Getting Real! The ‘Euphoria’ Cast’s Honest Quotes About All That Onscreen Nudity

Sydney Sweeney

The actress spoke candidly about her nude scenes when comparing her Euphoria role to her appearance on the White Lotus.

“The White Lotus has been a completely different kind of turning point. I don’t think as many people took me seriously in Euphoria because I took my shirt off. With The White Lotus, all these people came out of the woodwork like, ‘You’re the most amazing …’ and I’m like, ‘But I went through the most crazy emotional roller coaster in Euphoria. So, thanks?'” Sydney told Cosmopolitan in March 2022. “I’m so disconnected from it. When I get tagged in Cassie’s or Pippa from The Voyeurs’ nudes, it feels like me looking at their nudes, not Sydney’s nudes. When you film one of these scenes, it’s so technical and not romantic. There are people staring at you, pads between you; there’s nipple covers and weird sticker thongs all up your butt.”

“I think it’s important to the storyline and the character,” she told Teen Vogue of her nude scenes. “There’s a purpose to what that character is going through. That’s the character. We all get naked in real life. We show this character’s life and what they’re going through. Cassie’s body is a different form of communication for her.”

In a separate November 2022 interview with GQ, Sydney revealed that online trolls took screenshots of her nude scenes and tagged her family members on social media.

“It got to the point where they were tagging my family. My cousins don’t need that. It’s completely disgusting and unfair,” she explained. “You have a character that goes through the scrutiny of being a sexualized person at school and then an audience that does the same thing.”

Jacob Elordi

The actor explained that he never felt uncomfortable taking his clothes off for Euphoria, noting during a March 2022 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that it “comes with the territory of the character.”

Minka Kelly

Appearing as Samantha in season 2, the Friday Night Lights actress said she turned down a nude scene for her character.

“[Levinson] thought it would be more interesting if my dress fell to the ground. That was my first day as a guest on this new show, and I just didn’t feel comfortable standing there naked,” she told Vanity Fair in February 2022, referring to a scene where Maddy (Alexa Demie) helped Samantha take her dress off. “I said, ‘I’d love to do this scene, but I think we can keep my dress on.’ He was like, ‘OK!’ He didn’t even hesitate. And he shot a beautiful scene and got exactly what he wanted.”

Austin Abrams

Although the actor didn’t have any nude scenes, he was originally supposed to film his character Ethan’s season 2 dance sequence in just “tighty whities.” Instead, he ended up wearing a football uniform.

“That’s not something previously that I had done in a long time, with dancing and stuff,” the Dash & Lily star told Entertainment Tonight in February 2022. “But it was also really exciting. So, it was a combination of those two things.”

Eric Dane

The Grey’s Anatomy alum, who plays Cal Jacobs, wore a prosthetic penis during one episode in season 2.

“It’s all got a purpose,” he told E! News in January 2022 when addressing the show’s nudity. “And as long as it’s purposeful in the context of the story, then I think it’s useful. As far as the drugs go, you know, I never thought this show is a love letter to drugs. It’s, as far as I’ve seen, nothing I want to partake in. In fact, it to me it seems more like a cautionary tale.”

Chloe Cherry

Originally, her character, Faye, was supposed to be shoved into a vent while she was naked. However, her costar Tyler Chase, who played her onscreen boyfriend Custer, spoke out.

“It probably would’ve been more comfortable had we had a little more time to know each other,” the star recalled to the Daily Beast in January 2022, recalling her and Tyler’s first scene together. “Sam wanted to do the scene with me completely naked and Tyler was like, ‘That’s a lot,’ so they decided not to. But I was covered in fake blood and just felt so good being on set.”

Alexa Demie

Initially, the actress had some hesitations about stripping down for her scenes.

“The nudity was — it was tough for me because I’m not really … I’m just not comfortable like that publicly. So, it was hard for me,” she told Vogue in July 2019. “It definitely … pulled me out of my comfort zone, and after I did it, I watched it and it’s just … it’s not that serious. I think everything that we do in the show … we’re not, like, glorifying it.”