How Kyle Chandler’s daughter got nixed from Variety magazine cover
Given that Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler played one of TV s best-loved father figures a high school football coach who leads with compassion and old-school discipline you would think that the Emmy winner would raise a daughter sensible enough to resist various of the negative associations of the nepo baby label as she follows his career path into Hollywood But according to Variety Chandler s -year-old actress daughter Sydney exhibited particular complicated inconsistent and entitled nepo baby behavior in the last few days when it came time to be featured on the publication s cover a high-profile opportunity that a large number of up-and-coming young stars would kill for In the latest issue of Variety the industry bible explained that Sydney Chandler was offered its cover to promote her breakout role in the new upcoming FX sci-fi series Alien Earth The publication then opened up about why she the talented female star of this hotly anticipated female-centered show didn t end up on the cover with her male co-star Timothy Olyphant and the show s creator Noah Hawley According to Variety Chandler repeatedly canceled on the magazine cover shoot because she didn t want to participate in one of the editorial customs for being on a cover It involves a video interview with the other cover stars which Variety revealed is standard at other publications At Variety the cover stars also participate in a light-hearted and innocuous match called How Well Do They Know Each Other They are urged questions about one another to gauge what they do or don t know about one another s lives careers or accomplishments Variety explained that everyone from Ariana Grande to Ryan Reynolds to Daniel Craig has played the contest in the past Chandler s reps initially communicated Variety that she didn t feel calm playing the event with two older men Olyphant is and Hawley is But Chandler agreed to play the encounter after the magazine offered to send sample questions But her reply was to send her own ideas for questions that she would agree to answer Variety commented it didn t want to provide the cover stars with pre-screened questions and hers How various Alien films are there didn t seem that captivating So Chandler announced she wouldn t participate in the meeting But on the morning of the shoot and after specific convincing from her agent she agreed to participate in the battle after all But once it came time to meet for the interview and photos Chandler changed her mind again and didn t show up according to Variety In a follow-up interview for a story about missing the cover Chandler notified Variety that she s new to the press and is a private person who felt the need to draw a boundary around her private life She declared It s a bit out of my comfort zone I was more than happy to talk about anything and everything about the show that s what I m here to promote Variety expressed surprise that Chandler didn t understand a few of PR requirements that stars must fulfill in order to promote their work and themselves After all her father is a veteran TV and film actor he also helped her make her audition tape for Alien Earth Then again Variety conceded that Kyle Chandler and his wife raised their daughter outside of Hollywood in Austin not in Los Angeles Hawley the show s veteran TV creator who also made five seasons of Fargo for FX expressed disappointment that Chandler stayed away from the shoot and wasn t on the magazine s cover The show is built around Sydney s character and the work she did as a professional was tremendous he communicated Variety I m disappointed that my female-centric show based on a female-facing franchise does not have my lead actress on the cover It felt awkward to be there with Tim without her Still Hawley informed Variety it wasn t his place to talk to Chandler about her decision to stay away from the photo shoot I don t have to showrun the publicity he revealed
