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Editor’s note: The following interviews were done outside of the FYC event series, as there was no panel or screening.
Between the time when playwright-director Tina Satter’s revelatory and innovative account of real-life whistleblower Reality Winner went from a Broadway stage to the screen, the title changed from the vaguely surreal Is This a Room to the more documentary-like — though no less evocative — Reality.
The title change was just one of the topics discussed when Deadline spoke recently with Satter and Reality star Sydney Sweeney as part of the Deadline FYC House + HBO Max event series.
The change, in a way, is telling. The HBO film Reality, which debuted on May 29, uses the exact same words as the play — and both use the exact same words of the actual Reality Winner: The dialogue for the screenplay, co-written by Satter and James Paul Dallas also is taken directly from the transcript of the first conversation-slash-interrogation between FBI agents and an unsuspecting, at least initially, Winner.
What begins as an almost casual encounter on the afternoon of June 3, 2017 — an encounter marked by determinedly friendly if awkward chitchat — Winner arrives at her small Georgia home to find FBI agents waiting, for what she’s not quite sure. And before their tense conversation is over, the Air Force veteran and federal contractor/translator would be arrested and later charged with violating the 1917 Espionage Ac for leaking documents regarding Russian military attempts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
Winner was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for an unauthorized release of government information to the media.
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Sydney Sweeney is opening up about how damaging social media can actually be – to celebrities and those who aren’t celebrities at all.
WrapWomen’s “UnWrapped” podcast. “And we have writers now that are writing incredible female-led stories,” she added.
Claire Sweeney has jokingly shared what has been the most ‘traumatic’ part of her new job after landing a role on Coronation Street. It was announced back in April that the Brookside legend will make her way onto the cobbles as Cassie Plummer.
UPDATE, June 15, 2023: A former reality show star and surgeon and his girlfriend await a judge’s decision on whether they will stand trial for allegedly drugging and sexually abusing women.
Rege-Jean Page, Zoe Saldana, and Sydney Sweeney were among the stars who stepped out to celebrate the unveiling of RH England, The Gallery at the Historic Aynho Park.
Showing skin has always been in season on the red carpet, but Hollywood stars are taking a bold approach by purposefully revealing even more. Sydney Sweeney recently turned heads wearing a silky white Miu Miu slip dress while leaving the Hotel Martinez at the Cannes Film Festival. The 25-year-old "White Lotus" star also revealed a powder blue bra underneath her simple sheer dress and sparked online chatter about this summer's official fashion trend: the "intentional wardrobe malfunction." Olivia Wilde, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson have taken note with their own exposed displays, but fashion expert Melissa Rivers exclusively told Fox News Digital the style has already made its mark multiple times.
runways, seen at Prada, Christopher Kane and Tory Burch (to name just three). Countless celebrities have bought into the trend in the months since, ditching their crystal-embellished sandals and disco platforms for an altogether plainer alternative. The most recent convert is Sydney Sweeney, who wore simple pumps to the opening of RH England, The Gallery in Oxfordshire over the weekend.At the event, wore a bodycon flared-sleeve top and miniskirt from London-based designer Nensi Dojaka, with sheer black tights and simple black heels.
Awkward! Sydney Sweeney revealed that her father and grandpa had a distinctly different reaction to Euphoria than her mother and grandma.
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HBO series Euphoria. Speaking to Willie Geist on Sunday Today with Willie Geist, Sweeney explained that her mother knew what to expect from the show but she had not explained her role in the Sam Levinson-created risqué series.“My mom visited me on set at the time, so she like knew the story and I talked to her a lot about it – my dad didn’t,” she said. “I didn’t prepare my dad at all.”According to the actress, her father decided to watch the series with her grandparents without telling her first.
