Popular actrtess Sydney Sweeney is not about to rest on her laurels and plans to continue enjoying the fruits of her labor.
A few days after she snagged two first-time Emmy nominations for her roles in HBO’s "White Lotus" and "Euphoria", the rising star, 24, sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to reflect on her meteoric rise to the top, her dreams of being a young mother and her feelings about being a sex symbol — including the recent chatter surrounding her numerous topless scenes.
While fans of the show have praised Sweeney’s performance as high schooler Cassie Howard in Euphoria, there has also been criticism from fellow cast mates about how its creator, Sam Levinson, has handled nude scenes in particular.
Though Sweeney has spoken on the issue herself, explaining in the past that the scenes have actually helped her "become very confident" with her body, she elaborated further with THR, saying that she fully trusts "the filmmakers that I work with, and I’m always so excited for whatever Sam writes."
She added that whenever she's working "it's as if it's someone else’s life," which helps her to focus on the story at hand rather than the fact that she’s nude in front of the cast and crew.
"People forget that I'm playing a character," she said of the criticism. "They think, 'Oh, she gets naked onscreen, she’s a sex symbol.' And I can’t get past that. I have no problems with those scenes, and I won’t stop doing them, but I wish there was an easier way to have an open conversation about what we’re assuming about actors in the industry."
"I’ve weirdly become very confident with my body through Cassie," she told Variety in June. "It’s a very safe environment," she added of the Euphoria set. "I’m very fortunate that I am coming up during a time where there is so much thought in this process and we now have intimacy coordinators."
When explaining the logistics of how these scenes are directed, the actor explained that, while shooting, “it’s kind of like a stunt coordinator for a sex scene.”
"They bring in tools and choreograph a whole thing," she explained. "Sometimes there's yoga mats that you can put in between each other or there's like pads or yoga blocks. There's some weird stuff. They come into your trailer and talk to you one-on-one and even if you have agreed to something, they ask you on the spot on the day, 'Did you change your mind? Because you can.' And then instead of you having to, if you feel uncomfortable talking to the director, they’ll be your voice for you. It’s a really cool dynamic, and they’re on set with you and they make sure that you’ve got some mint and some gum."
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