Sydney Sweeney on Cassie, Clickbait, and Creative Control

About this episode

Sydney Sweeney discusses her role as Cassie in Euphoria and her experiences as an actress.

Everyone and their mother has an opinion about Sydney Sweeney, but according to the actress herself, most people have no clue who she actually is. Rebecca caught up with Sweeney shortly after the Euphoria finale aired to talk about saying goodbye to Cassie Howard, filming the series’ long-awaited final season, and the deleted pole-dancing scenes she hopes fans eventually get to see. Plus: anime, internet rumors, and finding freedom as an actor. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca

Guest: Sydney Sweeney

Topics covered

• Sydney Sweeney
• Euphoria
• acting
• creative control
• internet rumors
• anime

Keywords

• Sydney Sweeney
• Euphoria
• Cassie Howard
• creative control
• internet rumors
• pole-dancing scenes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Euphoria, Cassie Howard

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