{"id":2002189,"date":"2025-09-06T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2002189"},"modified":"2025-09-06T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:36:13","slug":"twinless-james-sweeney-on-why-he-wrote-a-letter-to-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-toe-sucking-and-working-with-chameleon-dylan-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/twinless-james-sweeney-on-why-he-wrote-a-letter-to-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-toe-sucking-and-working-with-chameleon-dylan-obrien\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Twinless\u2019: James Sweeney on Why He Wrote a Letter to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Toe-Sucking and Working With \u2018Chameleon\u2019 Dylan O\u2019Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31322753\/\">Twinless<\/a>,\u201d now in theaters.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4007200\/\">James Sweeney<\/a> has a thing for twins. In his new quirky dark comedy, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31322753\/\">Twinless<\/a>,\u201d he and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3729721\/\">Dylan O\u2019Brien<\/a> play Dennis and Roman, two men who form an unlikely friendship when they meet at a support group for people whose identical twins have died.<\/p>\n<p>In one scene, Dennis is shown watching <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12837091\/\">Mary-Kate<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001580\/\">Ashley Olsen<\/a> in their 1995 comedy \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0113442\/\">It Takes Two<\/a>.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7707236\/\">Sweeney<\/a>, who wrote and directed \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31322753\/\">Twinless<\/a>,\u201d reached out to the former child actors with a letter. \u201cI think I espoused my love for them and begged them to use their likeness from the classic \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0113442\/\">It Takes Two<\/a>,\u2019\u201d he recalls. \u201cIncidentally, they\u2019re not playing actual twins in the movie. They\u2019re just playing people who look identical to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the film\u2019s premiere at Sundance earlier this year, many have been assuming Sweeney has a twin in real life \u2013 he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from \u201cTwinless,\u201d now in theaters. James Sweeney has a thing for twins. In his new quirky dark comedy, \u201cTwinless,\u201d he and Dylan O\u2019Brien play Dennis and Roman, two men who form an unlikely friendship when they meet at a support group for people whose identical twins have died. 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