Sydney Sweeney is an impeccable actress who first earned worldwide fame with her impressive portrayal in the hit series, Euphoria. Since then, the actress has become a fan favorite, swiftly climbing Hollywood’s success ladder. And so when she was offered a role in Sony’s Madame Web, the actress and her fans were understandably elated.
Well, we know how wonderfully it all went down for the movie has earned enough criticism to last a lifetime for Sony. In a newly unearthed interview going viral on social media, fans are shocked to know that the actress made the career blunder of joining Madame Web all because of a major confusion thinking she was joining the highly revered Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Sydney Sweeney Joined Madame Web Thinking She Was Signing Up For The MCU
Sony’s Spider-Verse is often confused with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite having characters from the Marvel comics, the two are totally separate entities, existing in different universes. With the power of the multiverse unlocked, the characters have the chance to interact, yet that is only a big may-be, not a potential happening.
Yet, fans continue to misunderstand that Spider-Verse exists in the MCU, especially after what happened in MCU’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. And it seems even the lead stars of Sony’s latest epic fail, Madame Web had the same confusion.
In an old interview with ET Online from 2022, while on the red carpet for the HCA TV Awards, Sydney Sweeney exclaimed how excited she was to join the ‘MCU’ with Madame Web. In another interview with W Magazine, the Euphoria star yet again stated the same. And when her casting was confirmed, she went on to tag Marvel Studios in an Instagram post.
This huge blunder could have either been her agent or studio’s fault, yet fans reckon she should have done her own research before taking such a major step. As if fans did not have enough reasons to hate her first ‘Marvel’ movie, they are at it again attacking the actress for joining the movie thinking she was joining the MCU.
Fans Call Out Sydney Sweeney for Mistaking Madame Web is in The MCU
Madame Web, since before its release, has suffered some of the most brutal humiliations and jibes from fans and critics. Not only did fans call out Sony’s marketing team for making them believe that they would be seeing three spider-women in action but also for the utterly shallow and cringe script written. From acting to direction, fans have found innumerable reasons to hate the movie.
Even on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a spectacular score of 13% and has been called by critics as one of the worst superhero movies ever made. And so after this interview went viral on the internet, fans could not believe that Sydney Sweeney made such a huge blunder without researching facts.
This is the saddest marketing run I’ve seen in a while
— Gwumbentine’s Day (@gwumbyverse) February 18, 2024
Why don't they do their research
— Pug (@0dirty_dan) February 19, 2024
Disney should sue Sony for defamation. Get those rights back.
— Jason Smitherman (@j_smitherman) February 18, 2024
I’m convinced the script they signed on for was a complete bait and switch scenario. Poor girls
— Anthonie. (@M1KEY16553371) February 18, 2024
I hope the truth comes out one day if Sony is lying to them or their Agents are.
— The Toomson (@toomsoin) February 18, 2024
Chica rlly thought she’d one day share a scene with Captain Marvel or smth like that 😭
— Monkey D. Hernandy (@hernandy_s) February 18, 2024
While some fans even went on to criticize Sony’s marketing team again, others called out the interviewer for not being able to differentiate between the two studios. Yet some went on to remark how this was all fake publicity for allegedly blindsiding fans into seeing the critically failed movie.
With the Madame Web controversy not appearing to die down any time soon, the movie is in theatres now.
