Several years after its release, Florence Pugh offers a fresh take on the ending of Midsommar. The renowned folk horror film, released in 2019 and directed by Ari Aster, follows a young couple at the brink of collapse, Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor), as they begin a trip to participate in a midsummer festival at a remote Swedish village. What begins as a psychedelic experience among rolling green hills and eternal sunshine gradually turns into a fabled nightmare that no one wakes up from.

Midsommar ends with Dani being crowned the May Queen and choosing Christian as the village's midsummer sacrifice. The film's final shot shows Dani in her floral dress and crown, initially wrecked with grief before she eventually faces the fire and begins to smile. In a Wired video for her upcoming film We Live in Time, Pugh gives her take on Dani's fate, which she notes is different from Aster's.