Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions

[laughs] What? Oh yes.

Hi, I'm Glen Powell.

And I'm Sydney Sweeney, and this is

Wired AutoComplete interview. [keyboard clacking]

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Is Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell related?

I really hope not. [laughs]

Ah.

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[laughs] No you hold it. Oh, I hold it.

Okay. How was Sydney Sweeney

discovered? Discovered?

I auditioned a bunch.

I mean, I started when I was 12.

I auditioned

for everything you could possibly imagine,

and then finally Everything Sucks

and Sharp Objects in HBO happened when I was like 19.

And that kind of helped catapult,

and then I did Handmaid's Tale and Euphoria.

Straight to the top.

Sydney Sweeney,

valedictorian.

I forgot about this.

Yes, I was valedictorian.

You'll find out very quickly,

Sydney is very good

at absolutely everything. Stop. [laughs]

All right. Sydney Sweeney,

Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones.

Okay, yeah. I shot a really cool

music video for their song Angry,

Just hair flipping down

Sunset Boulevard. Yeah, I called you

and I was like, guess what I'm doing?

Shutting down Sunset.

They asked me first, actually.

Oh, shh.

I was,

[laughs] Unavailable? [laughs]

Is Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell related?

I really hope not. [laughs]

Ah. Um, no.

I don't think so. I haven't done the 23andMe.

Should we?

No, they just got hacked.

It's not the time to do 23andMe.

There are better uses of your spit for...

[laughs]

Let's do the next one.

Is Sydney Sweeney coming back to Euphoria?

[laughs] [laughs] I just,

yeah. [laughs]

She's coming back to Euphoria.

Yep. Cassie's back.

Cassie's back. [laughs]

Oh. Who's--

I'm holding yours, I think. Oh you're holding mine?

Glen Powell.

That's me.

Oh, you peel.

Where was Glen Powell born?

Austin, Texas.

Favorite place on the planet.

I was born and raised there.

The family's there.

Texas Longhorns there.

Going to the playoffs, let's go.

Hook 'em. Oh my God. No.

[indistinct] Alright.

How did Glen Powell

get into acting?

Little movie called

[gasps] Spy Kids 3D: The Game Over.

Oh My God, I grew up watching that.

Yeah.

Oscar nominated.

Who did Glen Powell

play in Top Gun?

Do you know who I played in Top Gun?

I went, I saw it-- What character did I play?

I saw it twice. I went to the theaters and saw it twice.

What's my call sign?

Hangman.

You're damn right.

Why does Glen Powell

[laughs] look familiar?

I don't know.

Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know.

Okay, next.

I'm terrified for these Google ones.

Okay.

Where did Sydney Sweeney grow up?

I grew up in Spokane, Washington.

It's right on the border of Idaho and Washington

and it's a cute little town. I loved it.

♪ Just a small town girl. ♪

[laughs]

What is Sydney Sweeney

filming in Australia?

Ooh. I'm filming my second movie there this year.

It's called Eden, Ron Howard's directing it.

And then I filmed Anyone But You

with Glen.

I wanna say that our movie is more fun. It's more,

It's definitely a little more fun.

But, Ron Howard is also very cool.

He is really cool.

But our movie's, it's really fun.

What, [indistinct] oh God.

What languages, What languages,

Does Sydney Sweeney speak? Does Sydney Sweeney speak?

So in high school

I taught myself Russian.

I was really, really good at it.

And then I took Spanish for most of my life.

And my dad lives in Mexico,

so I can speak Spanish pretty well.

Can you give me one word in Russian?

But say it to the camera, but very intimidatingly.

[laughs] No.

Alright. Who is Sydney Sweeney

[laughs] playing in Madame Web?

[laughs]

I am playing Julia Carpenter.

A-K-A

A-K-A Spiderwoman.[laughs]

Toss it. [board thuds] Oh my. Off the camera?

[laughs] It was under the lens. .

Okay wait, it's my turn.

Is Glen Powell

a pilot? a pilot?

Onscreen. Offscreen. I fly it all.

We did this really cool

simulator of a helicopter. Remember?

When we were in the helicopter

and you guys were like,

hey, is that a normal sound?

And because I fly enough to know

that it wasn't a normal sound

and I found out. It was not.

We were about to crash. Yeah.

It was an emergency landing.

I would've died But,

in a helicopter accident

and no one would've reported it,

'cause I would've died with Sydney Sweeney.

[laughs]

Glen Powell

Eye color. Eye color.

Guess. What's my eye color?

You have like blue-green eyes.

[clicks tongue]

Blue green eyes.

Yeah you're right. Are they blue?

Yeah, you have out rim of blue

and then inner is green.

[inhales] The things you learn.

I thought it was just green.

Glen Powell mom _ Glen Powell mom! [laughs]

Yeah! All right. Cindy is the best.

Yeah. [clicks tongue] Mama Powell.

She's very popular.

I would arguably say the best Powell.

