Stars Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, and Isabela Merced chat about Sony’s latest superhero movie.
Dakota Johnson may play the titular heroine in Madame Web, but the film also introduces a whole squad of new superheroes. Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, and Isabela Merced star in Sony’s latest superhero flick, playing a trio of teenagers who are destined to develop spider powers of their own. In time, the shy Julia Cornwall (Sweeney), rebellious Mattie Franklin (O’Connor), and brilliant Anya Corazon (Merced) will each grow to become a version of Spider-Woman, but when the film begins, they’re just ordinary teenagers — teenagers being hunted by a mysterious enemy named Ezekiel (Tahar Rahim).
Ahead of Madame Web’s Valentine’s Day release, Sweeney, O’Connor, and Merced, who explained how they prepared to play a new generation of Spider-Women. The three actresses aren’t exactly strangers to big blockbusters: Sweeney, 26, just starred in the rom-com hit Anyone But You; O’Connor, 25, will reprise her Ghostbusters role in this year’s sequel Frozen Empire; and Merced, 22, is prepping for high-profile projects including Superman: Legacy, Alien: Romulus, and The Last of Us season 2. But all three agree that Madame Web presented a different kind of challenge — one that literally turned their lives upside down.
Sweeney, O’Connor, and Merced talk suiting up for Madame Web.
