Sydney Sweeney Finally Speaks Out on Euphoria Cast Drama as Feud Rumors Heat Up

If you spend any time in TV fandom corners online, you’ve probably heard the rumours: that the cast of Euphoria couldn’t stand each other, there was drama with Zendaya, and Sydney Sweeney was allegedly at the centre of it all. Now Sweeney’s finally had her say, and honestly, her take is a lot more down-to-earth than the feverish gossip would have you believe.

'Absolutely Crazy'

Sydney Sweeney sat down for a vanilla-flavoured but revealing chat with Vanity Fair, published 9 June, and took a blowtorch to the ‘feud with Zendaya’ nonsense. Apparently, even she’s a bit bemused by how much rubbish flies around about the Euphoria set:

'It’s honestly crazy to watch how much social media and the press spin things.'

For anyone who’s somehow missed this subplot, speculation about tension with Zendaya ramped right up just before Season 3. Here’s how the internet Sherlocks put it together:

• Zendaya ducked out of a Los Angeles Euphoria premiere after barely showing her face. Cue reports of a supposed falling out.
• Sweeney posted a social media love-in celebrating the show, but didn’t include any photos of Zendaya. Because that’s apparently ironclad proof of rift in 2024.
• In the actual final season, their characters hardly shared the screen. Cassie (Sweeney’s role) gets married, Rue (Zendaya) turns up for the ceremony, then bails straight after. No proper scenes together at all, which only set tongues wagging further.

Not So Fast

If you were hoping for a juicy tell-all about what went down, you’ll be disappointed. Sweeney insisted the cast were tight, stressing that they came up together and grew pretty close over the seasons. The lack of interaction on screen? Purely down to the isolated storylines in the scripts, not because anyone was refusing to share a trailer.

No Film Career Drama Either

Sweeney also shot down claims floating about that everyone’s Hollywood schedules played havoc with production. She made it clear those tabloid headlines were a load of old cobblers:

'I was in first position to HBO. So the moment they say, "Hey, this is the first day of filming," I’m legally not allowed to do anything else.'

If you’re unfamiliar: being in ‘first position’ means you’re contractually handcuffed to the series first and foremost – nothing else gets a look-in. Sweeney said all the main cast were tied up with the same rule, so no, she wasn’t off making three films in Milan instead of being in the Euphoria makeup chair.

How It Actually Worked on Set

One genuinely interesting detail about how the show runs: the cast would only get the scripts for their own scenes, piecing together what was happening with everyone else between takes. Sweeney described the process:

'Every single time we were in the trailer, we were like, "Wait, what are you doing today?"'

The way she tells it, even if they rarely had scenes together, it sounds like more logistical quirk and less a case of full-blown soap opera behind the camera.