Sydney Sweeney Is Officially Everywhere: ‘Euphoria’ Star Joins Spider-Man Movie ‘Madame Web’
Between Euphoria and The White Lotus, Sydney Sweeney is one of the hottest young actors working in Hollywood right now. And it’s safe to say she’s not going anywhere. On Wednesday, Deadline reported that the 24-year-old will be co-starring opposite Dakota Johnson in Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off movie Madame Web.
The upcoming superhero flick will be part of Sony’s Marvel cinematic universe, adapted from the Spider-Man comics. However, Johnson’s casting—which was first revealed last month—indicated that director S.J. Clarkson and writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless would likely be taking some creative liberties with the story. In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as a paralyzed, psychic elderly woman and mentor to Spider-Woman whose webs act as a sort of life-support system.
Madame Web marks a significant milestone as the first female-led superhero movie in Sony’s Marvel universe. There are no details yet on who Sweeney will be playing, though she did celebrate the news with an Instagram post, appropriately captioned with a spider emoji.