- What? Oh yes. - [laughs]
- Hi, I'm Glen Powell.
- And I'm Sydney Sweeney, and this is
Wired AutoComplete interview. [keyboard clacking]
[upbeat music]
- Is Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell related?
- I really hope not. [laughs]
- Ah.
[upbeat music]
- [laughs] No you hold it. - Oh, I hold it.
- Okay. How was Sydney Sweeney
discovered? - Discovered?
- I auditioned a bunch.
I mean, I started when I was 12.
I auditioned
for everything you could possibly imagine,
and then finally Everything Sucks
and Sharp Objects in HBO happened when I was like 19.
And that kind of helped catapult,
and then I did Handmaid's Tale and Euphoria.
- Straight to the top.
Sydney Sweeney,
valedictorian.
I forgot about this.
- Yes, I was valedictorian.
- You'll find out very quickly,
Sydney is very good
at absolutely everything. - Stop. [laughs]
- All right. Sydney Sweeney,
Rolling Stones. - The Rolling Stones.
Okay, yeah. I shot a really cool
music video for their song Angry,
- Just hair flipping down
Sunset Boulevard. - Yeah, I called you
and I was like, guess what I'm doing?
Shutting down Sunset.
- They asked me first, actually.
- Oh, shh.
- I was,
- Unavailable? [laughs] - [laughs]
- Is Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell related?
- I really hope not. [laughs]
- Ah. Um, no.
- I don't think so. - I haven't done the 23andMe.
- Should we?
- No, they just got hacked.
It's not the time to do 23andMe.
There are better uses of your spit for...
- [laughs]
- Let's do the next one.
Is Sydney Sweeney coming back to Euphoria?
[laughs] - [laughs] I just,
yeah. [laughs]
- She's coming back to Euphoria.
- Yep. - Cassie's back.
- Cassie's back. [laughs]
Oh. - Who's--
- I'm holding yours, I think. - Oh you're holding mine?
- Glen Powell.
- That's me.
Oh, you peel.
Where was Glen Powell born?
Austin, Texas.
Favorite place on the planet.
I was born and raised there.
The family's there.
Texas Longhorns there.
Going to the playoffs, let's go.
Hook 'em. - Oh my God. No.
- [indistinct] Alright.
How did Glen Powell
get into acting?
Little movie called
Spy Kids 3D: The Game Over. - [gasps]
Oh My God, I grew up watching that.
- Yeah.
Oscar nominated.
Who did Glen Powell
play in Top Gun?
Do you know who I played in Top Gun?
- I went, I saw it-- - What character did I play?
- I saw it twice. I went to the theaters and saw it twice.
- What's my call sign?
- Hangman.
- You're damn right.
Why does Glen Powell
look familiar? - [laughs]
I don't know.
- Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know.
- Okay, next.
I'm terrified for these Google ones.
- Okay.
- Where did Sydney Sweeney grow up?
I grew up in Spokane, Washington.
It's right on the border of Idaho and Washington
and it's a cute little town. I loved it.
- ♪ Just a small town girl. ♪
- [laughs]
- What is Sydney Sweeney
filming in Australia?
- Ooh. I'm filming my second movie there this year.
It's called Eden, Ron Howard's directing it.
And then I filmed Anyone But You
with Glen.
- I wanna say that our movie is more fun. It's more,
- It's definitely a little more fun.
- But, Ron Howard is also very cool.
- He is really cool.
But our movie's, it's really fun.
What, [indistinct] oh God.
- What languages, - What languages,
- Does Sydney Sweeney speak? - Does Sydney Sweeney speak?
So in high school
I taught myself Russian.
I was really, really good at it.
And then I took Spanish for most of my life.
And my dad lives in Mexico,
so I can speak Spanish pretty well.
- Can you give me one word in Russian?
But say it to the camera, but very intimidatingly.
- [laughs] No.
- Alright. Who is Sydney Sweeney
playing in Madame Web? - [laughs]
- [laughs]
- I am playing Julia Carpenter.
- A-K-A
- A-K-A Spiderwoman.[laughs]
Toss it. [board thuds] Oh my. Off the camera?
- It was under the lens. - [laughs].
Okay wait, it's my turn.
Is Glen Powell
a pilot? - a pilot?
Onscreen. Offscreen. I fly it all.
- We did this really cool
simulator of a helicopter. Remember?
- When we were in the helicopter
and you guys were like,
hey, is that a normal sound?
And because I fly enough to know
that it wasn't a normal sound
and I found out. - It was not.
- We were about to crash. - Yeah.
- It was an emergency landing.
I would've died - But,
- in a helicopter accident
and no one would've reported it,
'cause I would've died with Sydney Sweeney.
- [laughs]
Glen Powell
Eye color. - Eye color.
Guess. What's my eye color?
- You have like blue-green eyes.
- [clicks tongue]
- Blue green eyes.
- Yeah you're right. Are they blue?
- Yeah, you have out rim of blue
and then inner is green.
- [inhales] The things you learn.
I thought it was just green.
Glen Powell mom _ Glen Powell mom! [laughs]
- Yeah! All right. - Cindy is the best.
- Yeah. [clicks tongue] Mama Powell.
She's very popular.
I would arguably say the best Powell.
