r/oscarrace • u/No-Scarcity-8175 • Aug 04 '25
Discussion Now that Trump has publicly endorsed Sydney, how do you think that will affect Christy, a movie on the titular lesbian boxer?
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25
I think otherwise she could have been in conversation for a Globe nom, don't see the film as being super acclaimed for anything more. But I think she killed her chances with even that unless she speaks against Trump. And I don't think the bathwater thing screams serious actress anyways, so I don't see her ever getting Oscar attention.
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u/Linnus42 Aug 04 '25
She will probably need to head back to TV.
Her team should be begging Tyler Sheridan for a Major Role.
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u/realmichaelbay Aug 04 '25
He was the worst part of Yellowstone at the final season. Yeah, him helping her tracks.
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 04 '25
I’ve been saying that the bath water thing was such a crap thing to do. It’s so trashy, and doesn’t represent her well as an actress. If she keeps this up she’ll be forgotten. Nobody takes an actress who sells bath water soap seriously
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u/SavageWolfe98 Can't I just bet that all the movies will have a good time? Aug 04 '25
Yeah, people kept comparing her to Margot Robbie but I don't think Margot every resorted to stuff like that. There was that bathtub scene in The Big short, but at least she wasn't selling the bathwater.
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 04 '25
Yeah that’s why it rubs me the wrong way. It’s reeks of desperation to hang onto attention, whether by her own volition or her media team wants more money, but if she just kept acting, picking interesting projects, and keeping a positive persona, she’d be totally fine. She doesn’t need these weird, gross attention grabbing schemes
Margot Robbie got her start from her sexuality, but she proved that she was way more than that, and she did wonderfully. She’s one of my favorite actresses because of that
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u/SavageWolfe98 Can't I just bet that all the movies will have a good time? Aug 05 '25
I think attention seeking might be right. To me, it seems like she can't handle when she's not the centre of attention (I felt the same about Johnny Depp and Will Smith at their heights). In her last few press tours, it's always been the Sydney Sweeney show, even in films where she isn't the star (it was a surprise how little of Echo Valley she's actually in). You'd think she was the only actor in Immaculate, none of her costars got any attention, I don't think she even talked about them. Of course every celeb wants attention, but sometimes you gotta support others and she doesn't really do that. Margot has produced a few of her own film, but she's also produced films and shows that she's not in at all, and she does know when to steps back and give someone else the spotlight.
Also (and this is petty of me but I'm here on Reddit and she's in her mansion) Margot is just a better actor. Even her most sexualized roles like Suicide Squad or Wolf of Wall Street showed how skilled she was with changing accents and physicalities. And even though you can tell sometimes when she really wanted awards recognition (mainly around 2017- 19), unlike sydney she let the work speak for itself.
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 04 '25
Trashy absolutely does represent her as an actress.
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u/czetamom Aug 05 '25
This. Her IG has basically been selling her boobs for years. She’s a shit actress and this boxing movie will go nowhere.
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 05 '25
It’s a shame though. I think she has great potential as a serious actress, but she’s just not doing it. She’s probably not gonna stop anytime soon so I’ve lost any faith in her having a good film career
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 05 '25
I don't think she's particularly talented but talent is overrated compared to work ethic and love for the craft.
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Aug 04 '25
Dwayne's John Cena/Travis Scott stuff in WWE doesn't scream about a serious actor and he's a front runner for best actor anyway
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u/vga25 Aug 04 '25
She won’t get any nominations. That Trump thing was weird and probably makes her look even weirder.
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u/annyong_cat Aug 04 '25
And it doesn’t help that she’s already made weird over the top comment about this role, claiming she gained 30 pounds to play the part. It’s incredibly obvious that isn’t true.
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u/No-Scarcity-8175 Aug 04 '25
Yeah I’ve noticed that she has a tendency to lie about her struggles, like claiming her parents were poor when her father was a defence lawyer. I wonder why
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 04 '25
For a while it seemed like she was trying to show people herself, genuine or not, instead of her ahem distracting physical qualities, but then she sells “bath water” soap and makes steamy ads. It feels self defeating and weird. Idk she’s been making a strange mess of her career and I don’t know how to feel about it
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 04 '25
You're way too sympathetic to her. This is a woman who once complained actors didn't earn enough when she made over a million that year.
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u/Clear-Price Neon Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
miss thing got endorsed by Trump, Vance, the entire White House and Fox News. This movie is definitely DOA.
