Top Hollywood producer Carol Baum, who is behind films like Father of the Bride and its sequel, claimed Hollywood it girl Sydney Sweeney isnt pretty and cant act during a recent discussion after a screening of her 1988 film Dead Ringers, according to the Daily Mail. I dont get Sydney Sweeney, Baum, who executive produced her first movie in 1984, reportedly said at the Jacob Burns Center in Pleasantville, NY, last week. Baum said she came to the realization after she watched Sweeneys latest film, Anyone But You, on an airplane. I wanted to know who she is and why everybodys talking about her, she explained.
She also described the romcom as unwatchable. Baum further revealed her students at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts couldnt give a satisfactory reason why the 26-year-old star is so sought after, either. I said to my class, Explain this girl to me. Shes not pretty, she cant act. Why is she so hot?' she recalled. Nobody had an answer. Despite her disinterest in Sweeney, Baum conceded that shes not sure if she would turn down the opportunity to produce a movie with her in it, if her presence meant the project would get the go-ahead.
We all want to get the movie made and who walks away from a green light? Nobody I know, she noted. Your job is to get the movie made. Sweeneys representative hit back at Baum in a statement sent to Page Six Wednesday. How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman, the representative stated. If thats what shes learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, thats shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms. Baums character.