Sydney Sweeney is asking out web trolls who took screenshots of her nude scenes in “Euphoria” and tagged her relations on-line following the HBO hit’s 2020 debut.
“It obtained to the purpose the place they had been tagging my household. My cousins don’t want that. It’s fully disgusting and unfair,” the actor informed British GQ in an interview printed Friday.
Sweeney — who performs Cassie Howard within the teen drama sequence — spoke up about receiving misogynistic responses to her work. She famous that the “disgusting” individuals who despatched her relations the bare scenes echo the eerie sexualization girls face.
Like her “Euphoria” character, whose NSFW images went viral amongst her highschool classmates in Season 1, Sweeney opened up in regards to the unsettling connection between her actual life and Cassie.
“You may have a personality that goes via the scrutiny of being a sexualized particular person at college after which an viewers that does the identical factor,” the 25-year-old informed the outlet.
Talking to Cosmopolitan in regards to the cyberattacks in February, Sweeney shared that she’s realized to separate herself from disturbing web conduct.
“After I get tagged in Cassie’s or Pippa from The Voyeurs’ nudes, it appears like me taking a look at their nudes, not Sydney’s nudes,” she informed the outlet on the time, referencing her 2021 American erotic thriller movie. She added that these shoots are “so technical and so not romantic.”
Regardless of her frustration, Sweeney admitted to GQ that the pesky trolls wouldn’t deter her from starring in additional NSFW scenes on “Euphoria” and different sequence, noting the unwarranted trolling fuels her much more.
“I believe it’s ridiculous. I’m an artist, I play characters. It makes me wish to play characters that piss individuals off extra,” she added.
The “White Lotus” actor — who defined earlier this 12 months that she solely does nudity when it’s necessary for the storyline — revealed how she’d pushed her entire life to make individuals see her for extra than simply her physique.
“I had boobs earlier than different women, and I felt ostracized for it,” Sweeney mentioned. “I used to be embarrassed, and I by no means needed to vary within the locker room. I believe that I placed on this bizarre persona different individuals had of me due to my physique. So I did play each sport, and I studied actually laborious, and I did all the things that individuals wouldn’t assume I'd do to point out them that my physique doesn’t outline who I'm.”
Although Sweeney beforehand shared that “Euphoria” director Sam Levinson by no means compelled her to behave in any nude scenes that made her uncomfortable, she admitted that she wasn’t so lucky whereas engaged on different tasks.
“I’ve had experiences the place I wish to go house and scrub myself fully uncooked as a result of I really feel disgusting,” she informed the Impartial in January. “I didn’t really feel comfy with my castmate or the crew, and I simply didn’t really feel like my character can be doing it.”
“Euphoria” is now accessible to stream on HBO Max.
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