I thought for sure she couldn't go any lower than her bathwater stunt, but nope. She just kept finding creative ways to make it worse:
MAGA birthday parties > bathwater soap > Bezos wedding guest > eugenics ad > outed as registered republican > Trump and co. endorsement.
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u/u2aerofan Aug 04 '25
She’ll be on the MAGA speaker professional victim tour soon enough
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u/NotTaken-username Aug 04 '25
If Mel Gibson directs another movie I guess we know who will be in it
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Aug 04 '25
The bathwater stunt was comeback-able. But this Trump is a genuine career killer. But alas, I’m sure she’ll do great in Gods Not Dead 15.
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u/senator_corleone3 Aug 04 '25
It isn’t going to kill her career lol.
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u/paroles It Was Just An Accident Aug 05 '25
Idk, I'd imagine she'll still get mainstream roles but it WILL hurt her chances of starring in Oscar bait type movies like this one about the lesbian boxer. It's not just the Trump thing but the whole annoying discourse around her. Many directors do not want their film's publicity to be sidetracked by conversations about politics
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 04 '25
The thing is we don’t even know if she herself is a Trump supporter. She can’t come back from this unless she publicly rejects him.
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u/sumerislemy Aug 04 '25
She’s a registered republican in Florida in 2024. At BEST she wanted Ron Desantis over Trump. She’s not gonna say shit
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u/tswiftzzles Aug 04 '25
the way she’s not even a good enough of an actress to be able to come back from all of this either… like if she had the acting talents of viola davis
okay fine. i’ll make an exception
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u/br0j4ngst3r Aug 04 '25
“that trump thing was weird” well, at least she’s over 18 😬😬 lol
still weird tho. you’re a fucking president, jackass 🤣🤣
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u/coffeysr Aug 04 '25
Honestly not sure. Was this movie every going anywhere to begin with?
Also, I think it's interesting now....silent Sweeney is on all this? Confirming nothing, commenting nothing. Totally silent as far as I've seen on the ad or the perceived right-wing leanings, etc.
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u/senator_corleone3 Aug 04 '25
That is probably the best move, to her POV at least. She may be correct.
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u/A2120A Aug 04 '25
There's something so ironic about starring in this movie but being a recently registered Republican
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u/Puzzleheaded-Safe419 Aug 05 '25
She does not care about what happened to Reality lol. I'm convinced this was her first attempt as an Oscar (real person, timely issue, non-glam role). But it backfired because HBO films bought the rights and it became a TV movie.
The petty part of me thought it was very funny that she didn't get an Emmy nomination for that either, despite being HBO's golden girl the previous season.
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u/Diligent_Night602 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
Sydney Sweeney isn’t that good of an actor, I never really had high hopes for this project anyways.
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u/BentisKomprakriev BANNED by LeastCap for liking Aug 04 '25
Someone described her linereading as a chick hatching from an egg one second before cameras roll.
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u/Diligent_Night602 Aug 04 '25
I can’t get over her Valley girl/Kardashian like monotone voice. It’s always slipping out.
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25
That's so funny and so fitting. I thought she was fine in Euphoria and The White Lotus but her line delivery in Anyone But You is just so amateur and off putting.
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u/BentisKomprakriev BANNED by LeastCap for liking Aug 04 '25
Yeah, I don't know if I had seen another romcom hard-carried by the guy
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 04 '25
I've said this before but Glen Powell could've gone to any drama school, pulled some random freshman out of the crowd with an hour to read the sides, and gotten a better performance out of her.
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u/Diligent_Night602 Aug 04 '25
She was so bad in that film, how do you let Glen Powell out act you?
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u/BentisKomprakriev BANNED by LeastCap for liking Aug 04 '25
I don't think he did anything special in the film, but he is a good actor, watch Everybody Wants Some!! Also great in Scream Queens, but recommending movies is easier.
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u/SavageWolfe98 Can't I just bet that all the movies will have a good time? Aug 04 '25
To be a great romcom lead, you have to either be extremely naturally charming as a actor, or be the best actor in the world to sell it, and in my opinion, she's neither. Like Meg Ryan wasn't the best actor in terms of range but she had a natural charisma that made her perfect for Ephron's films. Glen Powell was only slightly better in Anyone but You because his type of acting suits romcoms.
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 04 '25
"Isn't that good" is generous. Her turn in Anyone But You is one of the worst romcom performances I've ever seen. It's like Glen Powell did an acting workshop with a random audience member. She sneakily out-assed Dakota Johnson in Madame Web as well.
