Sam Levinson thinks 'Euphoria' fans are barking up the wrong tree. After facing backlash over Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans storyline in Euphoria’s season three premiere, which debuted on April 12, Levinson hit back at the ongoing criticism. In fact, the show creator said it was an intentional choice to have Cassie doing a sexy dog photoshoot inside the outdated home she lives in with fiancé Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) as they prepare for their expensive wedding. “[Cassie] has got her dog house and her little dog ears and the nose, and that has its own humor,” Levinson explained to 'The Hollywood Reporter' in an interview published on April 12, “but what makes the scene is the fact that her housekeeper is the one filming it.” He added, "What we wanted to always find is the other layer of absurdity that we’re able to tie into it so that we’re not too inside of her fantasy or illusion."
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson defends Sidney Sweeney's Only Fans storyline.
After facing backlash over Sidney's racy storyline in the HBO series' season 3 premiere,
which debuted on April 12th, Levinson hit back at the ongoing criticism.
In fact, the show creator said it was an intentional choice to have Cassie, played by Sidney, doing
a sexy dog photo shoot inside the outdated home she lives in with fiancé Nate Jacobs,
Levinson explained to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published April 12th,
The 41-year-old added,
What we wanted to always find is the other layer of absurdity that we're able to tie
into it so that we're not too inside of her fantasy or illusion."
But it wasn't just the storyline that Levinson felt would accomplish this.
He and longtime director of photography Marcel Rev also zeroed in on the lighting of the
scene, which they felt paired well with the gaudy home decor.
Rev explained,
He added,
