Veteran producer Carol Baum just had a mouthful in front of the media when she publicly criticized her juniors at an event. Baum made bluntly disparaging statements about the 26-year-old young star at a film criticism event. “There is a popular rising actress today: Sydney Sweeney. I don’t understand her. I watched “Anyone But You” on the plane to find out why people talk about her like that. It can’t be “swallowed” – sorry to those who love this rom-com” – Dailymail posted.
As a professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, Baum asked his students: “Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty and can’t act. Why do people talk about her so much? Immediately after the news spread, Sweeney was shocked and extremely confused. The young star’s representative responded to Variety about his senior’s criticism:
“How sad that a senior in a position to share his expertise and experience would attack like that. If that’s what she learned after decades of working in the industry and felt it was appropriate to teach students, shame on her. Unreasonably criticizing a female colleague shows a lot about Ms. Baum’s personality.”
Baum is a longtime Hollywood producer, behind the films Dead Ringers, Father of the Bride and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sweeney is a rising star in Hollywood, with memorable works such as Euphoria, White Lotus and most recently Anyone But You. The work she starred in grossed 218 million USD globally, bringing huge profits to Sony when the budget was only 25 million USD. It became the highest-grossing R-rated rom-com since 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby.
After receiving criticism from fans, the veteran producer’s representative shared with TMZ that she “felt regretful that the incident had happened” and “wished she had never said those words.” say so.”