Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney has finally weighed in on the rampant rumours about herself and her co-star Glen Powell. Well, are they together?
The pair starred in romcom Anyone But You – directed by Will Gluck, known for Easy A and Friends With Benefits – and there has been a lot of speculation around their potential relationship, particularly due to rumoured splits between their respective partners after filming wrapped and some very cute pictures of them on set.
When asked about whether she had an offscreen romance with her co-star in an interview with Variety, Sydney said: “It’s a rom-com. That’s what people want!”
She didn’t reveal whether or not they were together, merely that it’s definitely what people want to believe due to the fact they’re starring in a romcom together. Let alone the mad world of fan culture and shipping.
“Glen and I don’t really care. We have so much fun together, and we respect each other so much; he’s such a hard worker, and I’m a hard worker,” she said. “We’re excited for the press tour, and I literally just left ADR with him. We talk all the time like, ‘That’s really funny’.
“They want it,” she added. “It’s fun to give it to ’em.”
That said, Sydney did go deep on how it feels to be the subject of speculation when it comes to both her family and love life. “Sometimes I feel beat up by it,” she said. “It’s hard to sit back and watch, and not be able to stand up for yourself.”
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The star also discussed her relationship with Euphoria‘s creator Sam Levinson, who has faced criticism for his latest TV show The Idol, including accusations of problematic storylines and a rumoured “toxic atmosphere”. According to Sydney Sweeney, her time on Euphoria has helped her find her power.
“You have me, you have Z[endaya], you have all of these very strong-minded, independent women. If we didn’t feel comfortable with something, or we saw something we didn’t like, we’d all speak up,” she says. “It’s hard to see someone completely trashed by the public and the media when no one’s actually there. We are there, and clearly we’re still working on the show, and we’re still supportive.”
She added: “The point is making people uncomfortable, and thinking outside the box. What else is the point of art?” Sweeney says. “For me, I feel so free and confident now. And I’ve found that through Cassie.”
Excitingly, the actor also spent COVID lockdown optioning novels by first-time women writers and wrote her own screenplay.
“I think it was a little too complicated for people to wrap their heads around,” she says of her work. “It was cool and it was beautiful and it was bittersweet, but I look at it now as just a really cool exercise that I had for myself.”