really put myself through it. At the beginning, I just imagined hearing the news that one of my siblings had died, and then towards the middle of the shoot it was like, ‘Oh no, I actually needed to imagine the coffins.’ And then towards the end of the shoot, I actually was going to my whole family’s funeral.”

“My brain was obviously feeling sympathy for myself because I’d abused myself and really manipulated my own emotions to get a performance, but I also then felt sorry for what I’d done,” Pugh said. “It was very, very strange and I’ve n

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