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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10

Sydney Sweeney Defends Euphoria Nudity, Reveals Cut Season 3 Pole Dance Scene at 28

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Jun 10

Sydney Sweeney Defends Euphoria Nudity, Reveals Cut Season 3 Pole Dance Scene at 28

Q: With so many deleted scenes and story changes, will a director's cut reveal the Euphoria finale we were meant to see?

No. Based on what Sydney Sweeney and Sam Levinson have said, there is no sign that a director’s cut will unveil some hidden “real” *Euphoria* finale. Sweeney’s comments do confirm that major scenes were deleted or changed. She said actors often only saw their own material, that Cassie’s long-term fate had been pitched years earlier, and that a pole-dancing sequence she trained for was cut. Other cast members have also described removed material. But that points to a fluid editing and writing process, not to a shelved alternate ending waiting to be restored. The stronger evidence is that Levinson and HBO have treated the aired finale as the definitive ending. Levinson has said season three was reshaped by real-life events, especially Angus Cloud’s death, and that the final version reflects the story he ultimately believed he needed to tell. Reports also indicate other character endings evolved during development, suggesting creative revision rather than studio interference. There is also no public indication from HBO of a special extended edition, alternate finale, or director’s cut release. The only realistic possibility is that some deleted scenes could surface later as bonus material, which is exactly how Sweeney framed the missing Cassie footage. So the answer is that fans may eventually see extra scenes, but not a different finale that was “meant to be.” The version that aired is, by all available evidence, the official and intended end of the series.

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Vanity Fair quoted 28-year-old Sydney Sweeney saying she had no issue with Euphoria’s explicit scenes because “I’m playing a character,” separating Cassie’s choices from her own.
Sam Levinson sent her the scripts in advance and discussed the OnlyFans material with her, she said, framing the nudity as part of portraying Cassie “in the most vulnerable and insane way possible.”
Sweeney also disclosed a season-three strip-club sequence was cut after she filmed it: Cassie got drunk, went onstage and pole danced, despite Sweeney taking lessons for the scene.
The comments extend a defense she made on Instagram last month — “it’s called… acting” — as the HBO series continues to face criticism for oversexualizing characters who were high schoolers in its first two seasons.