{"id":2045270,"date":"2025-09-24T02:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2045270"},"modified":"2025-09-24T02:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T02:12:56","slug":"earth-star-sydney-chandler-imagines-how-wendy-will-wield-her-new-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/earth-star-sydney-chandler-imagines-how-wendy-will-wield-her-new-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019 Star Sydney Chandler Imagines How Wendy Will Wield Her New Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>Alien: Earth<\/em>, Season 1 Episode 8, \u201cThe Real Monsters.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/alien\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alien: Earth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Alien: Earth<\/em><\/a>\u2018s season finale delivered a major power shift as the hybrids, led by Wendy (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/sydney-chandler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sydney Chandler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sydney Chandler<\/a>), rose up and rebelled against Boy Kavalier (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/samuel-blenkin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Samuel Blenkin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Samuel Blenkin<\/a>), among others, in the pivotal episode, \u201cThe Real Monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After they were briefly imprisoned, Wendy and the other hybrids, a.k.a. the Lost Boys, used their powers to take over various systems on Neverland, as they played tricks on Boy Kavalier, Dame Sylvia (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/essie-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Essie Davis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Essie Davis<\/a>), and eventually imprisoned them, thanks in part to Wendy\u2019s connection with the Xenomorph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But one heart of the show, since it debuted, was the sibling bond between Wendy and Joe (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/alex-lawther\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alex Lawther;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alex Lawther<\/a>), the latter of whom was startled to learn of his sister Marcy\u2019s transformation from human into a hybrid. As viewers saw in the previous installment, the siblings hadn\u2019t ended their escape attempt from the island on a positive note.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Wendy went back and forth over the idea of freeing her brother from imprisonment, she was encouraged by the other hybrids to help him, and so she did. Still, the prison break left Joe face-to-face with the T. Ocellus, a.k.a. eye midge, which nearly took him over. Wendy was there to stop that from happening, and the siblings came to an understanding, even if they couldn\u2019t agree on how to handle matters, as she rounded up prisoners and cornered them in a cage with the assistance of her Xenomorph friend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Sydney Chandler and Alex Lawther in &#8216;Alien: Earth&#8217; Season 1 finale<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Patrick Brown \/ FX<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Below, Chandler opens up about tackling Wendy\u2019s dynamic shift with Joe, her ambition to rule as she came into her power, and reveals an exciting update about Season 2 progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Wendy decides that the humans, synths, and cyborgs should be scared of the hybrids. Did you enjoy flipping the script, going from the imprisoned to the one imprisoning others by the end of the episode?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Sydney Chandler:<\/strong> It was so fun to play a character who\u2019s so much cooler than you. It\u2019s a gift. I didn\u2019t see it as her consciously thinking I need to scare them, but it was more of her just coming into her own and realizing her power. It made me think of a kid who, if anyone\u2019s dealt with bullying, you wish you had a monster behind you to back you up, and you create those imaginary friends that give you that strength, but this is someone who really legitimately has that, and also her body is a weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So there\u2019s a turn in the tide as far as her realizing, \u201cOh, I don\u2019t have to do anything. Holding this space with this guy behind me is enough,\u201d which is really fun because there\u2019s a simplicity to that, she doesn\u2019t have to move, she doesn\u2019t have to yell, she doesn\u2019t have to do anything but be because she can reach out and kill you if she wants to and she knows that now. She accepted that now she didn\u2019t accept that before, so she\u2019s lethal, which is so much fun to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Wendy is encouraged by the Lost Boys to forgive Joe. What does it mean to have the hybrids\u2019 support on her familial relationship, and where do the siblings stand by the end?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I think with Joe, he used to be the protector, the older sibling, kind of a father figure as well. We did a lot of background work together with our family, and he\u2019s much older than Marcy was. So what happens to a relationship when you are no longer needed as a protector, as a teacher? I think objectively, as Sydney, he\u2019s not nihilistic, but in Wendy\u2019s view, especially when they\u2019re talking together at the end, he\u2019s got a sense of hopelessness, and she does not resonate with that at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So there\u2019s an acceptance that he is not who she\u2019s been trying to make him be. He is not convinced of what she\u2019s trying to convince him of, and she accepts that, for the first time. I don\u2019t know where that leaves them. I think there\u2019s a really uneasy quality there. I think she could go either way, and she\u2019s very impulsive, so it\u2019s kind of a scary notion that if she got too mad, I don\u2019t know what she would do. Hopefully, we get a Season 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Speaking of Season 2, have you heard anything about the possibility of returning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">[<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/noah-hawley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Noah Hawley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Noah Hawley<\/a>] keeps his cards close, so I have been trying to get anything from him as far as what happens, and he\u2019s given me a few tiny words here and there that I\u2019m just like, \u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d His mind is a genius explosion of color. I\u2019ve never met anyone like him personally. I\u2019ve never worked with a mind like his. He gives us so much space to explore on our own. He seems to trust the people he hires to do the job, and that\u2019s scary at first and then really rewarding. It builds your confidence quite a bit. I know that he is ready for Season 2,\u00a0 we\u2019ve got the writers\u2019 rooms going, so we\u2019re just waiting to hopefully get a green light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What future does Wendy envision for herself?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She listens to her gut, and she has a very strong moral compass, which is great and also can be a threat because once she makes up her mind, she\u2019s very hard to convince otherwise, just like any kid really. She genuinely thinks that everything\u2019s great, everything\u2019s gonna be OK now because she trusts herself to make it better, which is a scary notion. Now you have a lethal weaponized child with an alien in power. It\u2019s objectively a horror show. I don\u2019t know where she goes with that. I think she could become quite authoritarian; she\u2019s really swung on the pendulum from human to more isolated, synthetic, if you will. Maybe she finds a middle ground. She has a lot of growing up to do, [but] I don\u2019t think she knows that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><strong>Alien: Earth<\/strong><\/em><strong>, Season 1, Streaming now, Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Alien: Earth, Season 1 Episode 8, \u201cThe Real Monsters.\u201d] Alien: Earth\u2018s season finale delivered a major power shift as the hybrids, led by Wendy (Sydney Chandler), rose up and rebelled against Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), among others, in the pivotal episode, \u201cThe Real Monsters.\u201d After they were briefly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2045271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[343489,342143,349978,379011,346397,379010,343490,342922,337276,373748],"class_list":["post-2045270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alex-lawther","tag-alien","tag-boy-kavalier","tag-essie-davis","tag-patrick-brown","tag-power-shift","tag-samuel-blenkin","tag-sydney-chandler","tag-wendy","tag-wendys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Earth-Star-Sydney-Chandler-Imagines-How-Wendy-Will-Wield-Her.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2045270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2045270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2045270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2045270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}