‘Catty’ Fans Speak On Sydney Sweeney Ditching Blonde Bombshell Look

Sydney Sweeney is shedding her Hollywood glamour for a gritty new function and silencing critics within the course of.

The “Euphoria” star unveiled a dramatic transformation within the first trailer for Ron Howard’s $50 million survival thriller “Eden,” which debuted Wednesday.

Sydney Sweeney takes on the real-life function of Margret Wittmer, a younger pregnant German settler who moved to Floreana Island within the Galápagos archipelago in 1932 along with her husband, Heinz (Daniel Brühl), and stepson, Harry (Jonathan Tittel).

Followers are used to seeing Sweeney in high-fashion editorials and purple carpet glam, however in “Eden,” she’s almost unrecognizable, stripped of make-up, wearing worn, era-appropriate garments, and portraying a lady battling nature, isolation, and human battle.

The movie follows Margret’s harrowing journey as she provides beginning within the wild, fends off feral animals, and fights to guard her household on the distant island, all whereas the tight-knit neighborhood begins to fracture beneath rising rigidity and paranoia.

However whereas Sweeney has been lauded by many for taking up a fancy, unglamorous function, the announcement has additionally reignited a wave of harsh on-line commentary, a few of it deeply private.

“Positive, she has a pleasant chest, however do you guys actually discover her THAT enticing? She’s a 6 at finest,” one person wrote. One other commented, “Make your cash when you can. These appears are gonna fade, and you do not have the performing means to make it with out them.”

Others claimed her casting was purely aesthetic, “A Ron Howard big-budget movie? I get that Sydney is extraordinarily simple on the eyes, however her performing expertise are middling at finest. I’m wondering if her being forged was RH’s thought or used to safe financing for the mission.”

Some critiques had been much more blunt and objectifying, lowering her to “simply boobs” or suggesting she’s solely efficient “with severe make-up.”

However followers and friends have rushed to her protection. “Wow, you might be so catty. Sydney is gorgeous it doesn’t matter what her hair coloration is,” one supporter wrote.

One other added, “Proficient and fairly younger girl!”

Some pointed to her willingness to problem herself with daring roles and transfer past surface-level characters. “She’s proving she’s greater than only a fairly face, this function reveals actual vary.”

And Sweeney herself? She’s not involved with proving something. Talking on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant on September 7, she gushed concerning the alternative to work with legendary director Ron Howard.

“It’s each actor’s dream to work with Ron. I grew up loving your movies, however with the ability to work with you, I’ve simply realized what an incredible human being you might be,” she said during a Q&A. “When Margret got here to me, I used to be completely amazed. She had no thought what she was getting herself into — she was a baby at that! It was simply such a loopy character journey, and I completely wished to dive into it.”

The actual Margret Wittmer would go on to lift her household on Floreana Island and later doc her expertise within the 1959 e book “Floreana: A Lady’s Pilgrimage to the Galápagos.” She handed away in 2000 at age 95, forsaking a legacy of resilience and survival qualities that Sweeney brings to life in “Eden.”

This isn’t the primary time Sweeney has shaken up her signature type for a job.

Whereas filming the upcoming biopic about legendary boxer Christy Martin, Sweeney ditched her iconic blonde locks for a deep, wealthy brunette shade, styled with curls, a significant departure from her typical Hollywood look. The change didn’t go unnoticed. After paparazzi snapped photographs of her on set final week, Sweeney determined to share a behind-the-scenes peek herself.

“Nicely, the cat’s out of the bag due to some paps in bushes,” she joked in her Instagram caption. “So right here’s a bit of BTS from my movie I am engaged on proper now.”