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| | Sydney Sweeney on the Madame Web backlash: 'I was just hired as an actress in it' | | Added 277 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last month, the most anticipated superhero movie of the year, Madame Web, hit theaters. No one really knew why it was a thing, but the trailer was bonkers and well, it?s been a long four years, so there was some intrigue. Would it be one of those ?so bad it?s good? movies? Or would it just be?bad? Sadly, not enough people dragged themselves to the theaters to hate-watch it, so it not only bombed with critics, it bombed at the box office too. It?s currently down to 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, woof.
At some point during the promotion for the movie, every star but Dakota Johnson bailed, as though they were distancing themselves from a trainwreck of a movie. Johnson?s co-star, Sydney Sweeney, is at SXSW promoting her upcoming horror movie, Immaculate. It?s about a virgin nun who ends up pregnant, a ?seemingly miraculous event that soon takes a sinister turn.? While talking with the LA Times, Sydney gave some quotes about Madame Web, her acting method, and how she?s handling becoming more famous.
On Madame Web: Such is Sweeney?s current career trajectory that she is unfazed by the severe, mocking response to the recent disappointment ?Madame Web,? saying, ?I was just hired as an actress in it, so I was just along for the ride for whatever was going to happen.?
On producing: ?I am a very hands-on collaborator. I like being able to give ideas, be a part of it, help come up with solutions. It just changes the whole process. It?s so hard for me now to be on a set and not be able to help in any type of way and be able to take action. And being able to actually have a voice and have a valued opinion ? it means so much. And I still have a billion things to learn, but I love being able to be a part of the process from the beginning to the end. I?ve always built my characters from the ground up. And so I feel like I?m getting to do that on an entire script-level.?
She?s ?dorky? IRL: ?I am actually super dorky. I make very sarcastic dry remarks, and everyone close to me knows in real life I?m more of a comedian than a dramatic person.?
No method acting for her: ?The number one thing [Andy McPhee, father of Kodi Smit-McPhee] always told me was to make sure that I separated myself as much as possible from my characters. Don?t put any of my own memories, emotions, feelings, people, relationships, anything in the thoughts of my characters, so that I can jump in and out.?
On how she?s handling her growing fame: ?I am such a homebody that life kind of stays the same for me. I just hang out with my dog and my family and my close friends. There?s just more people who say hi to me when I go outside. That?s all?Nothing about this industry is normal. And I think it?s really important to remember that.?
[From LA Times]
I have the most to say about Madame Web, so let me first note that Sydney comes across as someone who is a very hard worker and very ambitious. It?s nice that she acknowledges that she still has a ?billion? things to learn when it comes to producing. Also, good on her for being able to separate herself from her characters. That said, in some of her other answers, she gives me the impression that she is also someone who is trying very hard to say all of the ?right? things to portray herself as a humble up-and-comer that?s been unchanged by fame.
Okay, so Madame Web. Lordy, the shade of pulling an ?I don?t know her? about it. I think all of the actresses involved are missing a big opportunity here, and that?s to make it a cult classic. Do you think Susan Sarandon expected the following and residuals that would come from the The Rocky Horror Picture Show? That movie is crazy bonkers but I love the hella outta it thanks to the rituals that arose around it. Office Space was panned by critics too, but a red stapler, broken copy machine, and 15 pieces of flair made that instantly memorable. The groundwork was laid out for a campy classic when the whole ?He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died? line trended on Twitter after the trailer came out. If a movie is laughably bad, there?s always a path to make people love it.
Photos credit: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon, Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
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| | Jennifer Lopez canceled several dates on her This Is Me' Now tour | | Added 277 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I enjoy Jennifer Lopez?s dogged, determined spirit. Plus I?m a gal who loves excess, so I admire the over-the-topness she was going for with releasing This Is Me? Now the album, This Is Me? Now: A Love Story the musical film, and The Greatest Love Story Never Told documentary. Only the album hasn?t done that well in the charts or sales, and as we all now know, Jennifer personally funded the $20 million it cost to make these projects. But J.Lo also has a This Is Me? Now Tour later this year, where she can deliver a great live show. Except now, one month on from announcing the tour, several dates have been canceled without much of an explanation
Some Jennifer Lopez fans will have to wait a little longer to be introduced to the woman J.Lo is now.
According to a message on Ticketmaster?s website, the pop star and actress has canceled concert dates on her upcoming This Is Me? Now tour dates, including planned stops in Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta, Ga., Tampa, Fla., and New Orleans, La.
The canceled dates were all planned to take place across a consecutive eight-day stretch from Aug. 22-30. EW has learned that a logistical issue through the promoter forced the last several dates to be canceled, but that there?s potential to work something out for the affected cities in the future.
EW has reached out to representatives for Lopez and tour company Live Nation for comment on the cancellation, as Ticketmaster?s note indicates only that, ?Unfortunately, the Event Organizer has had to cancel your event.?
The cancellations follow the high-profile release of Lopez?s accompanying cameo-filled, self-funded streaming movie project and its parent album This Is Me? Now, a sequel to her 2002 album This Is Me? Then that, like its predecessor, chronicles Lopez?s love life ? particularly her marriage to actor Ben Affleck.
While the streaming film (and a subsequent documentary about its creation) made headlines and courted viewer eyeballs according to Amazon streaming lists, This Is Me? Now the album marked one of Lopez?s least successful outings to date. It debuted and peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and fell off the ranking entirely the following week, though it did reach No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.
[From Entertainment Weekly]
On the one hand I?m really impressed with Jennifer sticking to her guns for the trifecta projects. It takes equal parts confidence, delusion, and chutzpah to say YES! when absolutely everyone else in your life advises NO! The thing is, though, you kind of have to be right in order to pull off this maneuver and, well? yeah. By the time Jane Fonda weighed in with her doubts, that?s at least where I would?ve taken a pause. As for these cancellations, it could be something or it could be nothing. I think it?s too early to tell. But it certainly gives the vibes of an inauspicious start. I had a dorky idea, though: if AARP can sponsor the latest Rolling Stones tour, do you think Ben Affleck is on the phone with Dunkin? to broker a deal? This Is Me? Caffeinated!
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