Sydney Sweeney on ‘Madame Web’ flop: “I was just hired as an actress in it”
nme.comSydney Sweeney has addressed the box office flop of her latest film, Sony‘s superhero flick Madame Web.Last month, Madame Web premiered in cinemas around the world on February 14, and in its first six days, it took just $26.2 million (£20.8 million) in the US, and a further $25.7 million (£20.4 million) internationally.
This represents an underperformance, even compared to Sony’s recent Morbius, which itself was seen as a commercial disappointment.The film has so far failed to garner any commercial success, rending it a “flop” at the box office.
Now, one of its stars, Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, Anyone But You, The White Lotus) has spoken about the film’s failures and how it’s affecting her.Speaking to The Los Angeles Times recently, Sweeney revealed that the film’s bust hasn’t really affected her as others might expect.
While this is the first box office flop of Sweeney’s career, she told the publication that she was “just along for the ride”.“I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along for the ride for whatever was going to happen, she told The Los Angeles Times.Sweeney is now the latest actor from Madame Web to pan the film.
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