Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney has revealed the struggles she faced accepting her body as a teenager as she becomes the latest star to cover British GQ’s special issue.
The actress, 25, who rose to fame playing Cassie Howard on the hit HBO series, admitted she was ’embarrassed’ by her body in school.
Speaking to the title for its December/January issue, she said: ‘I was embarrassed and I never wanted to change in the locker room. I think that I put on this weird persona other people had of me because of my body.
‘I was embarrassed’: Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney has revealed the struggles she faced accepting her body as a teenager as she becomes the latest star to cover British GQ’s special issue
Sydney continued: ‘So I did play every sport and I studied really hard and I did everything that people wouldn’t think I would do, to show them that my body doesn’t define who I am.’
She then opened up about receiving hateful online messages in reaction to her exposing her body on shows such as Euphoria.
The star revealed the online trolls were ‘tagging my family’ and branded the behaviour ‘completely disgusting and unfair’.
Speaking to the title for its December/January issue, she said: ‘I was embarrassed and I never wanted to change in the locker room. I think that I put on this weird persona other people had of me because of my body.’
She explained: You have a character that goes through the scrutiny of being a sexualised person at school and then an audience that does the same thing.’
Sydney will be toasted at the 25th annual GQ Men Of The Year celebration in association with BOSS, taking place in London on Wednesday 16th November.
The December/ January issue of GQ is available on newsstands and via digital downloads on Tuesday 29th November.
The blonde bombshell previously spoke with The Hollywood Reporter in a wide-ranging interview where she revealed she has no plans to stop doing nude scenes.
Sydney continued: ‘So I did play every sport and I studied really hard and I did everything that people wouldn’t think I would do, to show them that my body doesn’t define who I am.’ (pictured in October 2014)
While Euphoria has earned critical acclaim, with her co-star Zendaya becoming the youngest to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy, it has also become controversial with reports of long working hours and overly sexualized material.
Sweeney brushed those reports aside, stating, ‘I fully trust in the filmmakers that I work with, and I’m always so excited for whatever (Euphoria creator) Sam (Levinson) writes.’
She added that she loses herself so fully in the material that she forgets what it’s like behind-the-scenes adding, ‘It’s as if it’s someone else’s life.’
Star: The actress, 25, who rose to fame playing Cassie Howard on the hit HBO series, admitted she was ’embarrassed’ by her body in school
‘People forget that I’m playing a character, they think, “Oh, she gets naked onscreen, she’s a sex symbol,”‘ Sweeney said.
‘And I can’t get past that. I have no problems with those scenes, and I won’t stop doing them, but I wish there was an easier way to have an open conversation about what we’re assuming about actors in the industry,’ she added.
The second season of Euphoria found Cassie hooking up with Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), shortly after he split with her best friend Maddie (Alexa Demie).
‘He read me that first scene where Cassie and Nate go into the bathroom. And I was like, “Oh my God, Sam, you’re a madman,”‘ Sweeney says of Cassie and Nate’s first hookup at a rowdy New Year’s Eve party.
That first episode paved the way for her to continue secretly hooking up with Nate, and lead to her now-infamous bathroom breakdown that likely secured her Emmy nomination
‘I feel really bad for Cassie; she’s losing herself so much. But I thrive doing that s**t. People talk about how heavy this season is, but I love it,’ Sweeney added.
Not stopping: The blonde bombshell spoke with The Hollywood Reporter in a wide-ranging interview where she revealed she has no plans to stop doing nude scenes
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