Sydney Sweeney Couldn't Look Less Like Cassie in New 'Reality' Movie Trailer
19.04.2023 - 20:29
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looks, our image of her is pretty fashionable, glamorous, and done up. Until now.
In the teaser for her new movie, she's bare-faced and deadly serious, showing a side of we can't wait to see more of.Sweeney plays Reality Winner (yes, her real birth name), a former Air Force member and NSA translator who was sentenced to over five years in prison for leaking classified documents related to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The film, titled , is based on writer-director Tina Satter’s 2019 play “Is This A Room" and will air on HBO on May 29 (and afterward be available on Max), per .
The film's dialogue reportedly comes from the real transcripts of Winner's conversation with the FBI that led to her arrest.In the teaser trailer, Sweeney stares down the camera, holding back tears as off-screen agents attempt to coax answers out of her. We also see glimpses of the girlish items being taken in as evidence: a pink notebook filled with doodles, and a photo of friends posing in front of a trippy cat-filled background.
Winner was, after all, only 25 at the time of her crime.In a plain collared shirt, blonde hair pulled back, and minimal makeup (if any), this is by far the most “raw” look Sydney Sweeney's ever sported. “Why do I have this job if I'm going to be helpless?” we hear her ask, her soft voice attempting a monotone but betraying fear.In February, the young actor spoke to the press about her audition and character development process, revealing that she had a chance to speak to the whistleblower herself.
“I had the honor and privilege to be able actually communicate with Reality,” . “And before even I got it—when I was auditioning—I went and found as many interviews that I could of Reality so that I
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