Hollywood producer Carol Baum hits out at Sydney Sweeney: “She can’t act”
nme.comSydney Sweeney, claiming that “she can’t act”.Baum made the comments in a conversation with New York Times film critic Janet Maslin following a screening of her 1988 film Dead Ringers, beginning: “There’s an actress who everybody loves now – Sydney Sweeney.”“I don’t get Sydney Sweeney,” she continued. “I was watching on the plane Sydney Sweeney’s movie [Anyone But You] because I wanted to watch it.
I wanted to know who she is and why everybody’s talking about her.”The producer, whose credits include Father of the Bride and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, went on to call the rom-com “unwatchable”.
Baum, who teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, apparently asked her class: “Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act.
Why is she so hot?”“Nobody had an answer but then the question was asked, “Well if you could get your movie made because she was in it, would you do it?”, she continued. “I said, “Well that’s a really good question…that’s a very hard question to answer because we all want to get the movie made and who walks away from a green light?
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