Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney Opens Up About Working With Sam Levinson for Nude Scenes

The brand new collection of Euphoria landed on our screens this month, and followers have had a lot of opinions. From the not-so-redeeming character arc of Nate Jacobs and Rue’s newfound friendship with Elliot (aka Dominic Fike), to the altering relationship between Sydney Sweeney’s character Cassie and Maddy (performed by Alexa Demie), viewers of the present have had lots to cope with to this point. As is typical of Euphoria, some NSFW scenes have additionally induced a little bit of a debate.

Within the first episode of collection two, Rue (performed by Zendaya) is the one character that refuses to strip down bare when requested to take action by a bunch of harmful drug sellers. Conversely, Sweeney’s character, Cassie, is the primary principal character to be bare throughout a intercourse scene within the following episode. In consequence, some followers on Twitter in contrast the 2 characters, with Sweeney’s being seemed down on for filming extra nude scenes.

In a current interview with The Unbiased, Sweeney acknowledged the scenes and confirmed that she’s by no means felt uncomfortable capturing Euphoria. The actor defined that this was principally as a consequence of the truth that there’s an intimacy coordinator on set, but additionally due to Sam Levinson, the present’s screenwriter. “There are moments the place Cassie was alleged to be shirtless and I might inform Sam, ‘I do not actually assume that is vital right here’ and he was like, ‘OK, we do not want it'”, Sweeney defined. “I’ve by no means felt like Sam has pushed it on me or was making an attempt to get a nude scene into an HBO present. After I did not wish to do it, he did not make me.”

Primarily, it is clear that some scenes in Euphoria do not require the identical degree of nudity as others and that the actors on set who do find yourself filming nude scenes are made to really feel snug and secure — and most significantly: they’re concerned in these choices, too.