Sydney Sweeney Excited to 'Jump Back' Into Playing Cassie in Season 3 ofEuphoria: 'The Most Special Character' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Sydney Sweeney.Photo:Adela Loconte/Shutterstock

Adela Loconte/Shutterstock

Sydney Sweeneyis ready to get back in the halls of East Highland High School!

The actress, 26, plays Cassie Howard on the hit HBO dramaEuphoria, which will startfilming its third seasonin January 2025, the network announced in July.

“I’m very excited to jump back into Cassie. She is definitely one of the most special characters for me and I love my Euphoria family, so I look forward to it,” Sweeney, who is currently partrnering with herHEYDUDE, tells PEOPLE of heading back on set in the new year with costars includingZendaya,Jacob ElordiAlexa Demie,Maude ApatowandHunter Schafer.

As for what she would like to explore in her season 3 storyline, theWhite Lotusstar says she likes exploring the high school girl’s dark side.

Sydney Sweeney attends the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in March 2024.Steven Simione/WireImage

Steven Simione/WireImage

“I love crazy Cassie, so the crazier, the better for me,” she admits.

But Sweeney tells PEOPLE she doesn’t know what’s in store for Cassie in the upcoming season ofEuphoria, which was announced in 2022 with a production start slated for 2025.

Sydney Sweeney as Cassie in ‘Euphoria.'.Eddy Chen/HBO Max

Eddy Chen/HBO Max

“Honestly, I don’t know anything about it,” she says when asked if there are any tidbits she can tease for fans now that fans know production will begin in January.

TheAnyone But Youstar might be staying mum because she admittedin a March 2024 interview that talking aboutEuphoriais “as scary as talking aboutMarvel,” the notoriously secret film franchise. “I said one thing, and it went everywhere.”

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Sweeney in Mexico City in May.Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty

Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty

She’s likely referring to herWho What Wearcover story in March 2024 in which she revealed that there will be a time jump for the characters in season 3.

“It’s going to be very, very wild,” she told the outlet of the season, before revealing the time jump. “I actually like it because there’s so much room for growth for both me as a person and also Cassie as a character.”

In the meantime, Sweeney is focusing her attention on her partnership with the popular shoe brandHEYDUDE, which holds great meaning to her as she says her “family’s obsessed with the brand.”

“Everyone wears it. I’ve been up at the lake the whole summer and all my cousins wear HEYDUDEs. I’ve just been noticing more and more people wearing them,” she shares. “I’ve definitely noticed that the brand’s really popular among young men, and I always gravitate towards brands that I want to bring into a younger female audience space because I really think that this footwear is for everybody and it’s super comfortable and everybody should be comfortable and confident.”

“I really wanted to tell a story that not everyone gets to see. Everyone knows the Sydney Sweeney that is on the carpet and in L.A. and on sets, but not everyone really gets to know Syd, which is where a lot of the inspiration behind this campaign that you’re going to get to see comes from,” she adds. “I’m so excited that HEYDUDE really just was down to embrace this whole different version of me. It was awesome. I felt so happy. My entire team was saying about it, that it was probably one of the most fun shoots that we’ve all had and just the most organic and [very] Syd, so that’s where it all grew from.”

source: people.com