Sydney Sweeney Unfazed By ‘Madame Web’ Flop: ‘I Was Just Hired as an Actress in It. I Was Along for the Ride for Whatever Was Going to Happen’
14.03.2024 - 00:13
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sydney Sweeney just premiered her latest movie, “Immaculate,” at SXSW, and it marks her third high profile release in four months. She conquered the box office opposite Glen Powell in the hit romantic comedy “Anyone But You” (which has earned more than $200 million worldwide), and then she experienced her first studio flop with the Sony comic book tentpole “Madame Web.” Not that Sweeney is too concerned. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actor was unfazed when asked about “Madame Web” being widely mocked.
“I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along for the ride for whatever was going to happen,” Sweeney said. Sweeney starred in “Madame Web” as Julia Cornwall, an iteration of Spider-Woman. The comic book film has grossed $42 million so far at the domestic box office, and its worldwide gross remains under the $100 million.
Critics also eviscerated the film (it boasts a 12% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 225 reviews). The movie became such a punching bag that Sweeney herself joked about it on “Saturday Night Live” (“You definitely didn’t see me in ‘Madame Web,'” she joked), while Jimmy Kimmel even had a “Madame Web” dig in his monologue at the Oscars. “The people in this room somehow managed to come up with so many excellent films and memorable performances,” Kimmel said.
“This night is full of enormous talent, and untold potential, but so was ‘Madame Web.’” Sweeney’s “Madame Web” co-star Dakota Johnson told Bustle earlier this month that the reception to “Madame Web” did not come as a shock. “Unfortunately, I’m not surprised that this has gone down the way it has,” she said. “It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even
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