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How Sydney Sweeney reacted to raunchy OnlyFans storyline in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3
“Fearless” Sydney Sweeney insisted she bare it all in Season 3 of “Euphoria.”
The show’s creator, Sam Levinson, revealed the actress’s reaction to her character, Cassie Howard, being an OnlyFans model during Monday’s episode of the New York Times’ “Popcast.”
“It’s funny. When I first wrote it, I was like, ‘Maybe we shoot all of this and we don’t have any nudity. Maybe there’s ways to shoot around certain things?’” the showrunner, 41, recalled.
According to Levinson, the 28-year-old replied, “Are you kidding? I’m playing an OnlyFans model. You’re telling me you’re going to, like, skirt around it?”
He, at the time, admitted the “White Lotus” alum made a “fair point.”
Sweeney went on to film a slew of raunchy scenes, from busting out of a bodysuit to posing with a python — and little else — wrapped around her.
The Emmy nominee dressed as a baby, hooked up with Richard Gere’s son, Homer Gere, and more.
Levinson dubbed Sweeney “wonderfully professional” on Monday, gushing that she was “game every day” on set.
He insisted they have “a lot of trust” in each other and praised the “Housemaid” star’s “flexibility in terms of performance.”
Levinson continued, “We’re tackling this world of OnlyFans where women are being paid to, like, whisper into an ear-shaped microphone and lick it. There is a level of absurdity to it that is just fun.”
While Sweeney has yet to directly address the risqué scenes, we hear her boyfriend, Scooter Braun, has “absolutely no issue” with her “provocative” role in the HBO show.
“He fully understands that it’s part of her job and respects how dedicated she is to her craft,” a source shared earlier this month.
“There’s a strong level of trust between them,” the insider added of the duo, whose “secure” romance started last year.
We hear “incredibly supportive” Braun “isn’t the type to feel threatened by her work or try to control what roles she takes on.”
Braun broke his silence on Sweeney’s work on the third season of “Euphoria,” which concluded over the weekend, during Thursday’s “Second Thought” episode.
The music executive, who was previously married to Yael Cohen, called out “an incredible performance by a certain actress” while raving over Sweeney as “an extraordinary woman, kind and generous and smart, and real and down to earth.”
The “Handmaid’s Tale” alum, for her part, shared a slew of racy on-set snaps in a behind-the-scenes Instagram carousel shared Sunday.
“It’s called … acting,” Sweeney captioned the upload.
“Euphoria” is available to stream on HBO.
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