Sydney Sweeney’s acting coach speaks out after Hollywood producer Carol Baum’s scathing comments

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“Euphoria” star is a “serious actress” after being slammed by producer Carol Baum. “Sydney is beautiful because she has inner depth, intellect, compassion, style and facial features — eyes, smile, cheekbones — that the camera angles pick up on,” Sedita told TMZ. “The camera loves her ‘look’ … Audiences love her because she’s relatable and approachable.”“She’s been through the ups and downs of this business,” he continued. “So you have to be pretty much a serious actress if you’re gonna go through all that.

When taking feedback or critique, she processes it, uses her acting technique and makes the adjustment.”Sedita’s comments of support come after Baum, 81, said the “White Lotus” alum “can’t act.” “She’s not pretty, she can’t act,” Baum reportedly said after a screening of the 1988 David Cronenberg film she produced, “Dead Ringers,” at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, New York, last week. “I don’t get Sydney Sweeney.”Baum’s assessment of the 26-year-old’s acting ability came after watching Sweeney and Glen Powell in their steamy film “Anyone but You.” “I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her,” Baum reportedly told the audience before saying that the film was “unwatchable.” “I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me.

She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot,'” the USC professor continued. “Nobody had an answer.”Despite the unflattering remarks, Baum admitted that she would still work with Sweeney on a project.