Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh’s We Live in Time debuts strongly at the box office and received an overwhelmingly positive response from both critics and viewers. Directed by John Crowley, the film tells the emotional story of a couple, Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield), through a non-linear narrative. To allow viewers to experience the ups and downs of love and, ultimately, heartbreak of Almut’s cancer diagnosis.
Florence Pugh, who plays Almut, recently revealed her strong experience playing the character specifically her decision to shave her head to authentically represent the journey of someone battling late-stage ovarian cancer. On Instagram, Pugh shared photos she took before she shaved head expressing how much it meant to her to take on the role so fully, she wrote: “My my my. My favourite bit. Sharing from the shoot. There’s such a lot of material I want to share from WLIT. I know I’ve taken a while with doing so. I’ve currently moved my life over to the other side of the globe and to say it’s fully taken my attention and energy is an understatement, so I can only apologise for the lack of sharing! It’s actually just been really beautiful though, watching the love of this movie grow, just feeling the audience waiting and ready to receive it has been quite a powerful thing to witness. It’s a piece of work and a piece of life that I’m so proud of. I’m so grateful for my own sliding of doors, for which another film moved by two months (the exact amount of time WLIT needed..) and I was able to squeeze this special movie in. I’ve been desperate for a role like this for a few years.
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“A woman who is current and relatable and going through all of the conversations modern women are going through daily. Not only am I constantly proud of the outcome, I’m just so aware of how many incredible masterminds came together to make it and then crew that made it possible. Every. Single. Direction. There was this unbelievably insane talent to the left and right. Performing Nick Paynes script on John Crowley’s sets has to be one of my highlights of my career. The space John honours and protects for his actors was something I’ll be remembering for a very long time. He is dedicated to the truth, and whatever honesty comes out in between was welcomed, quite literally sometimes with open arms after a take. Then we have the actors.. Jesus Christ. The actors. Thank you cast. You were phenomenal.”
“Thank you Andrew. I’ll forever be empowered by what we created together and the performer you made me want to be each day. To all of the nurses, doctors, pregnancy supervisors, Penny my lovely midwife, to the INCREDIBLE prosthetics team who put on my baby bump for 3-4 hours each day.. you are superstars. I’m being hesitant posting anymore because I know it’s not out globally yet and I don’t want to ruin. In the meantime. To those who can watch it, I hope it did all the right things it was suppose to. To those who can’t yet… soz. Love me x”
We Live in Time follow the love story of Almut and Tobias which released in theaters on October 11.
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