Sydney Sweeney on March 20, 2024.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Sydney Sweeneyis letting audiences in on how she is ensuring her film projects get produced.
The actress, 26, appeared at 92NY in New York City on Wednesday for a conversation withHappy Sad Confusedpodcast hostJosh Horowitz.
The interview covered Sweeney’s role on HBO’sEuphoriaand her recent movies, the romantic comedyAnyone But Youand February’sMadame Web.
“I want to point out the timeline of projects and explain a few things. So — don’t laugh at that!” she said, responding to audience laughter at the mention ofMadame Web, whichproved a box office flopand received negative reviews upon its theatrical release.
“Madame Webis my first-ever studio project, studio film that I ever got cast in. And I am so thankful to Sony because it was such a building block for me, and while I was filming that I was actually building the packages for bothImmaculateandAnyone But You,“she said, also noting her new horror movie, in theaters Friday.
Sydney Sweeney.Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images
Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images
“I called up Sony and I said, ‘Hey, I have this movie. We’re filming together, let’s build a relationship,' " she recalled during the talk. “And that’s howAnyone But Yougot made. I would never have been able to do that withoutMadame Web.”
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in “Anyone But You”.Brook Rushton/Sony Pictures
Brook Rushton/Sony Pictures
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Sweeney received her first two producing credits onAnyone But YouandImmaculate. She was credited as an executive producer on the former film, in which she andGlen Powellplayed enemies-turned-lovers at an Australian-set wedding.Anyone But Youhas made $214.8 million at thebox office worldwidesince it released in December, and both her and Powell, 35, have indicated they arelooking for another projectto develop together.
Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney on Feb. 12, 2024.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty
TheEuphoriastar has been open about using herMadame Webrole to further other career opportunities in recent days. Sweeney recently toldBritishGQshe “wouldn’t have a relationship with the decision-makers” at Sony, with whom she is also developing a remake ofJane Fonda’s 1968 movieBarbarella, if it were not forMadame Web.
“Everything in my career I do not just for that story, but strategic business decisions,” she told that outlet.
WhilehostingSaturday Night Liveearlier this month, Sweeney made a joke in her opening monologue at the expense of the superhero movie: “You might have seen me inAnyone But YouorEuphoria,” the actress began, before joking, “You definitely didnotsee me inMadame Web.”
source: people.com
