Sydney Sweeney<\/a> is a diner waitress with big dreams in Billboard\u2018s exclusive clip from the crime comedy Americana. The movie takes place in South Dakota and chronicles a rogues gallery of folks vigorously pursuing a rare Native American artifact, including colorfully named characters \u201cLefty\u201d Ledbetter (Paul Walter Hauser), Mandy Starr (Halsey), Dillon MacIntosh (Eric Dane), Ghost Eye (Zahn McClarnon) and Roy Lee Dean (Simon Rex).<\/p>\n In an exclusive peek of the film due out on Friday (Aug. 15), Sweeney and Hauser\u2019s characters bond over their dreams of what they will do with the money if they can obtain the elusive artifact.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cHalf a million dollars, really?\u201d says Sweeney\u2019s shy server Penny Jo Poplin, who has a noticeable stutter.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what the man said,\u201d replies Hauser\u2019s seemingly shy rancher as Penny Jo places her pistol on the counter and says, \u201cGuess, that\u2019s that.\u201d<\/p>\n With Lefty appearing on edge by the sight of the weapon, Penny Jo tries to reassure him by noting, \u201cThey aren\u2019t just gonna give us the artifact, ya know? What are you gonna do with the money when we get it?\u201d<\/p>\n Lefty responds that he doesn\u2019t really need it and offers to give it to her. After he butters her up by saying he has all he needs \u2014\u00a0good food, good beer, good company \u2014\u00a0Penny Jo speculates that they have all those things in Nashville, where she plans to go after the big score to try her hand at music.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce we get the artifact, I\u2019m gonna sell it for the big bucks and go there to sing professionally,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t know you were a singer,\u201d Hauser responds.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody does \u2026 I\u2019m a hidden gem,\u201d Penny Jo smiles, confirming that she will sing the only kind of music there is \u2014 country music.<\/p>\n According to a description, the modern-day Western follows the trail of a rare relic that makes its way to the black market, overturning the lives of a small-town woman and her son as they get \u201cviolently intertwined with a quirky local diner waitress, an offbeat military veteran and a corrupt antiquities dealer. Crime and chaos follow when an indigenous group leader and his crew join the fray in order to reclaim the artifact and return it to its rightful place.\u201d<\/p>\n Filmed in 2022, the movie written and directed by Tony Tost (Damnation, Poker Face) and is White Lotus and Euphoria star Sweeney\u2019s latest big screen effort, following on the heels of 2023\u2019s Anyone But You, 2024\u2019s Madame Web and Immaculate and June\u2019s Echo Valley with Julianne Moore and Domhnall Gleeson. She is next slated to appear in the boxing drama Christy, based on the life of real professional pugilist Christy Martin.<\/p>\n Watch Billboard\u2018s exclusive look at Americana above.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sydney Sweeney is a diner waitress with big dreams in Billboard\u2018s exclusive clip from the crime comedy Americana. 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