Sydney Sweeney plays the emotionally vulnerable Cassie Howard in the popular teen drama Euphoria, which has seen her appear partially nude in myriad scenes over the years.
The 24-year-old actor has previously opened up about failing to receive the praise she deserves for her role in the hit series, as she thinks people place too much emphasis on the fact she had appeared nude in the series, which has recently been renewed for a third season.
Sweeney, who previously told The Independent that there's 'a stigma against actresses who get naked on screen', has now addressed the 'double standard' in Hollywood that allows men to be praised for nude scenes while women are often reprimanded.
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Referring to the repercussions that come from shooting nude scenes as a woman, she discussed being tagged in nude pictures from her role as Cassie, as well as her character Pippa in the erotic thriller The Voyeurs.
'I'm so disconnected from it. When I get tagged in Cassie's or Pippa from The Voyeurs' nudes, it feels like me looking at their nudes, not Sydney's nudes,' she told Cosmopolitan.
'When you film one of these scenes, it is so technical and so not romantic. There are people staring at you, there's pads between you, there are nipple covers and weird sticker thongs all up in your butt.'
Opening up about the first time she saw her nude scenes from The Voyeurs, she said: 'I wondered if I'd done too much.'
'I researched celebrities who have done nude scenes, trying to make myself feel better.'
Speaking about the imbalance when it comes to men undressing for the screen versus women, she said: 'There are hour-long compilations of world-famous male actors with nude scenes who win Oscars and get praised for that work. But the moment a woman does it, it degrades them.'
'They're not actresses. They just take off their tops so they can get a role,' she said of the way women who film nude scenes can be perceived. 'There's such a double standard and I really hope I can have a little part in changing that.'
The Sharp Objects star, who was recently nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild award, thanks to her performance in sci-fi thriller The Handmaid's Tale, has now launched her own production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, to help action this change.
Discussing the current lack of support for female voices in the industry, she said: 'There are so many hurdles and passageways and people.'
As much as people in the industry say they support young female voices, I'm still having to fight, even among older women.
'I was told that I couldn't get a credit I believed I deserved, and I couldn't get my company's name on a project I was developing. I have my theories why. Maybe they feel like we're getting it too easy.'
Discussing the struggle that came with trying to attain sufficient recognition in her career, she said: 'I was told I have to do multiple things before I can get a credit like that, as if I didn't deserve it. And that came from women.
'I found that very surprising. Everyone puts on the charade that we're supporting each other, but I have not felt that fully yet.'
Sweeney, who says she didn't shy away from telling Euphoria creator Sam Levinson that some of the intended nude scenes for her character weren't 'necessary', per The Independent, also gave an in-depth account of the difficulties she's had after filming nude scenes.
Speaking to the same news outlet, she said: 'I've had experiences where I want to go home and scrub myself completely raw because I feel disgusting.'
'I didn't feel comfortable with my castmate or the crew, and I just didn't feel like my character would be doing it. That made me even more self-conscious. I didn't feel like I was able to speak up.'
Still, she also said she's never felt uncomfortable filming Euphoria and pointed out that Levinson 'is amazing'.
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