“Everything is false, everyone speaks behind everyone’s back,” regrets the actress.
It’s already time for the 2024 review at Vanity Fairwhich offers a new issue dedicated to the stars of tomorrow. Among those who “will make the event in Hollywood in 2025” is located Sydney Sweeneywhich has enjoyed great success in recent months, and in very different registers: its comedy Everything except youwith Glen Powell knew how to find its audience, just like the horror film Immaculate.
The young star ofEuphoria looks back on these great successes, but she also speaks without tongue in cheek about her flops, like that of Sony’s superheroic production, Madame Webat the start of the year. She notably caused a sensation by having fun on this subject at the opening of an episode of Saturday Night Live. During her speech, she also made fun of her own image, saying she was “the perfect choice to play a nun, right? I know people see me as that chick on TV, who cries, screams and has sex… sometimes even all three at the same time time. But I am much more than that.”
In this portrait of Vanity Fairshe is very critical of the Hollywood industry, considering for example that feminism is not truly defended there, but only used as a facade, which ends up serving women.
“It hurts so much when we see women who put other women down. Especially when they are successful in an area of this industry and they see new talents arriving, who work hard to get there, and who hope to achieve their dream, whatever it may be. Seeing these women trying to discredit them, to minimize their work, is ugly Throughout the industry, we hear: ‘Women help other women gain power’but there is no such thing. Everything is false, everyone talks behind everyone’s back.
There are tons of studies on this phenomenon, which try to understand everything that is at stake in this type of reasoning. I read that all our lives we had been raised – because it’s a generational problem – to think that only one woman could be on top. The only one capable of conquering man. The one who can be… I don’t know, whatever she wants. And so the others fight to try to dethrone her, rather than helping each other to rise together. It’s something I’m trying to get a good handle on. I pay attention to what I do, I behave as best as possible. But why am I constantly attacked?
Throughout the interview, Sydney also regrets not being able to fully control her own image, explaining from the outset, when questioned about the preconceived ideas that the public might have about her: “Oh, I don’t know. There are so many. It could fill your entire article!”
Evoking a little further the rumors about his supposed romantic relationship with Glen Powell, his playing partner Everything except youshe explains:
“I loved the fact that the fans were embracing this film. I felt like no one forced people to make the trip, that some people just enjoyed it and wanted to share it with everyone . I liked the fact that the publicity came from the public, but when this film was successful, a lot of questions from the press were about Glen and me. I don’t know if we really planned to promote the film like that. , if we had a strategy I would rather say that we were asked very specific questions, and you know that when we answer. ‘non’ to a question, people think you’re a bitch, so…”
“I still hope that the spectators realize that these headlines are nonsense, she adds of her alleged romance with the actor. That’s how it works, after all. Today, for example, we’re going to have this conversation, we’re going to talk for about thirty minutes, it will be condensed, and I don’t know if readers will fully understand the context behind this exchange. Will they see if it’s just clickbait? Unfortunately, I don’t control my image: in fact, it’s in your hands, guys.”
Sweeney then details why it’s important to her to be a producer, in addition to her work as an actress:
“I love being invited to the table to have a say in creative decisions, to think about what might be most beneficial for a project, whether it’s questions related to character, budget, to the direction… everything that can help the film we are preparing.”
Finally, she concludes by saying that if she could give advice to her younger self, she would be torn between two desires:
“A part of me would say: ‘Sydney, above all, don’t give them too much of who you really are, just talk about your work.’ Except that another part of me would affirm on the contrary that I would have liked, from the beginning, to be able to speak more openly without my words being constantly questioned. I tried to hide for so long, because I wanted a part of me… to stay mine. I didn’t want to show too much.”
When the journalist asks her if she fears being more vulnerable by sharing who she really is, she concludes:
“Actually, I’ve noticed that when you only talk about your work, people get bored or irritated. In fact, what I see the most is that they have already created their own idea of who you were. I see this all the time as far as I’m concerned.”
In 2025, Sydney Sweeney will be starring inEcho Valleywith Julianne Moore, fromEdenby Ron Howard, and a biopic of the boxer Christy Martin signed David Michôd (The Rover). She is also due to play Barbarella in a remake of the cult film with Jane Fonda, directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead).
Sydney Sweeney unrecognizable as a boxer for her new role
