What Glen Powell Said About His ‘Chemistry’ With Sydney Sweeney
Actors Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney have “chemistry,” and they know it. Powell said as much following the release of their 2023 romantic comedy, Anyone But You. Ahead, what Powell said about he and Sweeney’s “effortless chemistry.” Plus, how they’ve reacted to all of the dating rumors. Spoiler: There’s laughter involved.
Powell admitted to ‘lean[ing] into’ he and Sweeney’s ‘chemistry’
Long before Sweeney called off her engagement to her fiancé, Jonathan Davino, Powell confessed to being well aware that he and his co-star had “effortless chemistry.” Furthermore, that they played it up to promote Anyone But You.
“The two things that you have to sell a rom-com are fun and chemistry,” Powell told The New York Times after the movie became a box office success. “Sydney and I have a ton of fun together, and we have a ton of effortless chemistry.”
“That’s people wanting what’s on the screen off the screen,” he said of the dating rumors. “And sometimes you just have to lean into it a bit—and it worked wonderfully. Sydney is very smart.”
Powell has since addressed the dating rumors and Sweeney’s attendance at his sister’s March 2025 wedding during a Today appearance. “You know, timing is everything in this world,” he said. “[Leslie] and Syd are obviously great friends, and it was a hell of a wedding.”
Sydney Sweeney previously said she and Glen Powell ‘don’t really care’ about the dating rumors
For her part, Sweeney addressed the rumors about a potential romance during a 2023 Variety interview ahead of Anyone But You’s release. “It’s a rom-com,” she said with a laugh. “That’s what people want! Glen and I don’t really care.”
Sweeney went on to praise Powell. “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,” she said. The Euphoria star also shared how she and her co-star reacted to dating rumors. “We talk all the time like, ‘That’s really funny,’” she said.
According to Anyone But You director Will Gluck, whispers of a potential romance didn’t slow Sweeney down on set. “Sydney is brilliant at a lot of things, including how to deal with social media,” he told the publication. “She didn’t emotionally internalize it. It was crazy, but after a while it became normal.”
Powell and his mom have addressed the speculation
Nothing romantic is going on between the Anyone But You co-stars, according to Powell’s mother, Cyndy Powell. After the two were spotted at the wedding of Powell’s sister, his mom squashed the speculation.
“They’re definitely not together,” Cyndy told the Daily Mail. “It was just, like, she was there [at the wedding] with her friend.” The Hit Man star’s mom went on to note that Sweeney’s simply close with Powell’s sister, Leslie, which is why she showed up to the wedding.
“He’s the kindest person, and he is so others-oriented,” Cyndy said of her 36-year-old son. “He loves his family, he loves his friends. And Sydney is a friend. They’ve been friends for so long. They’ve known each other for so long, and they’ve both been single, and together, and with other people.”
Powell’s mom also told the publication the two have had ample time to make a romance “happen” if they wanted. “They could have made anything happen that they wanted to at any point,” she said. “But he’s got so many friends that care about him and he cares about, and he’s got a really nice group of friends that they kind of take care of each other. It’s really nice.”
