Sydney Sweeney addresses Euphoria backlash ahead of

Sydney Sweeney is taking a visit down reminiscence lane as she displays on her journey with Euphoria.

Just hours before the hit HBO Max collection aired its third season finale, the 28-year-old star shared to Instagram a set of behind-the-scenes snapshots from her time portraying of Cassie Howard.

Sydney’s sentimental put up featured quite a few pictures with co-stars Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, and Maude Apatow, plus newcomers Rosalía and Anna Van Pattern. The montage also included photos from her most daring scenes in what has been described as the present’s most specific season, displaying herself almost unclothed carrying pasties while a snake coils round her physique.

In her caption, she appeared to handle viewers’ commentary about her performance this season, writing, “It’s called… acting.”

Throughout the final eight episodes, Sydney’s character embarks on a profession as an grownup content creator shortly before her wedding ceremony to high faculty boyfriend Nate Jacobs, portrayed by Jacob. Cassie briefly abandons this path at her fiancé’s request. However, upon discovering his substantial monetary difficulties totaling seven figures, she leaves residence and commits absolutely to content creation.

She even enlists her closest good friend and Nate’s former girlfriend, Maddie Perez (Alexa Demie), to help with rebranding and monetizing the enterprise. Sydney’s character continues to develop her clientele by sending mailers that includes her used underwear, attending casting calls, and showing on podcasts alongside viral content creators like Trisha Paytas.

The actress’s performance has divided followers: many slam the character for offensive slurs, while others consider she has “carried the season.”

Undeterred by criticism, the actress has remained “very proud” of her contributions to Euphoria. In an earlier dialog with The Independent, she remarked, “I thought it was a great performance. But no one talks about it because I got naked.”

Euphoria creator Sam Levinson has also championed Sydney’s work, lauding her interpretation of the character and characterizing it as “brilliant.”

While discussing his working relationship with Sydney at The Hollywood Reporter’s Directors in Focus event, he noticed, “What’s interesting is if you push it a little bit, she becomes brilliant.

“You just do a few more takes, and she will attain these ranges that are very trustworthy emotionally, however also deeply humorous,” the director continued. “She’s in a position to anchor the scene with this sort of insanity and chaos happening round her.”

The director has also been forthright relating to the program’s trajectory.

Speaking to Variety at the premiere, he revealed, “[I write] every season prefer it’s the last season. [I have] no plans [for season 4].

“I want to finish this as strong as I can. I’m cutting [episodes] 7 and 8 still. I’m putting some finishing touches. I just want to deliver a f–king slam dunk season,” he added.