Sydney Sweeney confirms Spider-Woman role in ‘Madame Web’ movie

Actress Sydney Sweeney has confirmed her role as Julia Carpenter — a.k.a. Spider-Woman — in the upcoming “Madame Web” superhero movie from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios.

Sweeney discussed the role, as well as more intimate topics like her family’s politics and rumors of an off-screen romance with “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell during an interview with Variety.

“Sometimes I feel beat up by it,” Sweeney says of the constant rumors. “It’s hard to sit back and watch, and not be able to stand up for yourself.”

The “Euphoria” and “White Lotus” star detailed the 60th birthday party she threw for her mother in 2022.

The event prompted strict social media backlash as photos surfaced of partygoers in what looked-like Blue Lives Matter attire and MAGA-styled red baseball caps, later shown to read “Make Sixty Great Again.”

“There were so many misinterpretations. The people in the pictures weren’t even my family,” Sweeney claimed.

“The people who brought the things that people were upset about were actually my mom’s friends from L.A. who have kids that are walking outside in the Pride parade, and they thought it would be funny to wear because they were coming to Idaho.”

But Sweeney seemed less ruffled by rumors of her and “Anything But You” co-star Powell getting cozy off-screen.

“It’s a rom-com,” she explained. “That’s what people want! Glen and I don’t really care.”

Her role in the upcoming Marvel film marks new hero territory for the Hollywood star. She’ll act alongside Dakota Johnson, who’s playing “Madame Web,” in the title role.

“I was freaking out, of course,” Sweeney remembered. “I went straight to the comic store, and I bought every comic that mentioned my character.”

Sweeney said she is not concerned by the recent slump in box office success for superhero films. “I think it’s different from what people expect a superhero movie to be,” she said of her Spider-Woman role.

Sweeney’s interview with Variety was conducted in June, three weeks before the July 14 launch of the SAG-AFTRA strike.