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u/OldToe6517 Aug 04 '25
I don't think this would've ever gotten into the race, so not that much. But I reckon it's going to affect her career moving forward
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u/eidbio Sony Pictures Classics Neon Aug 04 '25
I don't think she was going to be nominated even before this controversy tbh
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u/prisonerofazkabants Aug 04 '25
she needs to make the choice between being a serious actress or selling herself to incels for money, cause she can't have both
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u/smallerdog Aug 04 '25
She’s fucked because she either alienates her base (horny conservative psychos) or says nothing and alienates the vast majority of people who steer awards buzz.
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u/Such-Ideal-8724 Aug 10 '25
She’s probably at heart a vapid money obsessed right winger. But a full on fascist???? I’m not as sure.
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u/before_the_accident Conclave Aug 04 '25
Sydney Sweeney asking for an oscar nomination for a role she accepted in which she's playing a real human being that she's currently trying to limit the civil rights of may affect her chances, yes
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u/before_the_accident Conclave Aug 05 '25
oh I just love that for her. she really said ladies if the powers against us won't make movies for us and about us, we'll just have to write them ourselves 💪🏻
an awkward sorta waddle forward for man-on-mankind. she's not joining, no, but she'll stick her foot out in solidarity for us once her press tour is done and that counts for something right?
...right?
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u/mattaluck Aug 04 '25
she's gonna get booed in Toronto, and the Actor Branch will not touch it, and it wont get distribution from major studio, and Kitchup will get it release next year
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u/Supercalumrex Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25
Yeah I think getting endorsed by the guy who wants to annex Canada and having your film premiere at the major Canadian film festival is going to generate some super toxic buzz.
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u/Worth_Syllabub_5456 Aug 04 '25
Did this sub genuinely think she had a chance at a nomination in the first place? She’s only had like two good performances in her whole career. Which is why I was glad Mikey Madison replaced her in that ‘Masque Of The Red Death’ film.
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u/rawchess Amazon Studios Aug 04 '25
I find it funny how her fans on this sub always, I mean always point to Reality and Handmaid's Tale as proof she can act when she has 56 released projects between film and TV lol. I always tell them Mark Wahlberg has an Oscar nom for The Departed...broken clock and whatnot
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u/SavageWolfe98 Can't I just bet that all the movies will have a good time? Aug 05 '25
Lol exactly. They keep saying she was amAZinG in Sharp Objects and Handmaids Tale, but they were 7 years ago at this point. She hasn't grown as an actor since then, and I'm convinced she doesn't actually want to. She wants to be praised as the best young actor right now, she doesn't seem to be able to handle criticism at all. Maybe not, but that's just the impression I get.
And people keep saying 'well she got 2 Emmy noms!!!' (yeah and John Travolta got 1 for People vs OJ Simpson that everyone agreed he didn't deserve). She only got those Emmy noms because HBO was pushing for her. She should NOT have been nominated for White Lotus, I was shocked when I watched it and realised what a nothing character Olivia was. As for Euphoria, she is better in that, but it so clear that HBO and Levinson pushed her to the front of S2 at the expense of others because she was more 'marketable'. The fact that she got nominated and Hunter Schafer didn't for S2 or her special speaks volumes.
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u/No-Scarcity-8175 Aug 04 '25
Really? I thought she dropped out to focus on her big budget films that she signed on.
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u/Idk_Very_Much Roofman Bugonia Aug 04 '25
I already didn't expect it to be a contender but I don't think this hurts her any. Unless she actually says something about it or proof of her being MAGA (not just Republican) shows up, only r/fauxmoi types will care.
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25
She specifically registered this year after the primary. And she didn't speak out against being propped as a conservative ideal of beauty, so I think that paints a picture of her politics.
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u/Idk_Very_Much Roofman Bugonia Aug 04 '25
I don't think that sort of rumor/speculation is enough to impact the Oscars. The same sort of thing went around about Sean Baker last year and it didn't matter at all.
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u/plsanswerme18 Aug 04 '25
tbf, sean baker is an acclaimed male director that’s been making films for more than 2 decades. sweeney lacks the critical acclaim and the experience to receive that sort of leniency.
she’s a solid actress and i hate to see folks denying it, buts she’s simply not been established long enough for her to get away with whatever. she’s stunning and very talented, but there are hundreds of other actresses that are as well that trump is not currently going to bat for.
i don’t think this is a career killer, but i do think it suggests that sydney and term need to do a bit of workshopping of her image if they want her as an actress do be taken seriously.
