People tagged my family in screenshots of nude scenes

Sydney Sweeney attacked the trolls who took screenshots of her nude scenes in “Euphoria” and tagged her family members online.

“It got to the point where they tagged my family. My cousins ​​don’t need this. It’s totally disgusting and unfair “ GQ said in an interview published on Friday.

Sweeney – who plays Cassie Howard in the school drama – said the people who sent her family members her nude scenes mirrored exactly the type of female sexualization the HBO series represents.

“You have a character that goes through the control of being sexualized in school and then an audience that does the same,” she told the magazine.

But Sweeney, 25, admitted that the online harassment she received wouldn’t stop her from continuing the nude scenes in her career.

“I think it’s ridiculous. I am an artist, I play characters. It makes me want to play characters that piss people off more, ”she said.

The actress of “White Lotus” also expressed how she has worked all her life to make people realize that she is more than just her body.

“I had tits in front of other girls and felt ostracized about it,” said Sweeney. “I was embarrassed and never wanted to change in the cloakroom. I think I took on that strange personality that other people had because of my body. So I did every sport, studied very hard, and did whatever people wouldn’t think I would do to show them that my body doesn’t define who I am. “

Sweeney shared earlier this year that she only does nudity when necessary due to the storyline. She even asked “Euphoria” director Sam Levinson to cut out some topless scenes she deemed unnecessary.

“There are times when [my character] Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I’d say to Sam, “I don’t think that’s necessary” said the Independent in January. “He was like” OK, we don’t need this. “

Sweeney also shared that she was never forced to act in any nude scenes that made her uncomfortable.

“I never felt that Sam was imposing this on me or trying to put a nude scene on an HBO show,” she explained, adding, “When I didn’t want to do it, he didn’t force me.”

However, this was not always the case with some of the other projects she was involved in.

“I’ve had experiences where I wanted to go home and scrub myself completely raw because I feel disgusting,” she said then. “I wasn’t comfortable with my castmate or crew, and I just didn’t feel like my character would do it.”

And while she is proud of the nude scenes she has participated in, she is also concerned that nudity can distract from people noticing her acting skills.

“I am very proud of my work at” Euphoria “. I thought it was a great performance. But nobody is talking about it because I undressed, ”she said.

“I’m making” White Lotus “and suddenly the critics point out to it. People love me. They ask, “Oh my God, what’s she doing next?” I thought, “Haven’t you seen that in Euphoria?” Haven’t you seen that in The Handmaid’s Tale? ‘