Sydney Sweeney debuted her new HBO Films drama “Reality” at an intimate premiere Monday at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
“Usually whenever I’m scared or challenged by something, I know I should do it,” the Emmy nominee told Variety on the red carpet about tackling the role of controversial real-life American whistleblower Reality Winner.
Winner was a former U.S. Air Force member who was working as a translator for an NSA contractor when she was convicted of leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to the media. Winner was ultimately charged under the Espionage Act and served four years in federal prison. She remains under supervised release until 2024, while public opinion remains split on the actions that put her behind bars.
The “Euphoria” star defended Winner during the event. “I hope that people see Reality as a human being and that they stop letting articles and tabloids label people and put thoughts into their minds. Hopefully they see this humanized experience and get to come up with their own opinions,” Sweeney said.
The new movie is based on the true events that occurred in 2017, when the 25-year-old former intelligence specialist arrived home to find FBI agents waiting on her doorstep. In the film, her suspected role in the mishandling of classified information leads to a confrontation between the officers and the unsuspecting Winner, who appears more concerned with getting her grocery shopping bags out of her car trunk than...
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