Midsommar (2019 movie)
![SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 04: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been edited using digital filters) Haley Lu Richardson attends the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 04, 2023 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)](https://ew.com/thmb/sHcrC4UzCMTYVb7VR99M7X_9f_g=/364x242/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Haley-Lu-Richardson-midsomar-01-050423-f852d127317a4eaea0266f362d0a0b5c.jpg)
White Lotus star Haley Lu Richardson passed on Midsommar because she just didn't 'have it in me'
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Florence Pugh says she 'most definitely' abused herself to create her Midsommar character
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Exclusive: Read Martin Scorsese's introduction to Ari Aster's Midsommar
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Behold the May (or June?) Queen: Ariana Grande had a Midsommar-themed birthday
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Who's the next May Queen? Ariana Grande and Halsey both want that Midsommar gown
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Midsommar director's cut to traumatize select theaters this weekend
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Scary Movies XII trailer teases Midsommar director's cut, Bill Skarsgard's Villains
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Midsommar meets Wet Hot American Summer in fake trailer
![Midsommar (screen grab) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNz9nkQYag4 CR: A24](https://ew.com/thmb/wOI6a5PRRQCy-j7xbf3ugGbfbTI=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/bear-2000-4ea8f5c0845e4edb8ca998b159f3a76a.jpg)
A24 turns the Midsommar bear in a cage into the next hot toy craze
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Midsommar star wasn't sure director could actually complete horror film
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'Spider-Man: Far From Home' swings to massive $185 million Fourth of July weekend
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Midsommar star weighs in on horror film's divisive ending
![HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 24: Ari Aster attends the premiere of A24's "Midsommar" at ArcLight Hollywood on June 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)](https://ew.com/thmb/IpQHGZo-qQroHgxsyPZKjWYRi2M=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-1158114520-2000-446b895e38604b9cb4706a55c351e247.jpg)
Midsommar director talks unforgettable ending of horror film
![Jack Reynor Midsommar CR: Merie Weismiller Wallace/A24](https://ew.com/thmb/MDfSvekVyQA6SJr72IBOckXUPbQ=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/midsommar-2-cf26a833729a40e48fbfcdf52341c3e2.jpg)
Midsommar star Jack Reynor reveals the one scene that made him feel 'really vulnerable'
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Midsommar star got 'hammered' after wrapping horror movie
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Midsommar star William Jackson Harper talks 'tough' horror movie shoot
![Midsommar Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren Photo by Gabor Kotschy, Courtesy of A24](https://ew.com/thmb/3e_ShXqW4KUCgabkMPY7-QOdp1Q=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/m_02145_rc-2000-97806f386bfb44ad92e6b1cb8f11a16c.jpg)
Midsommar cast sat in stunned silence after first viewing of horror film
![Midsommar Vilhelm Blomgren CR: Gabor Kotschy/A24](https://ew.com/thmb/lgnKOhnpjCN5vwbtcNcEs1ciIh4=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/m_00763-1-2000-5edbcf3da23f4123815047839db8b0b9.jpg)
Midsommar actor had to walk through woods as part of unusual audition process
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Spooky brain-bender Midsommar thrills with creepy Swedish communes and endless sunshine: EW review
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Midsommar teaser shows Swedish commune's weird activities (and their bear?) on longest day of the year
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Midsommar early screening reactions hail horror 'masterpiece'
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Midsommar star Florence Pugh says horror movie is 'one helluva ride'
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Jordan Peele chats with Ari Aster about his 'atrociously disturbing' horror film Midsommar in new Fangoria
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Midsommar trailer teases relationship horrors in Hereditary director's new movie
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Hereditary director teases 'horrors' of new film Midsommar