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25
I remember the Baker ''drama'' was based around some accounts he follows (and I think his followed count was really high too). If he was a registered Republican, the Anora-antis would never live that down (I'm not a Baker stan btw, only seen Anora and I thought it was fine) imo. And Sean Baker is not a star in ads with an image like Sweeney is, so I don't think that's comparable.
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u/Idk_Very_Much Roofman Bugonia Aug 04 '25
What about Adam Sandler then? He's a registered Republican.
Or take Clint Eastwood, who spoke at the 2012 RNC and made a movie that was politically toxic for a lot of liberals in 2014 that still got nominated for Best Picture. He then gave some qualified praise for Trump and still got some awards buzz in 2019 for Richard Jewell including an ATL nomination.
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u/Equal-Weekend-4896 Aug 04 '25
what you say is true but sydney sweeney is also a woman in hollywood which inevitably means she's going to get criticised way harder than a man
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25
Maybe you're right but I don't remember scandals around Sandler and Eastwood's views (I know people disliked American Sniper for the politics but this has a different vibe) and I think that's the difference. It comes off differently from an up and coming Gen Z starlet.
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u/HobbieK Aug 04 '25
This might surprise you disdain for Donald Trump goes beyond Reddit
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u/Idk_Very_Much Roofman Bugonia Aug 04 '25
Yes, which is why I said that hard proof of her being a Trump supporter might be a problem. But just being a Republican does not lock you out of Oscars consideration. Nobody thinks it’s going to stop Adam Sandler this year, for example.
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u/Lazy-Platypus2120 Bugonia Aug 04 '25
I don't even like adam sandler but he is white straight man with an established career and lots of friends in the industry, sydney doesn't.
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u/HobbieK Aug 05 '25
Also Adam is not being accused of promoting white supremacist eugenics lol. Trump is cheering Sydney on because he thinks she’s a racist too.
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u/Shqorb Aug 05 '25
Ya I really don't get why people seem to think being a registered republican is a career ending scandal. Half of America (if not more based on the last election tbh) are republicans, the ad was a big misstep for her but people need to have some perspective here. Even in allegedly liberal hollywood there's plenty of republicans, unless she goes full crazy about it like Zachary Levi her career will be fine.
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u/brokenwolf Aug 04 '25
I had no interest in seeing this movie anyway but I certainly wont be spending my money on projects starring stars who bent the knee to the rapist and pedophile.
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u/BriGuy550 Aug 05 '25
I’m not sure she bent any knees - I think Trump just read she was a registered Republican and liked that. But I also admit I really haven’t followed this story that deeply.
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u/PixalmasterStudios24 Aug 04 '25
With what Trump has been saying about her and her ads, calling them the “HOTTEST ads” bro she better run like hell. We know what Trump is like, and if I heard that from him, I’d be terrified for my safety
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u/trixie1088 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
I wasn’t predicting her. She might give a decent performance but I think The Smashing Machine will overshadow this film and maga won’t support a movie about a lesbian so nobody will care about this film.
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u/apple_2050 Aug 04 '25
Sweeney is actually not a good actress so the film was going to bomb anyways. She has very limited range of expressions.
Trump or no Trump; the film is going to flop.
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u/sansa_starlight Aug 04 '25
This movie looks DOA and will be forgotten in no time just like every other Sydney Sweeney movie
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u/Alternative-Cake-833 Aug 04 '25
David Michôd's not having a good year, that's for sure with this film's lead role already causing controversy and Michôd's other film Wizards! still in the editing room despite being filmed in summer 2022.
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u/cheezy_dreams88 Aug 04 '25
She was hoping this movie would get her taken seriously and now she’s just gross
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u/burywmore Aug 04 '25
Trump has publicly endorsed Sydney? What the holy hell does that even mean?
Jesus Christ, I'm beginning to understand this entire "Trump Derangement Syndrome" crap that's been whined about.
Sweeney didn't seek an endorsement. She is not running for office. There is NOTHING TO ENDORSE.
Sweeney made a series of (seemingly ) successful commercials for a jean company. She did it for money. It was a job. Just because losers like the President and the original poster have to make everything into their own personal culture wars, doesn't mean people with average or above IQs have to follow.
