Sydney Sweeney in ‘a lot of pain’ when drenched in fake blood for ‘Immaculate’ — here’s why

nypost.com:

Sydney Sweeney accidentally got fake blood in her eyes while filming one of the most gruesome scenes. “We wanted to do everything practically,” Mohan told Indiwire, revealing that the incident took place on the final day on set.“The biggest challenge was on the last take,” the director told the outlet. “Sydney got blood, fake blood, in her eye, and it was stinging her, but we hadn’t nailed the take, and she was actually in quite a lot of pain.” “But she’s my boss, and she was like, ‘Keep shooting, Mike.

Keep shooting until you f–king get this,’” he continued. “We didn’t reset or anything. We kept the camera rolling, and I think it was the third take where we finally got the perfect take […] but the pain in her voice was because she’d gotten fake blood in her eye.”In the film — which premiered at SXSW film festival and is set to hit theaters on Friday — Sweeney, 26, plays Sister Cecilia.

She joins a Roman convent but is ultimately tested when it is revealed that she has been chosen to become the vessel for the next immaculate conception against her will.

According to Mohan, shooting the scene with fake blood — which is typically concocted from corn syrup, red food coloring and sometimes cocoa powder — was the “hardest” part of the film for both the “Euphoria” star and the director. “But it was harder for her than it was for me,” he added.Sweeney and Mohan previously worked together on Amazon Prime’s 2021 erotic thriller “The Voyeurs.”“She can go to these really unhinged places, and so to be able to combine all the things she’s so strong [with], she’s just so versatile,” gushed Mohan over the “Anyone But You” star’s performance. “It was so great to have a character arc that really shows the full breadth of her acting.