Why would you not Google Glen Powell mom?
[laughs] - [laughs]
- I don't know, but I'd actually like to meet the people
that are Googling that on a regular basis.
- I like it. I like that for her.
- Yeah.
- All right.
- Was Glen Powell - Was Glen Powell
- in a fraternity.
I was, [laughs] - Of course he was.
- Sigma Phi Epsilon, University of Texas.
I'll teach you the secret handshake.
Off camera. - Okay.
Okay. Glen Powell, latest movie.
- Latest movie coming out December 22nd.
- [clicks tongue] - Anyone But You.
Starring Sydney Sweeney
- And Glen Powell.
- The guy from Scream Queens.
[laughs] - [laughs]
- Where's your-- - [laughs]
Oh God. - Uh. Wait, do I hold it?
- Yeah.
- God, why do I keep forgetting the rules every time?
Does Sydney Sweeney
actually ice skate?
- No, I do not.
- You don't know how to ice skate?
- Well no, I do, but I can't do what, like the crazy tricks
and all that. - Oh.
- But I can ice skate.
Like I could go down to Central Park and go
- See this is why - all around.
- Sydney's like really good at everything.
Just 'cause you can't do, like a triple axel,
you don't think you say,
I would say I can ice skate and I can barely stand up.
- [laughs]
- Does Sydney Sweeney do MMA?
- I do, I do. I started training when I was
about 12 years old
with Ronda Rousey's senseis,
and I really liked it.
- Did Sydney Sweeney win an Emmy?
- No. I was nominated for two Emmys though.
- Robbed. - [laughs]
- Get it right this year.
- [laughs]
- What makeup does - What makeup does
- Sydney Sweeney use? - Sydney Sweeney use?
Armani. I love Armani.
I use their Lumina Silk Foundation every day.
It's my favorite.
- Same.
Does Sydney Sweeney fix cars?
- [laughs] Yes, I do. I work on cars.
I have a 1969 Bronco.
- Yeah, it's sick.
- It's really cool. And then I have an old
Mustang too, and a couple others.
I completely worked on the Bronco, built it.
It was a manual
and unfortunately in LA,
people aren't the best drivers
and it's very difficult
dealing with that. So I had to turn it to an automatic
and my mom, who's standing in the hallway
will kill me because I did that.
- It's also
not inconspicuous.
- No, it's-- - You driving around
that it's like a beacon.
- [laughs] My license plate is Hey Syd.
[laughs] - [laughs]
Not disappearing in that Bronco.
- Yeah.
- All right.
- [laughs] We're just losing it here.
Can Glen Powell sing?
- No. - Yes he can.
He's lying to you. - No.
My little sister, Leslie Powell, amazing singer.
- She is an amazing singer,
but he can sing. - But she stole
all that talent.
- That's so not true.
- [Producer] Do you do any singing in this current movie?
- [laughs] - Oh yeah.
I think it's a good example
of the fact that I can't--
this was not a good example of the singing.
- Natasha Bedingfield's - capabilities.
- Unwritten.
- No one could sing that - [indistinct]
- other than Natasha.
Glen Powell brisket.
- My son, my son Brisket.
- We love Brisket.
- My newly adopted puppy. He's adorable.
He's the best decision I've ever made.
- He's out in the hallway
actually right now. - Yeah in the hallway.
If you can feel that
adorable love - It's here.
- emanating into the room.
Glen Powell
- [laughs]
- Capybara meme. - [laughs]
You'll never live that down.
- Honestly, I don't know who started this,
but this has become,
- You'll never live it down. - this has gotten outta hand.
Apparently I look like a capybara. [laughs]
Do you know how this thing started?
- How?
- So that picture of me like, looking
high, - Very high.
- on the red carpet,
I wasn't invited to the Hidden Figures premiere,
but I told them that I actually
just happened to be in New York.
So I stopped by and I groomed myself
and was just a little too excited to be there.
That's what happens. You look like a capybara. [laughs]
I groom myself like a, like a rodent. [laughs]
Glen Powell - Glen Powell
- cowboy hat. - cowboy hat.
- I've got a pretty solid cowboy hat collection,
so I'm definitely known for,
I'm definitely known for--
Do you have a cowboy hat?
- Yeah.
- Okay. Alright.
I'm just making sure.
Glen Powell - Glen Powell
- Top Gun workout.
- Oh God.
- I actually didn't work out. It was just coconut oil.
- [laughs] - You just lather yourself
and things just look better.
I'm not sure what to say.
- He's fooling everybody. He works out 24/7.
- No, I had to-- I'm not doing any more movies
with my shirt off. I'm done.
[upbeat outro music] I've learned a lot today.
- Yeah.
- About myself, - [laughs]
- and about Sydney. - [laughs]
- The Russian was new.
Forgot about the Russian [laughs].
- You forgot about the Russian?
- Yeah, I did. I did. There's a lot,
I mean the ice skating thing, you know,
I'm feeling pretty unaccomplished here.
- No, you're Hangman.
don't forget that. - Glen Powell mom.
Just Google [laughs]
my mom. - Glen Powell mom.
Just look up Glen Powell mom. Or Google OG Glen Powell.
- OG Glen Powell. That's the next Google.
- Yeah.
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