The connection betweenSydney Sweeney, 26, andGlen Powell, 35, was immediately apparent to anyone with a pulse after photos of the pair filming scenes in Australia went viral earlier this year, sparking rumors that they were an item.
Spoiler alert: They’re just friends. Sweeney is engaged to businessmanJonathan Davino, and Powell is single.
But all the attention helped drive focus to the film. “I mean, we sold a rom-com,” Sweeney says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “We were just filming a fun, amazing movie.”
TheEuphoriaEmmy nominee, who’s also an executive producer onAnyone But You, plays Bea, a Boston University law school student who has a meet-cute at a coffee shop with charming but cocky finance bro Ben (Powell).
After their first (and only) date goes south, they later find themselves headed to the same destination wedding Down Under.
For more on Powell and Sweeney, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.JAKE CHESSUM
JAKE CHESSUM
“I hand her the Golden Popcorn,” recalls Powell.
“I’m like, “Wow, that’s the best handover,” teases Sweeney in response.
Not long after they started filming, however, speculation arose that the on-screen couple were a couple in real life too. What was it like navigating that?
“Sydney has been … an Internet sensation for a while,” explains Powell. “This is my first leap into that. Any time you’re near Sydney, I realize you get the full force of her fame. But look, the best part about it is we truly love each other, and we respect each other. We had the greatest time making this thing.”
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney.JAKE CHESSUM
Sweeney chalks up the talk to their natural connection. “I think people saw just how much fun we actually were having,” she says.
Sweeney toldVarietyearlier this year thatshe and Powell don’t mind the chatter.“It’s a rom-com! That’s what people want! Glen and I don’t really care. We have so much fun together, and we respect each other so much; he’s such a hard worker, and I’m a hard worker."
“They want it,” Sweeney said of fans’ reaction to the rumors. “It’s fun to give it to ’em.”
Anyone But Youis in theaters Dec. 22.
source: people.com
