Florence Pugh said during a recent interview on the “Reign with Josh Smith” podcast (via People) that she is not likely to do a role like “Midsommar” again because she feels like she abused herself while playing the film’s protagonist Dani, a grief-stricken American woman who has a psychological breakdown when she joins her toxic boyfriend on a trip to a Swedish midsummer festival. Pugh said she’s “learned how to” protect herself as an actor over the years, and part of that is knowing when you just can’t do a role again.

“There have been some roles where I’ve given too much and I’ve been broken for a long while afterwards,” Pugh said. “Like when I did ‘Midsommar,’ I definitely felt like I abused myself in the places that I got myself to go.”

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