Sidney Sweeney Opens Up About Her Career, Personal Growth, & Handling Life In The Spotlight.
Meet Sydney Bernice Sweeney, the unstoppable force of Hollywood who’s as fluent in languages as she is in stealing the show. Born in Spokane, Washington, on September 12, 1997, this American actress has been setting screens ablaze since 2018. You might remember her from “Everything Sucks!,” where she probably made you cry while you were laughing, or from her jaw-dropping performances in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Sharp Objects.” But let’s not forget her big break in 2019 with HBO’s “Euphoria,” where she had us all questioning our life choices as Cassie Howard.
Sydney’s journey to Hollywood wasn’t exactly a stroll in the park. Raised in a religious family in north Idaho, she traded her wakeboarding dreams for acting after a not-so-graceful accident left her with a permanent souvenir. But hey, who needs wakeboarding when you can conquer the silver screen, right? Armed with a five-year business plan that would make Elon Musk jealous, she convinced her folks to back her Hollywood dreams. At just 13, she packed her bags and headed for the City of Angels, eventually graduating as valedictorian because, well, overachieving is kinda her thing.
Now, don’t go thinking Sydney’s just a pretty face with killer acting chops. Oh no, she’s also a savvy entrepreneur, founding Fifty-Fifty Films in 2020. And if that’s not impressive enough, she’s also the brand ambassador for Armani Beauty and Laneige.
And speaking of auditions, let’s not forget her engagement to businessman Jonathan Davino. Oh, and did I mention she’s fluent in English, Russian, and Spanish? Because, you know, why settle for one language when you can charm the world in three?
But wait, there’s more! Sydney Sweeney, has been appointed earlier this year as the new global ambassador for Kérastase, the French luxury haircare brand, operated by L’Oréal. The Emmy-nominated actress promotes the brand’s hair care products, including Blond Absolu, Genesis, and Curl Manifesto collections. Sweeney said that it was “so immense for [her] to partner with such an iconic brand”. “For me there is something in beauty about being creative, being myself and being a strong believer in my actions. “I feel all the Kérastase campaigns always capture these themes, and of course they are always très très chic. “I’m excited to show you what we’ve been up to.”
When she’s not slaying on screen or negotiating multimillion-dollar deals, Sydney’s all about that vintage car life. I’m talking about classics like a 1967 Ford Mustang and a 1969 Ford Bronco. Because let’s be real, when you’re Sydney Sweeney, even your hobbies are iconic. So, whether she’s making us laugh, cry, or just plain jealous of her vintage car collection, one thing’s for sure: Sydney Sweeney is here to entertain us all!
“One of my big requests was by the end of this film I want to be drenched in blood.”
In this insightful interview, Sidney Sweeney discusses her experiences on the set of “Immaculata,” her personal growth, and her views on life and career. She shares the excitement of working on her passion projects, the importance of surrounding herself with supportive people, and her approach to handling public scrutiny. Sweeney also opens up about her fears, her love for horror films, and her thoughts on motherhood. This conversation reveals the multifaceted personality of an actress who is both ambitious and grounded.
Q: “Immaculata” must have been one of the fun shoots of your career.
It was a lot of fun. One of my big requests was by the end of this film I want to be drenched in blood. However I get there, I want it to be fun and exciting and gory. I am very glad that I got to experience all of that.
Q: Did you have to detox after the film?
I was fully energized. I didn’t want it to end. It was so much fun!
Q: To what extent could you connect with the spiritual themes of the film.
The main thing that I related to was Cecilia’s journey for a purpose. That was the whole reason she was going to a convent, because she was looking for meaning in her life and her place amongst others, and as a woman in mid-20s, you are constantly searching for what I am supposed to be, who am I supposed to be with and what can I give to the world. That was my biggest relation to her.
Q: When was the first time you figured out the meaning of life?
I am 26 years old. I don’t know the meaning of life.
Q: You found your vocation in acting…
This is my passion and my love, but I don’t know if that’s my meaning.
Q: Do you have any interest in religion?
No.
Q: Don’t you ask yourself the questions why we are here, is there something out there?
No. I was just focusing on the production side of this film.
Q: You were working with your personal partner on this film. How was it working with him professionally?
It’s really important to work together with people that listen to you and support you and want to make sure that your voice and opinion is heard. So I love surrounding myself with friends and people that I love working with.