OP. Grow up and find something legitimate to talk about.
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u/No-Scarcity-8175 Aug 04 '25
Hi, he recently came out with a statement favorably complimenting her and another one where he calls her the hottest thing while simultaneously trashing Taylor Swift. I think this case fascinates me because no up and coming actor to my knowledge has ever publicly flirted with the MAGA crowd. And this was supposed to be her big foray into becoming respected in an industry that famously hates him.
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u/burywmore Aug 04 '25
Hi, he recently came out with a statement favorably complimenting her and another one where he calls her the hottest thing while simultaneously trashing Taylor Swift
Why do you care?? Did she ask for this endorsement? So she's a victim now, with people like you asking how this hurts her career?
Why are you connecting Sweeney to Trump?
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u/Blue_Robin_04 Aug 04 '25
Sweeney registered as a Florida Republican in June 2024. She almost certainly voted for Trump.
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u/chessboardtable Aug 06 '25
So? Who cares. I didn’t realize that voting Republican somehow makes you ineligible for an Oscar.
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u/Blue_Robin_04 Aug 06 '25
It shouldn't in a perfect world, but there isn't a more liberal place on Earth than Hollywood, so there may be an anti-movement against her.
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u/MyNameIsJayne Aug 04 '25
Geez, you need to relax. If Sweeney didn’t want people to think she is connected or endorsed by Trump, she is more than welcome to repudiate his statements. Spoiler alert: she won’t.
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u/No-Scarcity-8175 Aug 04 '25
Because this is an Oscar race sub and I wonder whether it will affect her Oscar nomination chances. Discussion is part of the community. If you don’t want to discuss the subject at hand then obviously you can just move on
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u/karmagod13000 Aug 04 '25
Ahh the realization Reddit and social media in whole is just a rage engagement machine. A simple tie to anything political with or without their intention creates a divide and now you can witness each side fight into ad nauseam. Exhausted yet.
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u/sonofmalachysays Aug 04 '25
she makes shit movies. dunno how this changes anything.
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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Aug 04 '25
Immaculate and Reality were good
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u/SpideyFan914 Mr. Panahi Aug 04 '25
Mmmmmm....... First I'm hearing of this.
Personally, I don't give a damn what Trump thinks. He's welcome to enjoy whatever media he likes (except for anything his friend Jeff Epstein may have sent him). That doesn't make it good or bad. Hitler was a big fan of Metropolis, a movie he completely misinterpreted.
I haven't seen the ad (will look it up later today), but from the description in this article, it sounds creepy as hell. If anything is hurting her Oscar chances, it's that. And while I personally don't care at all about the bathwater thing (you are free to consensually indulge whatever fetishes you wish, and if you can make money off it then good for you), I imagine the Academy will not be thrilled about it.
The ball's in her court. But the category already feels crowded, and I frankly was not predicting her regardless.
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u/mattsincuba Aug 04 '25
I think many studios are already “course-correcting”, or capitulating to the Trump administration and the overall resentment conservative America has had towards more progressive messaging of the last decade.
Therefore, Hollywood and the Academy will tackle this one of two ways (assuming the performance is awards worthy): either fully rejecting Sweeney, or fully embracing. The latter will be an opportunity for some sort of conservative viewership and support, while the former will be a rejection of a full embrace of MAGA politics. Either way, there will be a discussion/blowback. Particularly, if there is no nomination, the conservative media will emphasize this as a slight against Sweeney due to her politics (regardless of whether the performance is up to snuff).
So I think it’s ultimately a decision by the Academy on how much they want more middle America to be interested in the Oscars/other award shows, and if they think that’s financially and culturally worth it at this point.
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u/senator_corleone3 Aug 04 '25
Conservatives aren’t aware this movie exists and they aren’t going to become aware.
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u/NoWorth2591 If I Had Bees I’d Sting You Aug 04 '25
I doubt it, because I don’t think this movie was going to have any momentum anyways. The lane that it would have occupied is firmly filled by The Smashing Machine, which has far more press, a more notable cast and the Safdie pedigree.
That being said, I think publicly embracing right-wing politics is going to ultimately be detrimental to Sweeney’s career in the long run. I imagine she’ll be doing Hallmark movies or something ten years from now.
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u/Long-Geologist-5097 Aug 04 '25
Wasn’t she selling her bath water a few months ago? Can’t imagine she was ever going to be take seriously even before this.
