
Glen Powell, Sydney Sweeney. John Lamparski/WireImage
Glen Powell “almost died” whereas filming a nude scene with Anyone But You costar Sydney Sweeney.
“Taking your clothes off on the side of a cliff in a hurry is not safe, either,” Powell, 35, instructed Variety in regards to the scene, the place he strips bare whereas Sweeney, 26, pulls a spider out of his shorts on the movie’s premiere in New York City on Monday, December 11. “Nobody talks about that safety issue on set, where I almost died falling off a cliff taking my pants off too fast. But it’s a really fun scene, so it was all worth it.”
During the on-screen second, Powell frantically rips his garments off earlier than Sweeney will get an eye-full of him as he’s bending over. The actor admitted he knew he wasn’t going to look “cool” whereas committing to the hilarious scene, so he selected to “embrace” the absurdity, explaining, “You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that.”
The scene wasn’t a stroll within the park for Sweeney, both, who joked about her private hardships whereas filming.
“There’s the spider itself, which actually bit me, and that was a whole thing,” the Euphoria actress mentioned. “And then we have the part of Glen bending over and me checking to see if there are more spiders … I’m very acquainted with Glen now.”
In Anyone But You, which hits theaters on December 22, Powell and Sweeney play Ben and Bea, two exes who pose as the right couple for a vacation spot wedding ceremony in Australia. While issues get sizzling between the costars on-screen, their chemistry has sparked real-life relationship rumors. Powell cut up from girlfriend Gigi Paris in April, whereas Sweeney has remained hush-hush about her relationship standing with Jonathan Davino, whom she acquired engaged to in February 2022.

Powell and Sweeney denied the hypothesis throughout a current look on Today when host Hoda Kotb requested if there was “a little romance” between them.
“No, no, but we do love each other,” Powell mentioned on the December 11 episode. “Honestly, this is one of the most spectacular humans I’ve ever met. She’s really incredible.”
Sweeney additionally assured that their relationship was strictly platonic whereas chatting with Variety.
“It’s a rom-com. That’s what people want!” she mentioned. “Glen and I don’t really care. We have so much fun together, and we respect each other so much; he’s such a hard worker, and I’m a hard worker.”
Powell, nevertheless, is absolutely conscious of their on-camera attract.
“A great rom-com doesn’t survive without great chemistry, and Sydney is the easiest person to have chemistry with,” the Top Gun: Maverick star beforehand instructed Entertainment Tonight on December 7. “I mean, immediately, it was like we’d known each other forever, and I think anybody that’s been on the set realizes I never get tired of talking to Sydney.”
Powell teased that it was “very easy” for him to “pretend” to fall in love with Sweeney.
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