I worked with Michael Mohan on … project now. I started working with him when I was 19. Our line producer is a line producer from Euphoria. I brought him over to Immaculate. Our DP and production designer are also from Everything Sucks and Voyeurs. I like to be able to surround myself with people you know you like to work with and spend time with.
When you are on set for 10, 12 hours a day when the crew call wraps. You are with this group of people months beforehand, prepping, location scouting, and the you are working together night, day, morning, you don’t sleep working on shortlisting and rewriting scenes and changing everything and figuring out the elements, and then promoting.
Q: Can you name fears that you have?
I have a phobia of needles. I don’t know where it comes from. I have had it since I was little and it is not like ‘I’m scared, I am screaming’. It’s like a real phobia, and I have not been able to figure out how to solve it.
Q: You had a serious accent when you were younger…
I wonder what I read…
Q: I can read it to you..
Please…. .I am really interested in this serious accident. What serious accident?
Q: “She had a wakeboarding accent as a child where the edge of her board propelled backwards…”
To me, that’s like getting a bruise on your knee. I have a scar here, you can see it, I got 19 stitches, I jumped the wake and when I landed, the tip of my board caught the water and it flipped me the wrong way, and my face was sliced with the board. I had to get stitches. That was it. – I thought you meant a life-changing injury, but that was just being a kid and having fun.
Q: Do you like horror films in general?
My dad is a big horror fan. So I grew up watching movies with him.
Q: What kind of movies stand out?
You have “The Shining”, “Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Rosemary’s Baby”, “The Exorcist” , Jordan Peele’s “Us” – I love those. “Silence of the Lambs”, the list is endless, anything by John Carpenter.
Q: The movie also mirrors some sort of the end of the world vibe. Do you share such feelings that seem quite common in the younger generation?
I don’t know.
Q: Are you an optimist?
I see things always with a glass half full.
Q: Have you always had this point-of-view or did you train yourself to see things like this?
It’s important to share happiness and try and make everybody’s days a little bit better.
Q: What has made you happy today?
I had a really good oatmeal raisin cookie this morning that made me happy.
Q: Your life is being judged and under observation… How are you dealing with being propelled into the spotlight?
I just have to keep being myself, that’s it.
Q: Is it hard?
No. I am just me.
Q: Are having an opinion about you – for example when you did the Rolling Stones video, whereas you said you felt empowered. Does it feel silly having people judging you?
I can’t control what people think, what people say, what people write about me. So I just keep doing what I like to do and finding things that excite me, make me feel good and challenge me in new ways. It starts a conversation, that’s social media.
Q: In what ways has making “Immaculate” helped you to grow as a person and contributed to your personal development?
I have learned so much. It was like my first baby in a sense of being able to go after a script, put an entire team together, go into production and learn the entire mechanics of making a film from the ground up. It was a great 1on1 class of moviemaking.
Q: Are you scared about putting it out into the world?
No. Because I know everybody has their own opinions about things. I can’t force people to love something or not. The same thing about “Anything but you”. It was also my baby, I produced that and put the whole team together. Critics didn’t love it, but the audience did. The audience showed what they are looking for.
Q: How important is it for you to dress a certain kind of style for public events?
It’s fun to express yourself in different ways. I look at fashion as a way of finding different versions of yourself and bringing out different personalities, and I am having fun with it. It’s cool to try new things and wear things that you can imagine. It’s cool.
Q: Did you want to show your Marilyn Monroe side at the Oscar party (which even CNN commented on)?
It’s funny. I just cut my hair. I was not really trying to do anything, just cut my hair. It was a nice little trim.
Q: Can you protect yourself from all these judgements and live a regular life?
Yeah, I am a homebody. I just keep doing me.
Q: Being a homebody implies doing what?
Cooking at home, hanging out with my dog, having my friends and family over, reading.
Q: What’s been the most interesting book in the last couple of months?
I was filming a movie in Australia, it was about the Galapagos islands, so I started reading a bunch of Darwin, that was quite intensive. His book is 800 something pages, and I was ….that around everywhere. Because you learn a lot about life and theories.
Q: Is there a question about life where you’d like to have the answer for?
No. I am actually interested to know if people are seeing the same colors. That’s interesting. What I call blue, someone else might call blue, but it might be my purple.
Q: Does this film deter you from having kids one day?
No. I have always wanted kids. I love a big family. I am not afraid. Motherhood is the most powerful strength that you can have.
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