“Sunday Today” interview. “My dad didn’t — I didn’t prepare my dad at all,” Sweeney said, adding that her conversations with her dad don’t usually focus on work.As a result, Sweeney’s father decided to watch “Euphoria” without telling her — in the company of his parents, Sweeney’s grandparents.“My dad and my grandpa turned it off and walked out,” the “Reality” actress said of their first time watching the series, which includes nudity and sexual content surrounding Sweeney’s character, Cassie, who plays opposite Zendaya’s Rue, Alexa Demie’s Maddy, Hunter Schafer’s Jules and Jacob Elordi’s Nate.There was one family member who stuck around amid the mature content: Sweeney’s grandmother.“My grandma is a big supporter of mine, she’s a big fan of mine,” Sweeney said.
euphoria?Sydney Sweeney revealed this week that her dad “walked out” during her X-rated “Euphoria” scenes because she “didn’t prepare” him for the steamy content in the HBO series.“I mean how do you bring up a conversation?” she explained on “Sunday Today with Willie Geist.” “Also, when I talk to my dad it’s usually not about work … we talk father-daughter conversations.”Unbeknownst to her, “The White Lotus” star added, her dad invited her grandparents to a viewing.“My dad and my grandpa turned it off and walked out,” the 25-year-old actress admitted.Her grandma, on the other hand, is a “big fan.” “I bring her usually all over the world to my different sets, and I make her an extra,” said Sweeney, who noted her mom was the only one “prepared” for the explicit scenes after visiting the set.Sweeney — whose engagement was recently embroiled in controversy amid romance rumors with her “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell — previously revealed her grandparents’ reaction to the “Euphoria” Season 2 premiere.“They said I have the best t-ts in Hollywood,” she told Ellen DeGeneres in March.The blonde bombshell also opened up to British GQ about her nude scenes, discussing her frustration with the audience.She said some viewers have screen-shotted her X-rated appearances and tagged her family members online.“My cousins don’t need that. It’s completely disgusting and unfair,” the two-time Emmy nominee said in the 2022 interview.She criticized: “You have a character that goes through the scrutiny of being a sexualized person at school and then an audience that does the same thing.”But a few internet trolls aren’t going to deter her from acting in more nude scenes.“I think it’s ridiculous.
The father figures in Sydney Sweeney’s life didn’t approve of her scandalous role in the hit show "Euphoria." Sweeney portrays high-schooler Cassie Howard in the risqué drama, which often features scenes about drugs, sex and trauma as students navigate love and friendships. "Yeah, I didn’t prepare my dad…at all" Sweeney awkwardly laughed during an appearance on "Sunday Today with Willie Geist." "I mean how do you bring up a conversation? Also, when I talk to my dad it’s usually not about work…we talk father-daughter conversations." The 25-year-old actress continued to say that her father decided to watch "Euphoria" without telling her and her grandparents shockingly joined. "My dad and my grandpa turned it off and walked out," Sweeney explained. As for the women in her life, Sweeney’s mother and grandmother appeared to be supportive of the actress.
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Sydney Sweeney had to handle a mixed bag of reactions to her role on HBO's The actress recently opened up about her father having to turn off the program halfway through their first viewing. «I didn't prepare my dad at all,» Sweeney tells Willie Geist in an interview that will air in full this weekend on. She noted that her mom was more prepared because «she visited me on set quite a few times.»Sweeney plays Cassie on Sam Levinson's , a character often intertwined with very adult storylines. «How do you bring up a conversation? And also when I talk to my dad it's usually not about work,» Sweeney adds. «He decided he was going watch it without telling me, with his parents.
Sydney Sweeney is still "navigating" fame. The 25-year-old actress has enjoyed a meteoric rise over recent years, but Sydney has revealed that she still doesn't feel famous. The blonde beauty told ES Magazine: "I think I’m still navigating it on a daily basis because I want to be as authentic and genuinely open to the public and my fans as possible.
It’s highly likely there’s not a single person out there who doesn’t know the name Sydney Sweeney.The 25 year old probably has the Emmy winning drama series Euphoria to thank for that, not to mention her chaotic character Cassie who made her the star she is today. While Sydney had appeared in some pretty high budget productions prior to the HBO show, including Everything Sucks! and The Handmaid’s Tale, it wasn’t until she stepped foot in the fictional town of East Highland, California that people really started to take note of her talent. Which is why it’s so surprising that she has recently opened up about the fight she had to put up to get cast in Mike White’s satirical anthology series, The White Lotus.