The Housemaid

INSIDE “THE HOUSEMAID”: Dick Pics, Breakups, Blake Lively, and Feud-Fueled Fame

The Winchesters aren’t the only ones with secrets. From unsolicited nudes in the DMs to Stagecoach “are-they-or-aren’t-they?” sightings and a stealth Blake Lively casting assist, the real drama of The Housemaid played out far beyond that creepy attic.

On-Set Bonds & Viral Chaos

• Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney didn’t just play frenemies – they formed a full-on “sisterhood” while filming, trading stories about “people experiences” and keeping a Polaroid of themselves from set that Sydney literally keeps tucked in her phone like a teenage crush photo .
• Amanda admits she loved watching Sydney “go wild” in their rage-filled scenes and called their destructive moments together “so cathartic” — smashing things on camera and fully leaning into female rage ^[8].
• Director Paul Feig says he underestimated their chemistry, saying he knew they were good individually but wasn’t ready for how electric they’d be together as Nina and Millie ^[8].

Romance Rumors: Sydney & Brandon’s Stagecoach Saga

• Fresh off calling off her two-year engagement to Jonathan Davino, Sydney was spotted at Stagecoach 2025 getting very comfy with co-star Brandon Sklenar during Creed’s set . TikTok clips show Sydney standing directly in front of Brandon in the crowd, both vibing hard.
• The timing — newly single Sydney plus handsome co-star plus country festival — was enough to send fans into full “Millie-and-Andrew-but-make-it-real-life” meltdown, sparking unconfirmed dating rumors across social media ^[2].
• But here’s the buzzkill: Brandon has been in a long-term relationship with Courtney Salviolo since 2020, and there’s been no confirmed split. Both E! and TMZ stress there was no PDA and describe Sydney and Brandon as having a strong friendship from working on The Housemaid, telling fans to pump the brakes on the ship… for now ^[2].

Scandals, Backlash & “Safe Space” Seyfried

• While promoting The Housemaid, Sydney was still under a cloud of internet backlash over her American Eagle “good genes” campaign and her revealed Republican registration, which some critics interpreted as having nasty political undertones. The controversy followed her right into the film’s press cycle .
• Amanda Seyfried publicly acknowledged that Sydney had “found herself between a rock and a hard place” and revealed she deliberately tried to be a “safe space” during the tour:
• “Whatever you need. You need some fun, you need to laugh, you need cake with me? That’s fine… I can be a safe space,” she said, adding that they still had a movie to sell while Sydney was being dragged online ^[7].
• Amanda herself was catching political heat at the same time for calling out far-right commentator Charlie Kirk, saying she was “allowed to fucking voice my feelings” — and suddenly found herself needing a bodyguard at the airport after the backlash escalated ^[7].

Casting Tea: Blake Lively’s Secret Hand in the House

• One of The Housemaid’s juiciest behind-the-scenes twists? Blake Lively helped cast the husband from hell.
• Paul Feig revealed Blake had just worked with Brandon Sklenar on It Ends With Us and would not stop hyping him up. “She just kept going on and on about how great he is. And I met him and was like, ‘Yes, you are great and I love you,’” Feig said .
• The revelation blew up on Reddit, where some users — already deep in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni legal drama — even talked about boycotting The Housemaid because of the Lively connection, folding the film into the broader It Ends With Us–adjacent mess .

Money, Dick Pics & Viral Feud Fame

• Sydney didn’t just headline The Housemaid — she cashed in. TMZ reports she secured a massive $7.5 million salary for the film, putting her right up there with the highest-paid young actresses in Hollywood, just a rung below Zendaya’s reported $10 million for Challengers .
• On the spicier side of promo, Sydney revealed during a Page Six video segment that she once received an unsolicited dick pic from a “person everyone knows”, tied into the chaos of her rising fame and promo cycle .
• In the same viral press coverage, Sydney and Amanda whispered about another famous guy allegedly getting filthy in their DMs — but kept the name secret, turning it into instant blind-item bait ^[1].
• The cast also pulled off one of the strangest but smartest stunts of the campaign: a Celeb Family Feud appearance that was literally Sydney’s idea. While shooting a tense sequence, she blurted out, “We’ve got to go on Family Feud,” Feig called Lionsgate, and they made it happen .
• Their episode racked up about 1.5 million views in its primetime window and became a viral clip machine, with Lionsgate brass openly crediting the Feud appearance with helping turn The Housemaid into a surprise hit ^[11].

Deleted Scenes & Sequel Breadcrumbs

• After the film hit digital, PEOPLE dropped an exclusive deleted scene featuring Sydney Sweeney and Michele Morrone that fans immediately clocked as a setup for the sequel. The scene expands Enzo’s presence and strongly hints at where Millie’s story is heading next in The Housemaid’s Secret .
• That tease turned out to be dead-on: by early 2026, a sequel was confirmed with Sydney and Michele returning — and Kirsten Dunst joining the chaos — giving that deleted moment big “you’ll want to remember this” energy ^[9].
• Paul Feig later pulled back the curtain on the grind behind the glam, revealing they shot The Housemaid on a 34-day schedule with around 200 scenes, which explains why the finished film feels like every moment is loaded and slightly unhinged in the best way .