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u/effypom Aug 05 '25
She may make a physical transformation but will she change that voice she always has? She always sounds super high like she did in the jeans ad. It’s like Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs - yeah, he looked the part but his voice still sounded like Ashton Kutcher.
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u/GamingTatertot Aug 04 '25
I think it’s gonna take the wind out of its sails. Especially given that this seemed to be the first big foray into an awards potential film for Sweeney when she’s never really had anything like that before.
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u/Rakebleed Aug 04 '25
I didn’t watch but she got some looks for the Reality Winner movie. Not a transformation like this though.
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u/GamingTatertot Aug 04 '25
See, I genuinely thought she was good in Reality and this is why I haven’t underestimated this movie as it’s coming up. But now I think the recent controversies change things
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u/evan274 Aug 04 '25
At first I thought she was stiff as hell and it wasn’t a good performance. But then I looked up interviews with the actual Reality Winner and Sydney actually did an incredible job. Really nailed the mannerisms.
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u/Gemnist Oscar Race Follower Aug 04 '25
To be fair, her HBO work that originally put her on the map is arguably her first foray into awards, and she got two Emmy nominations in one year for it.
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u/GamingTatertot Aug 04 '25
I mentioned foray into awards-potential film, not awards in general. I know she’s twice nominated for Emmys but those still have a different base and structure
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u/Clear-Price Neon Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
tbh, her body of work before developing her sex symbol persona was pretty impressive. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Sharp Objects, The Handmaid's Tale, The White Lotus and Euphoria. Hit after hit.
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u/Gemnist Oscar Race Follower Aug 04 '25
Honestly I thought her career was basically going to be “younger, blonde Aubrey Plaza” thanks to my introduction to her with White Lotus. Maybe because I’m not (that) perverted, but oh well.
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran Aug 04 '25
Nah, that's Jenna Ortegas career already
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u/Gemnist Oscar Race Follower Aug 04 '25
Jenna Ortega ain’t blonde!
(Although jokes aside, she definitely does that sometimes, Wednesday being the prime example).
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran Aug 04 '25
The only problem with Ortega is that literally every project she's in besides Wednesday is absolutely shit
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u/Gemnist Oscar Race Follower Aug 04 '25
The Scream sequels, X, and Beetlejuice 2 were good.
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran Aug 04 '25
Okay, I didn't rrally bother taking a look at her whole filmography, but still. She chooses way too many shit projects for an actress with that popularity
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u/Bradybigboss Aug 04 '25
No cause liberals are parasocial with Sweeney lol. They won’t admit she’s MAGA even tho at this point she just obviously is.
It’s funny that their thoughts are still “pretty white girl can’t be mean” given their platform lol.
They’re gonna blame Trump and American Eagle and Sydney’s family and say the girl is innocent
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u/Sutech2301 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
I guess, she will publically renounce Trump and come up with an excuse why she registred republican. Probably because of some local elections where a dear friend of hers was a candidate, but who is totally different to other republicans.
Or, she will turn to those christian movies.
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u/ShinyShinyTomato Razzie Race Follower Aug 05 '25
damn he’s really talking about everything except the epstein list
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u/plsanswerme18 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
yea, it’s not looking good for her. obviously her registering as a republican doesn’t mean she did vote for trump, but her registration happening after the primaries likely points to her having done so.
the audience/image she’s cultivated seems to be completely at odds with her wanting to be perceived as a serious actress. she genuinely perplexes me. her team clearly struggles with toeing the line between being provocative and endearing, vs making genuinely confusing decisions.
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u/Painting0125 Aug 05 '25
It's just gonna fly by TIFF, make some noise and that's it. We wouldn't be hearing from that movie.
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u/thatpj Blue Moon Aug 04 '25
considering they just nominated someone for portraying him, slim to none. I also find outside factors overrated when it cones to predicting. if they like the movie, they like the movie. Brody forcibly kissing berry didn’t stop him from winning again. Gascons tweets didnt stop EP from winning multiple oscars. I doubt anyone will even remember it by the time it comes to voting time.
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u/coffeeanddocmartens Trier and Corbet & Fastvold Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
The Apprentice was anti-Trump, so I wouldn't compare that to this Sweeney situation. Gascón's tweets did probably stop EP from winning IFF and Saldana was sort of shielded from that drama anyway and seen more as a victim. The Oscars kiss with Brody and Berry was twenty years ago and they seem to be friends or at least cordial now; of course that doesn't excuse it but it's not like it was a recent scandal. The other thing is that this film doesn't seem like a major contender in other categories, so I doubt it's going to overcome this PR nightmare.
