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Sydney Sweeney says she was rattled filming a Euphoria scene in which her character Cassie Howard vomited in a hot tub she was sitting in with others.
The 24-year-old star, speaking with Deadline Sunday, opened up about her anxiety over the scene, which was in ‘You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can,’ the fourth episode of the show’s second season. Asked if there was a scene that made her nervous, the Spokane, Washington-born actress said that ‘one was the hot tub scene,’ describing the circumstances behind it. The latest: Sydney Sweeney, 24, says she was rattled filming a Euphoria scene in which her character vomited in a hot tub she was sitting in with others. She was snapped Saturday at an event in LA
‘I had to have a tube in my mouth and it was filling my mouth with disgusting chunks of food and I don’t even know what, and then I had to hold it in my mouth while the scene was happening and act as if it wasn’t happening and then throw up everywhere,’ she said of the scene. She also mentioned a scene from the series’ eighth episode in its second season, ‘All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name,’ in which ‘Cassie goes up on stage and ruins her sister’s play.’ Said Sweeney: ‘I have terrible stage fright and there was an actual audience in the auditorium that we built. So, I was very nervous, but Maude [Apatow] and I, we had a great time together. She made it more enjoyable for me.’
Sweeney said that playing the role has taught her ‘to let go of insecurities’ that she might have. Sweeney said she was nervous filming a hot tub scene for the fourth episode of Euphoria’s second season, titled ‘You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can’ The Spokane, Washington-born actress plays Cassie Howard on the hit HBO series ‘And she has taught me to fully allow myself to just engulf myself in her emotions,’ she said. ‘It’s been a really beautiful experience to be able to play out all of her different, crazy emotions that she’s been having to deal with. It’s been really fun.’
Sweeney said that as a performer, she doesn’t find herself needing to connect personally to the characters she portrays. ‘I actually try to find characters that I don’t connect to at all because I find that challenge interesting,’ Sweeney told the outlet. ‘I always want to challenge myself so that I can better my craft. Cassie, I think is one of the most relatable characters to me, because I search for love in other people and acceptance, and I’m scared of being alone. I was a teenage girl, too, so I definitely relate to her, but most of my characters I try to be vastly different from.’ Sweeney said that as a performer, she doesn’t find herself needing to connect personally to the characters she portrays
