Sydney Sweeney is clarifying the comments she made about her nude scenes in Euphoria.
During an interview in January, the 24-year-old actress shared that she had some autonomy when it came to the scenes in which her character was topless.
“There are moments where Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I would tell Sam [Levinson, the show's screenwriter], ‘I don’t really think that’s necessary here.’ He was like, ‘OK, we don’t need it.’ I’ve never felt like Sam has pushed it on me or was trying to get a nude scene into an HBO show. When I didn’t want to do it, he didn’t make me,” she said.
While some interpreted her remarks as Sydney saying she had asked the show to cut her nude scenes, she set the record straight in an interview with Teen Vogue.
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“I never asked him to cut any scenes,” she told the outlet. “It got twisted and turned and it became its own beast, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’”
“It was more how respectful Sam is and how incredible of a director he is, that he would never make me do something I didn’t feel comfortable with,” she continued.
Sydney went on to say she felt certain nude scenes were important to her character’s storyline in season 2.
“I think it’s important to the storyline and the character,” she said. “There’s a purpose to what that character is going through. That’s the character. We all get naked in real life. We show this character’s life and what they’re going through. Cassie’s body is a different form of communication for her.”
In case you missed it, another star of the show recently responded to rumors about a toxic work environment on Euphoria‘s set.