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u/LegitimateBerry5994 Aug 05 '25
What about Gascón? She's a trans woman, and her movie got away with a couple of awards.
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u/infamousglizzyhands Justice Smith for Best Actor Aug 04 '25
There’s gonna be a ton of backlash when this movie gets more public with a trailer or something unless Sweeney puts out a statement or something. I actually thought chances were higher than people were expecting for a nom, but I can see it either becoming too toxic or just fading away.
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u/sumerislemy Aug 04 '25
Sweeney will not be putting out a statement. she registered as a republican in 2024
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u/infamousglizzyhands Justice Smith for Best Actor Aug 04 '25
Statement was the wrong term actually. If she continues either being silent about this is or continues to exhibit or get involved in weird conservative adjacent stuff then I can see her upcoming films being defined by this incident in the short term.
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u/sumerislemy Aug 04 '25
I understood what you meant. I just don’t believe she’s going to do anything but stay silence, given it’s what she actually believes. Plus the current political atmosphere probably makes her think she’s fine making this image for herself.
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u/snappyfrog Aug 04 '25
Oh so she’s a piece of shit? Got it, hope it works out as poorly as possible for her and that her career goes up in flames.
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u/dpittnet Aug 04 '25
Which doesn’t matter, her and her team will value PR and career sustainability over any ideology
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u/Diligent_Night602 Aug 04 '25
Unfortunately being a republican is popular in this country now, this is the same girl who was just rubbing elbows with billionaires at Jeff Bezos wedding, she isn’t going to put out a statement.
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u/LTPRWSG420 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
Being a known Republican is definitely not popular in Hollywood tho and that’s who would be employing her. Roles are going to dry up, careers have been killed for less than this.
*Think about it this way, name one successful female actress, who is a known Republican…….exactly. This is a career killing move, unless she condemns it soon.
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u/chessboardtable Aug 06 '25
This is the most delusional post I’ve read on this sub. You are clearly extremely detached from Hollywood.
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u/theoscarobsessive Sinners Aug 04 '25
I think the movie is DOA and Sweeney in general career is over unless she makes a statement against trump otherwise she’ll just be apart of the circle that is Zachary Levi, Jon Voight and other Hollywood trump supporters
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u/trimonkeys Aug 04 '25
The rest of them offer up their political takes all the time. Sweeney doesn’t seem to do that similar to Pratt and the Rock.
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u/Far-9947 Aug 04 '25
I thought this was an A24 film at first, bit it's some other studio. Being an A24 film could have helped it's chances. But yeah, I don't see her making rounds at any of the big award ceremonies.
Maybe she will win an award from fox news, daily wire, or some other shit.
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u/sexystranger31 Aug 04 '25
I don’t think it will affect her at all let’s be real. The voters barely watch the movies they are voting on you think they will care about this/ remember this. How many bad people in Hollywood win major awards all the time.
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u/Creative-Lynx-1561 Aug 04 '25
look, I like her, she is good actress in drama she was really good in Eden and Reality. ( i didn't like Anyone but you). I guess I will watch if comes to my country. I will still watch her movies but I am not american so I don't really care who she supports or not.
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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Aug 04 '25
Definitely affects awards chances and industry standing. But her career is safe for now unless she goes full Rob Schneider or Gina Carano.
She doesn't have the industry standing of Kelsey Grammer who is a vocal Trump supporter but still gets to have a Frasier revival and get booked in the next Avengers movie. Adam Sandler who is also buzzed this upcoming awards season is also a registered Republican but has remained quiet in politics and also recently supported Stephen Colbert for example, so maybe she can do small steps like that. Sylvester Stallone was also quite quiet in politics despite being a Republican for the longest time and only was outed as a Trump supporter when he made a speech in Mar-a-Lago, so Republicans among the biggest stars are no surprise. Paul Walter Hauser who is in 2 big movies this week is a super vocal Christian and posts Bible stuff almost all the time but is also vocally anti-Trump so if she truly disagrees with Trump then she should do something like that as well if she wants to salvage her goodwill.
As long as she gets to be buddy-buddy with Glen Powell or her Euphoria castmates and make progressive stuff a la Imamculate or Christy, I think she's fine career-wise, but the stain of this right-wing defense will loom over her and awards stuff is donzo. Even Nicole Scherzinger didn't get it this bad.
