Glen Powell and Syndey Sweeney don’t want their chemistry to go to waste. The pair, who starred as romantic interests in the hit rom-com Anyone But You, are already looking for their next project to work on together just months after the film’s box-office success.
“When you find somebody that you really jive with, Sydney is so easy to work with and so fun. We’re definitely trying to find the next thing. Please send us all the scripts you got,” Powell told Variety. “You know we’re here for it.”
“It’s been really wonderful to read a lot. Sydney reads everything, by the way, and in record time,” he added. “She’s the fastest reader I think I’ve ever met. It takes me a little longer, but we’re reading everything and just trying to see what makes sense, what we can turn into something that audiences are going to respond to.”
In Anyone But You, Powell and Sweeney star as two twenty-somethings who are at odds after their first (and only) date goes south. When they later find themselves attending the same destination wedding in Australia, they decide to fake a relationship with one another in order to get their well-intentioned loved ones off their backs.
The two had undeniable chemistry in the film — so much so that it bled into their lives off-screen, with the two finding themselves the subject of real-life romance rumors. After photos of the pair filming went viral, they were hounded by questions about their relationship throughout the press run for the film. They have maintained that they are not an item (Sweeney is engaged to producer and restaurateur Jonathan Davino, and Powell is single).
“I had never dealt with anything like this before. This life and this job have been very simple up until this point,” Powell told Rolling Stone of dealing with the rumors. “But until you’ve been on the other side of it, no one can really describe to you how it feels. Now, I have a better sense of just not giving a shit.”
Eventually, the two seemed to lean into the rumors and were regularly spotted giggling and smiling at each other on red carpets and during public appearances. And if anything, it worked to sell the film. As of this past weekend, Anyone But You surpassed $200 million at the box office.
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