Euphoria Star Sydney Sweeney Clarifies Cut Nude Scenes Comment
Sydney Sweeney is setting the record straight about asking Euphoria creator Sam Levinson to cut unnecessary nude scenes for her character from the show. Sweeney, known for her roles in HBO's The White Lotus and Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, portrays Cassie on HBO Max's teen drama series. Cassie's a high school girl looking for love in all the wrong places, resulting in some serious low self-worth. It doesn't help that her best friend Maddy (Alexa Demie) is the epitome of self-confidence, and Cassie often feels like she's lost in her shadow.
Cassie's storyline throughout the two seasons of Euphoria has always been about her search for male validation. During season 1, Cassie tries (and fails) at making it work with Chris McKay (Algee Smith). But she takes a dark turn when she hooks up with Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), Maddy's on-again, off-again boyfriend. Cassie plays an important, but not major, role in the most recent season of the HBO series. But Sweeney caused some buzz behind the scenes after a January 2022 interview about the Euphoria set. She revealed that while filming the show, she asked Levinson to cut out a few nude scenes for Cassie when she felt they weren't necessary.
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More recently, Sweeney spoke to Teen Vogue to clarify her statements about the showrunner, supporting his approach. Sweeney says she never explicitly asked Levinson to cut out any scenes. Instead, Sweeney says her quote was meant to point out Levinson's emphasis on respecting actors' boundaries on set. In the end, Sweeney always pursues her job by keeping in mind the ethos of Cassie. She explains:
«I never asked him to cut any scenes. It got twisted and turned and it
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