Sydney Sweeney Just Gave Some Important Context to Her Topless Scenes on Euphoria

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Euphoria fans have praised the HBO series for offering an look at the high school experience, but many have noted that Sydney Sweeney, who plays Cassie, seems to have a disproportionately large amount of nudity in her scenes.

Put bluntly: She's topless quite a bit.Addressing this pattern in a new interview, Sweeney gave some important context for how the show approaches those scenes. "Sam is amazing," she said, , praising series creator Sam Levinson. "There are moments [in the script] where Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I would tell Sam, 'I don't really think that's necessary here,'…He was like, 'OK, we don't need it.'" Sweeney explained, "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."This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. "I've had experiences where I want to go home and scrub myself completely raw because I feel disgusting ...

I didn't feel comfortable with my cast mate or the crew, and I just didn't feel like my character would be doing it," Sweeney recalled of filming intimate scenes in other projects, adding that in those situations, she "didn't feel like [she] was able to speak up."She also pointed out the double standard applied to male and female actors with regard to on-screen nudity, saying there's a "stigma against actresses who get naked on screen" and adding, “When a guy has a sex scene or shows his body, he still wins awards and gets praise.