Sydney Sweeney’s former acting teacher emphasized that the camera “captures” her deeper beauty.
Scott Sedita, who trained the 26-year-old star at the beginning of her career at his own Scott Sedita Acting Studios, has defended the “Euphoria” actress after veteran Hollywood producer Carol Baum criticized her looks and acting skills.
Speaking to TMZ, he said: “Sydney is beautiful because she has inner depth, intellect, compassion, style and facial features – eyes, smile, cheekbones – that are captured by the camera angles.
“The camera loves her ‘look’ as much as the audience does. The audience loves her because she is approachable and accessible.”
Scott supported Sydney in shaking off the criticism while praising her ability to accept “feedback.”
He added: “She’s been through the ups and downs of this business. So you have to be a pretty serious actress if you want to go through all that.”
“When she receives feedback or criticism, she processes it, uses her acting technique and makes the appropriate adjustments.”
Carol, now an acting teacher and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose producers include Father of the Bride, lashed out in Sydney on Tuesday after a screening of her 1998 horror drama The Lovebirds.
She said: “There is one actress that everyone loves now – Sydney Sweeney,
“I don’t understand Sydney Sweeney. I watched Sydney Sweeney’s movie (‘Anyone But You’) on the plane because I wanted to see it. I wanted to know who she is and why everyone is talking about her.”
Carol, who teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, called the comedy “unbearable” and said she asked her students to explain to her why Sydney was considered “so hot.”
She added: “I said to my class, ‘Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot?’
“Nobody had an answer, but then the question was asked: ‘If your film could be made because she was in it, would you do it?’
“I said, ‘That’s a really good question…that’s a very difficult question because we all want the movie to get made, and who’s going to let a green light stop them? Nobody that I know. Their job is to get the movie made.'”
In a statement, Sydney’s representative responded: “It is sad that a woman who is in a position to share her expertise and experience would instead choose to attack another woman.”
“If this is what she has learned in her decades in the industry and believes it is appropriate to teach her students, then that is shameful.”
