After weeks of backlash over Cassie's OnlyFans storyline, "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson defended the character's arc and revealed Sydney Sweeney rejected his early idea to shoot the role with little or no nudity."Well, it's funny," Levinson told The New York Times after the hit HBO show's finale aired on May 31."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?'"He recalled Sweeney's reaction as, "Are you kidding? I'm playing an OnlyFans model.You're telling me you're going to, like, skirt around it?""I was like, ‘Yeah, OK, that's a fair point,'" Levinson added.SYDNEY SWEENEY WRANGLES PYTHON NEARLY NUDE IN 'EUPHORIA' AS FANS BLAST 'SNOOZE FEST' SEASONSydney Sweeney pushed back on "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson's offer to film with less nudity.
(Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Sweeney faced criticism each week since the show's premiere on April 12.The 28-year-old actress' portrayal of Cassie focused largely on the character's launch of her OnlyFans account in order to pay for an extravagant wedding and other debts accumulated throughout the intense third season.Levinson defended Cassie's storyline, explaining the character is someone who "just wants to be loved" and "adored.""It feels to me like the natural progression of social media, whether it's Instagram or any of these things – you're the product, you're the brand," he said.
"It's based around external validation."Sydney Sweeney wore a dog costume with ears in season three of "Euphoria." (Instagram: Euphoria)SYDNEY SWEENEY WALKS 'DELICATE LINE' AS 'EUPHORIA' SEX SCENES OVERSHADOW HER TALENT: EXPERTSydney Sweeney appears as Cassie Howard in season three of the HBO series "Euphoria." (HBO/Warner Bros)Levinson expanded on the show's depiction of OnlyFans and why the platform fit Cassie's character arc."Look, we're tackling this world of OnlyFans where women are being paid to, like, whisper into an ear-shape...