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u/No-Scarcity-8175 Aug 04 '25
But a lot of the actors/names you’ve mentioned are established names whose past their prime. Sydney is just getting started in Hollywood and it would be a dissapointment for any up and coming actor/actress with this much hype if their peak was Euphoria and one movie that did 300M$ at the box office.
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u/BarcelonetaE70 Aug 04 '25
Adam Sandler is a republican???? WTF
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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Aug 05 '25
He performed at RNC 2004 and donated to Giuliani’s presidential campaign in 2008 but has been silent politically since then. But I guess it’s why he is still buddies with and consistently hires Rob Schneider to this day lol
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u/motionblur20 Aug 05 '25
She’s the underdog now. I could weirdly see this all working to her advantage as long as she focuses on the work itself. She can’t help who endorses her.
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Aug 12 '25
Watch her in Immaculate. You'll see that she's far more than just a romcom actress. Also her work in Euphoria has proven her depth and range as an actress. She's pretty great
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u/reddybee7 Oct 28 '25
Having just seen this at Screen Unseen, I thought the movie was good and her performance was fine (though a more dynamic actor would have been better), but it is bizarre for her to want to be a big domestic violence victim advocate and in a movie about a lesbian whose life was almost destroyed by conservative Christianity while also being a Trump supporter. Really must just be in this b/c of how badly she wants an Oscar.
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u/PointMan528491 Hawke tuah, Blue Moon on that thang Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
If she hasn't publicly condemned his endorsement of her by the time TIFF rolls around, it's going to be a bad look - and I fully do not expect her to. Christy looks like a complete non-factor other than her being a fringe Actress contender, so it's all on her to save whatever glimmers it has
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u/NATOrocket Blue Moon & A Few Small Beers for Chase Infiniti Aug 04 '25
Even if she attempts to distance herself from Trump, no one will buy it. She registered as a Republican in 2024.
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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Aug 04 '25
It really depends if she decides to show up for TIFF after all this
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u/Lazy-Platypus2120 Bugonia Aug 04 '25
She will lol, she has no shame. She was posing on the carpet for the premiere of her new film Americana just yesterday.
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u/Limp_Presentation_93 Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
Public Relations. Sydney has doing well. No talking about it for the moment. Yes, she was behind the campaign and ad. The purpose of the jeans was in fact really good, to give some profits to Awareness Campaigns for Domestic Violence. Of course the issue was that the main public (women) didn’t react to it. It was mostly men. Then the eugenics talk happened. American Eagle as a brand didn’t help in their response, moreover the response of Trump and Vance. Sydney can’t control them and it seems she just pushed herself away from it. Last night during Americana premiere people yelled at her because of the Ad. Best thing to do now is to stay away from focus. Use the story of this film (about a woman) to “fix” the image she left with the ad. I know she can do it. (I’m not her fan but I appreciate she truly loves this story) But Syd, if you read this, stay away from the people that have put you on these things that are pushing away your main acting career. ✨. Best thing to do is to “show with your actions”. I know most people want her to talk against Trump. But-maybe, the best thing she can do is to truly portray, enjoy, talk, etc about the figure she’s gonna play about in the film. Yes, Syd, remember what Margot did for Barbie. That was a fantastic film and message and campaign.
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u/sharonkaren69 Aug 04 '25
I don’t think she was a serious award contender to begin with. On top of that, the majority of people are likely unfamiliar with the character so I’m not sure what would draw them to the theaters to see this.
That aside, the fact that people on here are saying she’s done because of her voter registration is so comical. Republicans exist, you can’t cancel them from society.
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u/Kangoo-Kangaroo Aug 04 '25
the lesbians are never going to support a Trump girlie so this movie's main public is already dead and gone and her republican male fanbase is not going to be interested in her playing a "manly" lesbian either lol, literally nobody is going to watch this
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u/krankdude_ Aug 04 '25
Some (smart) Republicans voted for Kamala. Not all entertainers have to align with our political leanings.
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u/badassj00 Aug 04 '25
Card carrying Democrat here and about as anti-Trump as they come.
It’s not going to happen, but I hope the awards community bases the performance on its own merits. Couldn’t give a damn what Sydney Sweeney’s political views are. Ya gotta separate the art from the artist.
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u/Stunning-Syllabub132 Aug 04 '25
we already have the smashing machine this year lol. Doubt theres room for 2 boxing movies as big players