Florence Pugh shares BTS photos of her shaved head for new movie role
Florence Pugh has shared a dramatic hair transformation for her latest movie role.
The actor recently shared an Instagram reel of her shaved head, and a carousel of behind-the-scenes pictures from We Live In Time, revealing that she'd swapped her short blonde hair for a buzzcut.
In the film, due out in the UK on 1 January 2025, Florence stars as a chef called Almut who is diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer shortly after having a daughter. The official synopsis reveals that she is 'brought together' with her on-screen partner Tobias, played by Andrew Garfield, 'in a surprise encounter that changes their lives'.
'As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time,' it continues, 'they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley's decade-spanning, deeply moving romance'.
During the movie, Florence's character decides to shave her head (or, more accurately, have Andrew's character shave it for her) before she starts losing her hair during chemotherapy treatment. So, filming that scene perfectly in one take was important!
We first saw Florence's buzzcut at the Met Gala back in May 2023, when nobody was sure whether it was linked to a film role or not. She later dyed it both pink and orange for a variety of red-carpet events. More recent photos of the star show that she has now grown her hair back out again, but we really thought the shaved look suited her.
In a lengthy caption to accompany the above Instagram post, Florence 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. 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 it. 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'
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