It's one of those moments where you're
like, even if I wasn't in this show,
I'd be a really big fan of the show.
About halfway through our break between season one and season
two, Sam got on the phone with me
and kind of asked me what I thought would happen to Cassie.
And I try to throw out a couple of ideas that
were running through my mind and then he
goes, nope, well, what is it?
And he reads me the first couple lines of when Cassie was
in the bathroom with Nate in episode one,
and Maddy coming and knocking on the door.
And my reaction was just pure shock,
and I couldn't believe that it was actually happening.
And the best part too is I was at a baseball game.
And I was just, like, went under the bleachers
trying to hear him.
And I wanted to scream as loud as possible,
but I couldn't tell anybody.
It's fun playing-- toying with the line of,
is she doing the right thing?
Is she not doing the right thing?
Is she just absolutely insane or is
she just a broken teenage girl?
Well, when I first read it, I thought
that Sam was killing me.
And the hanging out the window actually was just--
me hanging out the window was kind of just random
and very just in the moment.
But when I read it, I thought that Cassie was getting killed
off and I was really bummed.
But then it turned into this weirdly sensual
dangerous connection between these two characters,
and it became what it became.
I don't understand.
If you're not auditioning for Oklahoma,
then why do you look like that?
CASSIE HOWARD: Like, what?
Like a country music star.
In a good way or bad way?
[BLEEP] you better be joking.
Are you Cas?
CASSIE HOWARD: No, yes.
[BLEEP] I am in love with Nate Jacobs and he
is in love with me.
And you know you [BLEEP] give me that look, Maddy, because I did
have [BLEEP] your boyfriend.
You two had broken up for three weeks and three days
before we even had sex.
So I didn't betray you.
But you guys are terrible for each other
and you know I'm right.
And you guys can all judge me if you want, but I do not care.
I have never ever been happier.
SYDNEY SWEENEY: That was also the first scene that we filmed,
coming back to season two.
That was the very first scene that we did coming back.
I had to map out her entire journey
because we filmed so out of order.
So I had to make sure that I was going
into this in the right mindset, energy, everything
that Cassie was.
And leave it at the right moment as well in a character
headspace so that I was leading into a scene
that we probably filmed four months later.
Why are you awake at 4:00 AM?
SYDNEY SWEENEY: She was so excited.
It was her first time that she was going to see him at school.
And she put so much thought and love into that look, and then
nothing.
It was devastating, her heart broke.
Everybody that I've talked to relates
to that specific moment, especially, because everybody
does want to be somebody's dream girl or dream boy or anything.
I really like you.
How I wish that things could be different.
I just think what happened between us was a mistake,
I know we never should have did what we did.
He's a very attentive and caring scene--
like scene partner.
He gives so much and he also listens a lot, which is amazing
because sometimes when you're working with different actors
you don't truly feel like they're listening to you,
and he does.
And so we're able to truly live in these moments
and continue to live in them because our characters are
really communicating to each other.
And it's a beautiful chemistry that I think we
have between Cassie and Nate.
[AUDIENCE CHANTING] Cassie, Cassie, Cassie, Cassie,
Cassie, Cassie, Cassie, Cassie.
My mind was completely blown because when
you're sitting there filming it, it's one thing.
But then seeing all the pieces put together, it's--
honestly I felt like I was watching
just something that was going to be cinematic history.
Like, it was incredible.
I have letters from past castmates--
not classmates but classmates that I believe
wrote to Cassie, that helped develop who she is.
So whether it's love letter, hate letters,
letters from her dad, they're all in the journal,
all folded away.
That have either hurt her or influenced her
or made her feel special in certain ways.
I had a mentor when I was younger who told me
that I should separate myself from my characters
as much as possible for it to be healthy for me,
because I tended to love the characters that
went to darker places, and I could easily assess it.
So I was just looking for different ways
to create a different individual from myself.
And I've always enjoyed writing, I've
always used to start writing journals
or make up different characters in my mind.
And so I started just building these characters.
And it started out smaller, and then I started
developing a way to attack it.
Because it's such a big, big process and job
to do, because it's from the day they're born, to the first page
you meet them on the script.
And it's their entire life that details you wouldn't even
read in a script that I just kind of make up
because every memory moment creates
a person to be someone completely different from,
another person.
And they can talk differently, they can walk differently,
they use their hands to gesture when they speak,
or they don't or they don't look in the eyes.
Like, every single person is just different
because of situations and instances that have happened
to them in their lives.
And so I build all of this, and I just write it down
and I seal it up in a book and I create that character.
And that's how I develop them.
Oh, my gosh there's an endless amount of ways
I think I have definitely grown and become
more confident in myself.
And I have looked for very talented individuals
to collab with, and I think that Sam and Marcel
have influenced me to want to achieve even more than just
acting.
And I want to try directing or cinematography, just something.
Like, they're so inspiring to me that I
hope that I can somehow accomplish 5%
of what they're able to create.
And that's just the beginning.
I mean, I have to say that I think
one of the biggest Scene Stealers of "White Lotus"
is Murray.
I think he's incredible.
Absolutely, hands down, enjoyed his performance,
and he was amazing.
I have to say that every single crew member on "Euphoria"
deserved hero badges because they put
so much love and energy and time of their life and hard work
into this show.
It's not an easy show and it takes
a really long time to film.
And so they're sacrificing so much of their own personal life
to be a part of this.
And they show up every day and they give 110%.
And I'm always so amazed and grateful for their work.
So I think they're all heroes to me.
I am very envious of anyone and everyone on "Yellowstone."
So, I love "Yellowstone."
I don't know, I'm just--
I love it.
I just-- I love it.
I have to say one of the biggest gasping moments
for me was when I read that Lexi was going
to put all of Cassie's dirty laundry
in the play for the school to see.
It was pretty ballsy on her part.