Which female actress do you think will dominate the 2020s???

DAMN man.   It's hard to reason with anyone who loves Denzel so much he's insecure to the point that he starts aligning me with the other posters.

I didn't know being amused once or twice counts as being a rude asshole or making it loud and clear how amused I am.   But ok... you're not engaging in me anymore.   I'll remember to avoid all future threads with Denzel, cause damn.... those don't go over well.

Well except for yesterday when your first order of business in a beautiful thread discussing the 10 year anniversary of PSH's untimely death, was to slobber on Denzel some more.

Ha.

Yeah, it feels like Sweeney might have the juice to establish herself as a movie star. She's doing a smart job with managing her career now. Brought back the rom-com (an R rated one at that), playing the supporting part of a superhero film so if it does well she gets some shine and if it doesn't it isn't all on her, got herself as the lead of an indie psychological horror film for a different look that establishes more acting credibility.

For as long as Zendaya has been teased as the next big star, Challengers will be the first real test of that after she's mostly played supporting parts in established IP and being the co-lead in a failed late-season awards play with Malcolm & Marie. I expect Challengers to do solid business, but it remains to be seen her impact as a draw for movies as of yet.

The combo of Dune: Part 2 and Challengers will make for a great year for Zendaya both commercially and likely critically. Will be interested to see what projects she takes from here (outside of Dune 3, Spider-man 4, and one more season of Euphoria).

How do you suppose stars become stars?  Audiences have to find them. That's exactly what happened with Sweeney and Powell  in Anyone But You. It's a "sleeper hit" because of them. Their combination of chemistry/looks/charisma/whatever obviously charmed audiences enough to make it a word of mouth hit. Audiences liked it and told their friends to go see it because they got charmed by Sweeney and .Powell. If those audiences didn't know her before, they know her now. 

Rom-Coms, more than almost any other genre, tend to live and die on the on the appeal of their leads. That's why almost any romantic comedy that does well ( especially one not based on a well known IP) the stars tend to get the lion's share of the credit if it works. Doesn't matter whether it opened small and became a word of mouth hit. That's still a credit to the leads working. So I do give credit to Sweeney and Powell. But even if I didn't, the industry 100% will, and it will open up all sorts of opportunities for both of them.

Does the success of Anyone But You make Sweeney or Powell guaranteed box office draws? Of course not. They still both need to be tested. But it'll give studios more faith in them to put them in vehicles to test whether they can draw audiences like that again. That is how building star power and box office appeal works.

And honestly, Sweeney' s  early trajectory feels a little more impressive than Margot Robbie's, whose box office success has been almost entirely based on working with bigger and more established stars ( Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio etc) and established, popular. branded IP's ( Harley Quinn, Barbie etc). Robbie is well liked, and a fine actress. And an excellent producer. But in terms of pure box office starpower, she's actually never really been tested at all. But that's how "stars" often get made in this era.

It's not like Robbie is peak Julia Roberts , who was drawing audiences into films on her name alone. So I actually don't think it'd neccesarily be as difficult for someone like Sweeney to be competitive with Robbie for opportunities much sooner than you might think. As long as she and her team make smart moves. Shit, Sweeney easily could do what Robbie does and commandeer already popular IP's. I expect studios will want her to. I can see Sweeney being cast as She-Ra, or something silly like that.

This board sucks at this shit - Emma Stone has 2 votes but Emma Stone could have 2 Oscars at 35, has Lanthimos movies coming like crazy a high profile Aster anyway and just had a GOAT year with THe Curse which is better than she is in Poor Things and she's amazing in Poor Things

I mean I get all these other actresses but we;re in 2024 already ....

Sylvia Sweeney to me is the sexy girl in the car in the Rolling Stones video - I mean that's cool but and ......that's even after Anyone But You......for you youngsters out there The Rolling Stones were a popular Rock orchestra in the 1960s and.......oh nevermind......

Euphoria’s second season became HBO’s second most watched show after Game of Thrones

I think we are more talking about Sweeney as the potential "next big one" as opposed to claiming she is already there. We already know Robbie and Stone are at the very top right now. Anya Taylor -Joy and Zendaya were hyped to be the ones that would take over when this poll was firsr created, but Zendaya needs to prove herself as a box office draw and ATJ has had a few missteps. Sweeney (who wasn't even a factor when the poll started) may be in a position to step up to the next level. That's all, imho.

Exactly - this would have been a bold pick BEFORE her hit rom-com - the decade is 40% done ffs.......

Googled it out of curiosity and that's what came up although as another person noted that may just be the initial broadcast and not the total number of people watching. 

I don't quite get Sweeney yet. She works well on Euphoria and that season of The White Lotus, but has this watchful halting quality to her approach (even in that Reality HBO movie) that doesn't mesh well IMO with a wide range of roles. She should consider wildly altering her vocal cadences and general affect sometimes. It's almost like if Aubrey Plaza wasn't funny or something.