Sydney Sweeney Takes Control: The ‘Euphoria’ Star on ‘Feeling Beat Up’ by Online Rumors and Proving People Wrong in Her Producer Era
variety.comSydney Sweeney, balancing on a block of ice, is keeping her cool. Sweeney — the 25-year-old star of “Euphoria,” “Reality” and now this photo shoot — is clad in just a hot-pink swimsuit and matching heels as she kneels on the frozen surface; despite the chill, she betrays not a hint of discomfort.
Her entourage, which today includes her father, Steven, huddle around monitors to observe a master at work. Suddenly, the performance switches off, and she leaps up shrieking, letting out giggles and shivering.
She recalls the moment two weeks later at a tea shop in New York City (and three weeks before SAG-AFTRA goes on strike). “I love when they let us play,” she says.
Luckily, as one of the most prodigious actors of her generation, that’s Sweeney’s job. On set with us, she is a ’90s-throwback magazine queen, channeling the glory days of Cosmo cover girls; on “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” she deploys calibrated brattiness (and received supporting Emmy nominations for both); in “Reality,” her 2023 film that rocked the Berlin International Film Festival before bowing on HBO, she’s less demonstrative, emitting waves of unease as real-life National Security Agency whistleblower Reality Winner.
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