Sydney Sweeney "can't act" and "isn't pretty" says top Hollywood producer

 

Hollywood producer Carol Baum has claimed Sydney Sweeney "isn't pretty" and "can't act".

Speaking with New York Times film critic Janet Maslinfollowing a screening of her 1988 film Dead Ringers starring Jeremy Irons, Baum didn't have nice things to say about the 26-year-old actor who has starred in shows such as Euphoria,The White Lotus and recent films Anyone But You and Immaculate.

While Baum - who has produced 34 films such as Father of the Bride (1991), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), and Fly Away Home (1996) - described Sweeney as "an actress who everybody loves now", she admitted she doesn't get the hype

"I don't get Sydney Sweeney. I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney's movie because I wanted to watch it," she said referring to Sweeney's role in the rom-com Anyone But You.

Baum wanted to know more about the actor that "everyone is talking about" but described Anyone But You as "unwatchable".

She recalls asking students in her producing class at the USC School of Cinematic Arts for their thoughts on Sweeney.

"I said to my class, 'Explain this girl to me. She's not pretty, she can't act. Why is she so hot?'