You can be mad at Netflix for a lot of things — canceling the very good show Teenage Bounty Hunter after only one season, for one — but you also “gotta hand it to them” when the streaming service does something right. Like tweet a photo of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell touching each other’s butts.
Over the weekend, the official Netflix account tweeted, “sydney sweeney [handshake emoji] glen powell,” along with a still from Anyone But You where Sweeney and Powell’s characters pretend to be a couple during a hike by sticking their hand down the other’s pants. Now that’s how you promote the romantic-comedy being added to streaming.
“That was the moment where I thought this could be the end of my career, right here, right now on this cliff side,” Powell joked to People about shooting the scene. But he got through it thanks to Sweeney. “The key to a great partner in that journey is someone who’s not afraid to look dumb, and who’s in it with you, and not protective. Sydney’s just vulnerable,” the Twisters star continued. “She just throws her heart onto film and throws herself in the deep end, and is the first person to be goofy in front of everybody.”
sydney sweeney glen powell pic.twitter.com/M7e3QxnfjW
— Netflix (@netflix) April 28, 2024
As you might imagine, people have thoughts on Netflix’s tweet.
Anyone BUTT you https://t.co/zVBp7Cbg8B
— Miguel (@mpmorales) April 28, 2024
Me and who though https://t.co/3H00xqeul0
— Ashley (@MsDynamic_) April 29, 2024
https://t.co/SsItDhNYhY pic.twitter.com/pIP2crappN
— Der Fumas (@ferdumas) April 29, 2024
Insane picture to tweet from a multi billion dollar company https://t.co/yEvjRvA0bS
— W.E.B. DaBoi (@Tyre_94) April 29, 2024
My girlfriend and I first date was watching this movie. The fact that she kept dating me after watching me drool over not only Sydney Sweeney by Glenn Powell is proof enough that she’s the best. https://t.co/9Zr1JNb09g
— Marcus “Washed” Garcia (@MARCUSPACK16) April 28, 2024
This movie was so funny I’m ngl. I don’t even like rom-coms but I was laughing through the entire movie. https://t.co/TJYyiZpbcL
— LegitAdventurer (@legitAdventurer) April 28, 2024
Glen Powell after shooting this scene:
‘I’ll never wash this hand’
*One week later*
Sweeney: ‘Guys, make Glen wash his hand’
Powell: ‘Sorry Sydney, I no longer control the hand. THE HAND CONTROLS ME!’@EflSimpsons #Netflix https://t.co/CufZU31ONr pic.twitter.com/uq9IYheSAy
— Gatzdaze (@ProfessorMilan) April 29, 2024
Here’s the synopsis:
In the edgy comedy Anyone But You, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Anyone But You is streaming on Netflix now.