{"id":239539,"date":"2026-05-11T04:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/sydney-sweeneys-candid-quotes-about-filming-nude-scenes-in-euphoria-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:30:26","slug":"sydney-sweeneys-candid-quotes-about-filming-nude-scenes-in-euphoria-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/sydney-sweeneys-candid-quotes-about-filming-nude-scenes-in-euphoria-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Candid Quotes About Filming Nude Scenes in \u2018Euphoria\u2019 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sydney-sweeney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sydney Sweeney<\/strong><\/a> has been candid about what goes into stripping down for nude scenes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/euphoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Euphoria<\/em><\/a> and other projects.<\/p>\n<p>After Euphoria premiered in 2019, Sweeney, who plays Cassie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/euphoria-recap-sydney-sweeney-has-topless-scene-eric-dane-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened up about the downsides<\/a> of being naked on screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think as many people took me seriously in Euphoria because I took my shirt off,\u201d she told Cosmopolitan in February 2022. \u201cWhen I saw The Voyeurs for the first time, I wondered if I\u2019d done too much. I researched celebrities who have done nude scenes, trying to make myself feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney continued: \u201cThere are hour-long compilations of world-famous male actors with nude scenes who win Oscars and get praised for that work. But the moment a woman does it, it degrades them. They\u2019re not actresses, they just take off their tops so they can get a role. There\u2019s such a double standard and I really hope that I can have a part in changing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/everything-the-euphoria-cast-has-said-about-onscreen-nudity\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/everything-the-euphoria-cast-has-said-about-onscreen-nudity\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Everything the &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; Cast Has Said About the Show\u2019s Onscreen Nudity<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tEuphoria has become known for its graphic sex scenes \u2014 and the stars haven\u2019t held back about stripping down on camera. \u201cEvery scene is like, \u2018He sleeps with this person. He does this with this person naked,&#8217;\u201d Jacob Elordi said about playing Nate Jacobs during a March 2022 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. \u201cOn [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to the hit HBO series, Sweeney has taken risks in <em>The Voyeurs, The Housemaid, Anyone But You<\/em> and more. Keep scrolling for Sweeney\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/what-onlyfans-creators-think-of-sydney-sweeney-in-euphoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most candid quotes<\/a> about onscreen nudity:<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney Sweeney Compares Nude Scenes to Real Life<\/h2>\n<p>Sweeney told Teen Vogue in March 2022 about the risqu\u00e9 scenes in Euphoria, saying, \u201cWe all get naked in real life. We show this character\u2019s life and what they\u2019re going through. Cassie\u2019s body is a different form of communication for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney Sweeney Wants to Feel Comfortable on Set<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4316388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"EUPHORIA\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/TCDEUPH_HO128-2.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Eddy Chen \/ \u00a9HBO \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sweeney praised Euphoria creator Sam Levinson for supporting her behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam is amazing,\u201d she told The Independent in January 2022. \u201cThere are moments where Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I would tell Sam, \u2018I don\u2019t really think that\u2019s necessary here.\u2019 [And] he was like, \u2018OK, we don\u2019t need it.\u2019 When I didn\u2019t want to do [a nude scene], he didn\u2019t make me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How Sydney Sweeney Put Distance Between the Scenes<\/h2>\n<p>Sweeney confessed to Cosmopolitan in 2022 that she<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-who-opened-up-about-going-full-frontal-nude-on-screen-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> viewed her nude scenes<\/a> as the character getting naked, saying, \u201cI\u2019m so disconnected from it. When I get tagged in Cassie\u2019s \u2026 nudes, it feels like me looking at their nudes, not Sydney\u2019s nudes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress went on to explain that \u201cwhen you film one of these scenes, it\u2019s so technical and not romantic,\u201d adding, \u201cThere are people staring at you, pads between you; there\u2019s nipple covers and weird sticker thongs all up your butt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/sydney-sweeneys-candid-quotes-about-body-positivity-confidence\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4-Sydney-Sweeneys-Most-Candid-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-and-Self-Confidence-Through-the-Years.jpg?crop=0px%2C39px%2C1333px%2C753px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeneys Most Candid Quotes About Body Positivity and Self Confidence Through the Years\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/sydney-sweeneys-candid-quotes-about-body-positivity-confidence\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Sydney Sweeney&#8217;s Best Body Positivity Quotes and Clapbacks<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTo quote Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Euphoria character, she\u2019s \u201cnever, ever been happier\u201d \u2014 and that means body-shaming comments won\u2019t faze her. \u201cI see it, and I just can\u2019t allow myself to have a reaction,\u201d Sweeney told Variety in March 2024. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to explain it; I\u2019m still trying to figure it out myself. People [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Approach to Telling Her Loved Ones<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:44.1%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4314160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney\" width=\"1000\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sydney-sweeney.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy mom visited me on set at the time, so she knew the story and I talked to her a lot about it \u2014 my dad didn\u2019t,\u201d Sweeney told CBS Sunday in 2023 about filming Euphoria. \u201cYeah, I didn\u2019t prepare my dad. At all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Sweeney weighed in on her family\u2019s reaction to her racy projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, how do you bring it up in conversation? And also, when I talk to my dad, it\u2019s usually not about work. We talk, like, father-daughter conversations. He decided he was going to watch it, without telling me, with his parents,&#8217;\u201d she explained. \u201cMy dad and my grandpa turned it off and walked out. But my grandma is a big supporter of mine. She\u2019s a big fan of mine. Actually I bring her, usually, all over the world to my different sets and I make her an extra.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Sydney Sweeney Comparing Nudity to Power<\/h2>\n<p>In a 2025 interview with W Magazine, Sweeney reflected on not experiencing stage fright, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t get nervous. [I] gained so much confidence and self-awareness on Euphoria. I think that the female body is a very powerful thing. And I\u2019m telling my character\u2019s story, so I owe it to them to tell it well and to do what needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/sydney-sweeneys-quotes-about-nude-euphoria-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Sweeney has been candid about what goes into stripping down for nude scenes in Euphoria and other projects. After Euphoria premiered in 2019, Sweeney, who plays Cassie, opened up about the downsides of being naked on screen. \u201cI don\u2019t think as many people took me seriously in Euphoria because I took my shirt off,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}