Sydney Sweeney’s investment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has already paid off, so she isn’t too upset about Madame Web’s box office failure.

In a recent interview with GQ UK, the actress said that the comic book movie, which has received negаtive reviews and has been viciously trolled online, was a calculated business move that enabled her to establish vital connections at the studio.

“To me that film was a building block,” Sweeney said of the superhero flick. “It’s what allowed me to build a relationship with Sony. Without doing Madame Web I wouldn’t have a relationship with the decision-makers over there.”

She went on to sаy that “story” isn’t the deciding factor when it comes to choosing scripts; her choices are also based on “strategic business decisions.” In the case of Madame Web, she explained, “Because I did that, I was able to sell Anyone But You. I was able to get Barbarella.”

Sydney Sweeney in ‘Madame Web’

Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in ‘Anyone But You

As for her response to the film’s negаtive reception, Sweeney said, “I was just hired as an actor and happy to bring to life a character that my little cousins are excited about. There’s no outcome I can control on a film like that, especially when I’m not a producer. You sign up for whatever happens and you take the ride.”

Sweeney appeared in the film as Julia Cornwall, a Spider-Woman variation who is one of the three teen girls that Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web must protect from a mysteriоus enemy determined to end their timelines before they can suit up as heroes. While Johnson has made it clear that she’s unlikely to reprise her role as Cassie Webb, Sweeney is leaving the door open: “I think that if the story is right and you have the right team, I would love to,” she said.

While Sweeney was not a producer on the Spider-Man spinoff, she — and her production company Fifty-Fifty Films — were part of the effort to get Anyone But You to screens, where the film was such a rousing success (earning over $200 million globally) that she and co-star Glen Powell are already discussing the possibility of a sequel.

“We’ve been tossing around a bunch of different ideas,” Sweeney said. “We just want to make sure that whatever we do gives the audience what they want and at the same time is new and exciting for us.”

In the meantime, Sweeney is approaching the release of her nun-based horror film Immaculate, and set to executive produce a new Barbarella film for Sony Pictures, where she will also star as the titular space adventurer.