Sydney Sweeney Opens Up About 'Euphoria' Character Cassie

Sydney Sweeney is talking Cassie.

The 24-year-old Euphoria star opened up about her character in an interview with WSJ. Magazine.

Here’s what she had to say…

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On not staying in character with Cassie between scenes: “I’m able to just jump in and out…. [I] basically break away all walls of protection. It’s a very healthy method for me, because if I had to stay in that mindset before [scenes], I don’t think I’d be able to go home as Syd in the healthy way.”

On her recent comment that there are characters she plays that she loves and those she’s afraid of, and where Cassie lies: “I think Cassie is a bit of a mix of both. I love her because I feel her pain, I feel her loss, and I feel for her growth. But I’m scared of the choices she makes because sometimes she doesn’t think everything through.”

On what motivates Cassie: “She has always wanted to be loved, whether it’s from her mom, her sister, her dad, boys, herself, and the part that complicates it is she doesn’t have that love for herself, and she doesn’t know how to achieve it. She thinks it’s through other people, but it’s through herself, and she doesn’t like herself enough to be able to not need other people in her life.”

On whether she expected the “I have never, ever been happier!” scene to go viral: “I did not. That was actually the first scene that we filmed. I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is such a big scene to start off with. I guess we start out with a banger with Cassie.’ As the season went on, I kind of forgot about it, and [now] it’s everywhere.”

For more from Sydney Sweeney, head to WSJ.com.

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