Julianne Moore hails 'talented' and 'professional' Sydney Sweeney
Julianne Moore thinks Sydney Sweeney is "so talented".
The 64-year-old actress stars alongside Sydney, 27, in Echo Valley, and Julianne has revealed that she relished the experience of playing the blonde beauty's on-screen mother in the new thriller film.
She told Extra: "Sydney's so terrific, she's so available, she's so professional, she's so talented, and we just had a really good time, you know, building the relationship and being with each other.
"I think we're aware of how important this relationship is, the mother-daughter bond, and how much it can hold, how elastic it is, and how far you can push it with each other.
"It can be volatile, especially when kids are younger, when girls are teenagers and you realise they've had this tremendous history. But it was fun. I think we were able to match each other's energy, and we really enjoyed each other's company, and it worked."
Sydney also enjoyed the experience of working with Julianne, describing her co-star as "beyond kind and generous".
Sydney said: "Everyone had always told me you are the kindest person they've ever met, and it's true, like, absolutely beyond kind and generous and thoughtful and just present for everyone on set."
Sydney previously confessed that she "tried to hide" her personality at the start of her career.
The actress revealed that she wasn't sure what to share with fans during her younger years.
Asked what advice she'd give her younger self, Sydney told Vanity Fair's 2025 Hollywood Issue: "I actually think about this often. I go back and forth.
"One way is, 'Sydney, don't give them any part of you, only talk work.' Then there's another part of me where I wish that I could have started off and been so openly me that there's no questioning things that I say.
"I just tried to hide who I was for so long because I wanted a little bit of myself for myself. I didn't want to give it all away.
"Then when you just talk about work, people are annoyed or bored or - what I've noticed the most - they just create their own idea of who you are. I see that all the time with me."
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