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'Euphoria' star Sydney Sweeney calls the third season "unhinged"

By Sophia Soto | Last updated May 27, 2025 5:22 PM ET

With season 3 of HBO's Euphoria currently in production, fans are desperately waiting for more news on when exactly the show will return and what we can expect from the plot. Well, thanks to a new interview with Sydney Sweeney, we have a new word to focus on: "unhinged."

The actress confirmed to Empire that "this season is unhinged," agreeing that it is even "more unhinged" than we've seen so far.

She also took the chance to reflect on the character of Cassie Howard, expressing, "I have such a spot in my heart for Cassie, and I hold her really close and dear. She is crazy. She makes so many mistakes. She’s flawed on so many levels, but she does it all from a place of love. It could be a sad version of love, as well. It’s so much fun to play a character that is as crazy as she is. Sam [Levinson] is such a brilliant filmmaker to work with, because I’ll read something, then I’ll call him, and I’m like, 'Let’s go crazier.' And he’s like, 'I’m all in.'"

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Sweeney then added that the show "definitely changed" her life, addressing the response she sometimes gets on social media for her performance: "I think that with the amount of access, with social media, and how much content gets put out there of Cassie... People do have a hard time separating actors from their characters, and especially someone like Cassie, where she is hated and she’s loved, but she’s definitely a complicated character. And so I think that that could confuse people, for sure. But if they’re hating me for decisions that my character is making, then I’m playing the character correctly."

The cast of the new season also includes Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Colman Domingo, Eric Dane, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Rosalía, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Marshawn Lynch, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Kadeem Hardison, Priscilla Delgado, James Landry Hébert, Anna Van Patten, and Sharon Stone.

Sophia Soto

Sophia Soto is a writer and interviewer with a passion for all things entertainment. She is a Senior Reporter at The Nerds of Color and contributes to Yardbarker, Screensphere, Den of Geek, What to Watch, Nerdtropolis, and Temple of Geek. You can see her past work on Remezcla, Young Hollywood, Looper, Paste Magazine, Primetimer, Soundsphere, and Starry Constellation Magazine

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