My opinion on Sydney Sweeney has changed dramatically over the course of one summer. I used to be a fan and defender, if no other reason than she’s a Virgo (like me) and she’s not a nepo baby. There’s all of this space in her interviews where she gets to talk about her hard work and hustle to get where she is, space which is usually devoted to a nepo baby’s cries of everyone underestimating them because they have famous parents. But yeah… while Sydney worked to get where she is, she’s also a Republican who plays around with eugenics and messy politics. Sydney covers the latest issue of W Magazine, partly to promote the bio-pic about boxer Christy Martin, which comes out soon. Some highlights from W Mag:

Working on the bio-pic for boxer Christy Martin: “I loved it. I came onboard to play Christy, and I had about three and a half months of training. I started eating. I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kickboxed midday for about two hours, and then weight-trained again at night for an hour. My body was completely different. I didn’t fit in any of my clothes. I’m usually a size 23 in jeans, and I was wearing a size 27. My boobs got bigger. And my butt got huge. It was crazy! I was like, Oh my god. But it was amazing: I was so strong, like crazy strong.”

Her parents taught her to be sporty: “My mom told me from a very young age to fall in love with as many things as possible. And so I did fall in love, again and again: I love sports. I love being outside. I was on the ski team, and I wakeboarded. I slalom ski on water. I was on the soccer team and the softball team. And then my parents got me into grappling, which is like wrestling, and kickboxing. I was the only girl at the dojo. I trained there from 13 until about 19. I fought all guys. I liked to think that if sh-t went down, I might be able to step up.”

As a kid, she had a five-year plan to make it as an actress: “It took a little longer than five years… I really believe in the 10-year plan now. My first real job was one line on the show Criminal Minds, or maybe Heroes—I can’t remember which one was first.”

She never worried about getting banged up: “No. I would have bruises all over me. I loved it! My mom always wanted to make sure that acting wasn’t the only thing in my life.”

She’s all about the hustle: In fact, Sweeney has endorsement deals with 10 different companies, including Kérastase, Laneige, and Miu Miu. She does adore real estate and claimed to get starstruck only when she met Drew and Jonathan Scott, aka the Property Brothers, stars of HGTV. “Those are the only reality shows that I watch,” said Sweeney. “When I saw the Property Brothers, I freaked out.”

She’s attracted to roles which scare her: “In general, if something scares me, then usually I’m going to do it, because that means I’m challenging myself. But I do have really bad stage fright. I’m getting better now, but I give enormous credit to anybody who does theater or live talk shows. I’m terrified by both.”

[From W Magazine]

I’m also including her W “Screen Tests” video below, where she talked about how she never did that rite of passage for every young actor: a smallish role on Law & Order or L&O: SVU. She says that she still would love a part on SVU and she’s always telling her agent that. Which… sure, why not. A lot of people think Christy could be Oscar-bait, for Sydney’s lead performance in particular. I honestly think she would have had a better shot if she wasn’t cozying up to this authoritarian administration.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, cover courtesy of W Mag.