“I always thought I’d have a kid by now,” says 25-year-old Sydney Sweeney. “I always wanted to be a young mom. I love acting, I love the business, I love producing, I love all of it. But what’s the point if I’m not getting to share it with a family?”
, balancing on a block of ice, is keeping her cool.,” “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.
Sweeney is rigorous in her preparations; for “Reality,” she had to be word-perfect. The script, adapted from director Tina Satter’s stage play, quotes the precise language that Winner used in the moments leading up to her arrest. “She was like, ‘I don’t need to run this a million times with the other actors,’” Satter recalls. “‘I’ll come in prepared, and I’ll have my system.’ And she totally did. She’s a top-level athlete.
Even amid Sweeney’s busy schedule, her family is top of mind — her father flew in for the photo shoot to see her, although she says they don’t discuss her work in great detail. “He lives on a ranch in Mexico, and doesn’t have internet or cell service,” she says. “I know he’s proud of me, and I know he’s like, ‘Wow, this is a crazy world!’” Her mother was a criminal defense attorney who stepped away from law when she became a parent.
The upside of fame, as a family member, is that it provides opportunities. “Most of my family have never even been on a plane before,” she says. Now, she brings her cousins to set: “To help them grow and open their minds — that is what I love doing now.” On set in Australia, Sweeney acted as “camp counselor,” scheduling group activities such as an outing to the Sydney Opera House and a double-decker bus tour. But photos of her and Powell at work sparked rumors of an off-screen romance, and Gluck watched the growing frenzy with curiosity: “Sydney is brilliant at a lot of things, including how to deal with social media; she didn’t emotionally internalize it. It was crazy, but after a while it became normal.
Indeed, Sweeney leveled up between Seasons 1 and 2 — her tearful imagined confession that she has “never, ever been happier” was a rare thing, a moment of scripted drama that went viral for its intensity, and its virtuosity. And it came from a set where reality was constantly shifting. “Chaos thrives on that set, because that’s when the most incredible art is made,” she says.
Sweeney has avoided being pigeonholed — who’d have guessed that her high school high-wire act would land her the role of Reality Winner? — while watching the industry typecast her peers. “It’s kind of sad to watch,” she says. For her, “The White Lotus” and “Reality” have shown people that she’s not Cassie. “I don’t think I’ll be able to change it, but I’m glad that people are like, ‘Wow, she can act,’” she says. For every project since “Euphoria,” “I have had to prove people wrong.
To achieve a career as long as Moore’s, Sweeney would want “to find a really healthy balance,” she says. “I always thought I’d have a kid by now. I always wanted to be a young mom. I love acting, I love the business, I love producing, I love all of it. But what’s the point if I’m not getting to share it with a family?”
Her production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, takes its name from Sweeney’s belief in fairness. “I like knowing that the person that’s doing this with me is eating the same and is putting in the same, and we’re both going to kill it because we both know we got each other’s back.” Her first production credit under the banner will be “Anyone but You,” followed by horror film “Immaculate,” in which she will also star.
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