Why would you not Google Glen Powell mom?

[laughs] [laughs]

I don't know, but I'd actually like to meet the people

that are Googling that on a regular basis.

I like it. I like that for her.

Yeah.

All right.

Was Glen Powell Was Glen Powell

in a fraternity.

I was, [laughs] Of course he was.

Sigma Phi Epsilon, University of Texas.

I'll teach you the secret handshake.

Off camera. Okay.

Okay. Glen Powell, latest movie.

Latest movie coming out December 22nd.

[clicks tongue] Anyone But You.

Starring Sydney Sweeney

And Glen Powell.

The guy from Scream Queens.

[laughs] [laughs]

[laughs] Where's your--

Oh God. Uh. Wait, do I hold it?

Yeah.

God, why do I keep forgetting the rules every time?

Does Sydney Sweeney

actually ice skate?

No, I do not.

You don't know how to ice skate?

Well no, I do, but I can't do what, like the crazy tricks

and all that. Oh.

But I can ice skate.

Like I could go down to Central Park and go

See this is why all around.

Sydney's like really good at everything.

Just 'cause you can't do, like a triple axel,

you don't think you say,

I would say I can ice skate and I can barely stand up.

[laughs]

Does Sydney Sweeney do MMA?

I do, I do. I started training when I was

about 12 years old

with Ronda Rousey's senseis,

and I really liked it.

Did Sydney Sweeney win an Emmy?

No. I was nominated for two Emmys though.

[laughs] Robbed.

Get it right this year.

[laughs]

What makeup does What makeup does

Sydney Sweeney use? Sydney Sweeney use?

Armani. I love Armani.

I use their Lumina Silk Foundation every day.

It's my favorite.

Same.

Does Sydney Sweeney fix cars?

[laughs] Yes, I do. I work on cars.

I have a 1969 Bronco.

Yeah, it's sick.

It's really cool. And then I have an old

Mustang too, and a couple others.

I completely worked on the Bronco, built it.

It was a manual

and unfortunately in LA,

people aren't the best drivers

and it's very difficult

dealing with that. So I had to turn it to an automatic

and my mom, who's standing in the hallway

will kill me because I did that.

It's also

not inconspicuous.

No, it's-- You driving around

that it's like a beacon.

[laughs] My license plate is Hey Syd.

[laughs] [laughs]

Not disappearing in that Bronco.

Yeah.

All right.

[laughs] We're just losing it here.

Can Glen Powell sing?

No. Yes he can.

He's lying to you. No.

My little sister, Leslie Powell, amazing singer.

She is an amazing singer,

but he can sing. But she stole

all that talent.

That's so not true.

[Producer] Do you do any singing in this current movie?

[laughs] Oh yeah.

I think it's a good example

of the fact that I can't--

this was not a good example of the singing.

Natasha Bedingfield's capabilities.

Unwritten.

[indistinct] No one could sing that

other than Natasha.

Glen Powell brisket.

My son, my son Brisket.

We love Brisket.

My newly adopted puppy. He's adorable.

He's the best decision I've ever made.

He's out in the hallway

actually right now. Yeah in the hallway.

If you can feel that

adorable love It's here.

emanating into the room.

Glen Powell

[laughs]

[laughs] Capybara meme.

You'll never live that down.

Honestly, I don't know who started this,

but this has become,

You'll never live it down. this has gotten outta hand.

Apparently I look like a capybara. [laughs]

Do you know how this thing started?

How?

So that picture of me like, looking

high, Very high.

on the red carpet,

I wasn't invited to the Hidden Figures premiere,

but I told them that I actually

just happened to be in New York.

So I stopped by and I groomed myself

and was just a little too excited to be there.

That's what happens. You look like a capybara. [laughs]

I groom myself like a, like a rodent. [laughs]

Glen Powell Glen Powell

cowboy hat. cowboy hat.

I've got a pretty solid cowboy hat collection,

so I'm definitely known for,

I'm definitely known for--

Do you have a cowboy hat?

Yeah.

Okay. Alright.

I'm just making sure.

Glen Powell Glen Powell

Top Gun workout.

Oh God.

I actually didn't work out. It was just coconut oil.

[laughs] You just lather yourself

and things just look better.

I'm not sure what to say.

He's fooling everybody. He works out 24/7.

No, I had to-- I'm not doing any more movies

with my shirt off. I'm done.

[upbeat outro music] I've learned a lot today.

Yeah.

[laughs] About myself,

[laughs] and about Sydney.

The Russian was new.

Forgot about the Russian [laughs].

You forgot about the Russian?

Yeah, I did. I did. There's a lot,

I mean the ice skating thing, you know,

I'm feeling pretty unaccomplished here.

No, you're Hangman.

don't forget that. Glen Powell mom.

Just Google [laughs]

my mom. Glen Powell mom.

Just look up Glen Powell mom. Or Google OG Glen Powell.

OG Glen Powell. That's the next Google.

Yeah.

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