Sydney Sweeney cheered Jude Law on during ‘Eden’ nude scene: “I am always very supportive of nudity”

“I mean, I know I was cheering"

Sydney Sweeney has celebrated co-star Jude Law’s nude scenes in the upcoming film Eden, saying she is “always supportive of nudity”.

The two actors star in the new film from Ron Howard, which received its premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and is awaiting an official release date.

Law and Vanessa Kirby play a high society German couple who “seek a new life on a previously uninhabited island in the Galápagos, only to discover that hell is other people”. Sweeney, Daniel Brühl and Ana De Armas play other settlers on the island, who are “capable of theft, deception, and worse”.

The film includes scenes in which Law goes nude, and in a new interview with Vanity Fair, Sweeney was asked on her thoughts on the differences between male and female nudity on film.

“This movie hasn’t been seen by a proper audience yet, so I’m not quite sure what people will say about it,” she said.

“I mean, I know I was cheering. I am always very supportive of nudity, of sexual scenes, if the story of the character warrants it. For Jude’s character, it was such a powerful move for him to do, so I wanted to cheer for that. Whether it’s men or women, if it’s for the character it’s for the character, and it tells a story.”

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The September 7 premiere of the film at TIFF was paused mid-screening due to a medical emergency in the audience. The individual was stretchered out of the hall, with the festival’s CEO later telling the audience that they would “be OK”.

Sweeney had her breakout role on HBO’s Euphoria, and producers of that show have this week confirmed that the third season is moving ahead as planned, squashing reports that it had been quietly cancelled.

After starring roles in hit romcom Anyone But You, Sony superhero film Madame Web and horror flick Immaculate, Sweeney has a number of other film projects in the pipeline after Eden, including thriller Echo Valley with Julianne Moore, an untitled biopic about professional boxer Christy Martin and a remake of Jane Fonda’s 1968 cult sci-fi film Barbarella.