‘I was absolutely terrified of Olivia’: Sydney Sweeney on her White Lotus character

The breakout star of the hit HBO show talks her new erotic thriller, on-screen nudity and the pitfalls of social mediaI typically heard two reactions from people who watched The White Lotus this summer: one, that they were obsessed with the HBO show, a breakout hit about a cursed week at a Hawaiian resort.

Two, that they were terrified of Olivia, the perpetually unimpressed, bucket hat-wearing dispenser of razor-sharp Gen Z judgment, played with deadpan cruelty by Sydney Sweeney.

In a few short years, the actor, who turns 24 on 12 September, has earned a reputation for portraying young adult characters masking deep wells of emotion with cool detachment, from The White Lotus, to Amy Adams’ roommate at a psychiatric facility in HBO’s Sharp Objects, to another breakout HBO show, Euphoria.Related: The Voyeurs review – Amazon’s fun and sexy erotic thriller throwback

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