![]() All those pictures are of us in character, so of course that’s what we’re gonna do.” But the fact that, from the pictures, people surmised they’d had an affair? “I think, you know, it just proves that we’re great actors,” Sweeney jokes. “So, of course, people see what they want to see. ![]() “I mean, it’s honestly… we filmed a romantic comedy!” Sweeney says with exasperation. Considering she’s new to this level of Hollywood scrutiny, how does she see the whole episode: can she view it with a certain humour, or does the speculation around her private life feel invasive? The nexus of the attention was awkward, focused on public speculation that she and her co-star Powell - both, at that point, separately betrothed (Sweeney is engaged to restaurateur Jonathan Davino) - had an on-set affair to rival that of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s on Mr & Mrs Smith. It was a dream.”īeing unfindable is an understandable wish, because Sweeney’s time working on Anyone But You aroused global headlines and frenzied internet attention. ![]() “Because if I come back that is where I’m staying, and I want to protect it because no one found me. Credit: Instagramīondi? Bronte? Where are we talking about here? “I don’t want to give it up!” Sweeney laughs. Sweeney with Anyone But You director Will Gluck and Dermot Mulroney at a Sydney Swans match. I’ve never been in anything like it before,” she says. But she recalls her time here so fondly that she won’t give up any details. She’s sweet-talking me like I’m the owner of Australia or something, the Willy Wonka of working visas. Everyone just has such a good vibe about themselves. The fruit was all fresh! I feel like you guys have figured out life, the balance of work and pleasure. Given how much she was snapped enjoying the sites ( from Luna Park to Swans games), you might not be surprised to learn that Sweeney loves Australia. Between February and April this year, she was a fixture around town filming the upcoming romantic-comedy Anyone But You from director Will Gluck, alongside Top Gun: Maverick’s Glen Powell and local stars Bryan Brown and Rachel Griffiths. Recently, home for Sydney was, well, Sydney. “I’ve been living out of a suitcase for basically the last two years. “This whole year is starting to become a blur to me,” she says over Zoom. Beyond the reviews, she’s grateful for something more pressing: the fact that she’s been able to spend the day running personal errands on a rare stop at home in Los Angeles. If she’s been on the verge in recent years, Reality might be the official mark of Sweeney’s arrival.ĭressed in an oversized pale green jumper and seated in what looks like the peaked attic of her home, Sweeney seems relaxed, even in the eye of the metaphorical storm. “Across 85 taut minutes proves something we already knew deep down: that Sydney Sweeney is the real deal,” wrote Steph Green for Indiewire. “Sweeney has finally got her serious actor moment and delivered,” wrote critic David Fear in Rolling Stone. At 25, Sweeney’s subtle and nuanced performance as Reality has earned her the best reviews of her career to date. The film, directed by Tina Satter, who wrote and directed the play Is This a Room on which the film is based, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival this week and will open in cinemas nationally later this month. Sweeney plays NSA whistleblower Reality Winner in the tense new film. ![]() She said she felt like she was watching her daughter on screen, and that she’d gained another daughter. “Honestly, it’s a memory I’ll never forget,” Sweeney says of the screening. Winner herself wasn’t there watching the film because she remains under house arrest in Texas even though she was released from prison in June 2021, four years into a five-year, three-month sentence for leaking a classified report about Russian interference in the 2016 US election. It’s the kind of anxiety-inducing situation that could make an actor question their life choices. ![]() Normal text size Larger text size Very large text sizeĪt the premiere screening of Reality at the Berlinale in February, Sydney Sweeney, who stars as the NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, was seated directly in front of Winner’s real-life family. ![]()
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