Movies February 12, 2024
Sydney Sweeney on 'Madame Web' Group Chat, Training & Sequel Hopes (Exclusive)
Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O’Connor are dishing on “Madame Web.”
“Extra’s” Terri Seymour spoke to the girls, who spilled on their group chat, which has been going strong for two years!
Isabel quipped, “I don’t even have to pin it cause it’s always on the top."
"It gets action," Sydney said. "We talk to each other every day."
As for what they talk about, the trio shared, “Everything.”
Celeste elaborated, “Relationship advice, work stuff, fashion... TikToks. Bela sends the best TikToks."
Sydney also talked about the prep for the harness work, which she “loved.”
She shared, “I thought it was so cool… We were learning how to do flips and go upside down and run and fly in the air. We had quite an extensive training process on those, and I had a blast."
Isabela opened up on her super suit, saying, “We're all really, like, coordinated and I think that was really helpful when you’re wearing really skinny suits that are really tight and vacusealed and you have to do all this physical activity. I think a little fun fact about it is that our suits are inverted. It's the inverse. So where hers is the negative space, mine's filled in with the silver."
Sydney is hoping that the audience, particularly women, will walk away from the movie feeling like they can be their “own superhero.”
"That's what I loved about our journey in the movie," she explained. "It's the origin story of Cassie, but you also see us as teenagers, and we grow and we gain our own powers without, like, needing the superpower aspect. We get the confidence and strength from who we are as people, and I hope that women watch this and they say, 'You know what? I don't need to be a superhero. I can actually find that for myself and surround myself with good people who bring that out.'"
Celeste echoed, "We didn't need to have supernatural powers in order to come out on top and be there for each other. I think that's the most important thing to me is just telling young women that you already have what you need inside of you. You already have what it takes to make your dreams come true inside of you."
Isabela reflected on her journey from playing Dora the Explorer to Anyza Corazon, gushing, "We did it! And I wore a backpack in both."
How about a possible sequel? Celeste answered, “Absolutely, but that’s up the Sony Gods.” She told her co-stars she'd want to see "more of us hanging out."
"I want more dancing," Isabela added, prompting Celeste to exclaim, "Madame Web 2: The Musical'!" before adding, "I'm just joking."
“Madame Web” is out February 14.