Sydney Sweeney jokes about alleged Glen Powell affair rumors on ‘SNL’
During her ‘Saturday Night Live’ opening monologue, Sydney Sweeney joked about rumors of an alleged affair with Glen Powell circulating online.
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LAS VEGAS – Like many book lovers, Sydney Sweeney swooned for Freida McFadden’s 2022 viral novel “The Housemaid.” Unlike many book lovers, Sweeney is starring in the movie version.
And for her, there was no choice in the matter. “I had to be a part of it,” Sweeney said Tuesday during a presentation at CinemaCon, the annual convention for theater owners and studios.
Directed by Paul Feig, “The Housemaid” (in theaters Christmas Day) stars Sweeney as Millie, a young woman hired by wealthy couple Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar) to be their live-in maid and help out with their daughter. CinemaCon got a first look at the trailer, which showed strange things afoot in the mansion, the relationship between Millie and the Winchesters becoming tense, and hints at how crazy the movie is going to be.
“She is just as shocked as you guys will be,” Sweeney says of Millie. The actress, who’s also a producer along with Seyfried, devoured all three “Housemaid” books in one week. “I could not put it down,” Sweeney added. “I love when there’s so many unexpected twists and turns and characters that have flaws … but you also love them at the same time. You question your morals.”
Seyfried said she’ll “never forget the way playing Nina Winchester made me feel. I got to go to places I never thought I’d go to.” While doing the movie was “life-affirming and career-confirming” for the Oscar-nominated actress, “the stuff that happened when the cameras were rolling was bananas for me.”
Sklenar, the star of the “Yellowstone” spinoff series “1923” and the upcoming thriller “Drop,” said Andrew is “a very complex character and he’s playing a lot of versions of himself and constantly manipulating those around him. That’s a heady headspace to get to.”
The actor also revealed that Andrew is “a bit more of a force than he is in the book. It’s surprising how much it takes it out of you to be this unhinged. But fun.”
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