Jacob Elordi said he approached Nate and Cassie’s scenes in Euphoria almost like a romance film—a striking contrast with the combative way he played Nate’s scenes with Alexa Demie’s Maddy. His comments were about acting choices for the characters, not a relationship between the actors off screen.
What did Jacob Elordi say about working with Sydney Sweeney?
In an Entertainment Weekly interview reproduced by Yahoo Entertainment on January 17, 2022, Elordi described a different approach to playing Nate Jacobs opposite Sweeney, who played Cassie Howard.
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“Yeah, completely different working with Syd. With that particular storyline, I tried to treat it almost like I was making a romance film because I needed to have something different in my eyes in the way that I looked at her.”
He was describing how he wanted Nate to look at Cassie within the storyline. The remark does not establish that Elordi and Sweeney were romantically involved, or that filming the scenes reflected their private lives.
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How did he compare the Cassie and Maddy storylines?
Elordi contrasted Nate and Cassie’s dynamic with Nate’s scenes alongside Maddy, played by Alexa Demie. He said those scenes in the previous season felt more like a drama:
“Whereas when I was working with Alexa last season, it was like a drama. Everything was combative, everything was always on edge, everything was always worried — I needed to play every scene like it was a battle.”
| On-screen pairing | Elordi’s description of his approach |
|---|---|
| Nate and Cassie | He tried to approach the storyline almost as if he were making a romance film. |
| Nate and Maddy | He described the dynamic as dramatic and combative, playing scenes as if they were battles. |
The contrast is about the fictional relationships and Elordi’s performance choices, not a ranking of his co-stars or a claim about how the scenes were made.
Was there a reported change to a Cassie and Nate scene?
A Celebrity Insider UK article matching the headline reports that Sweeney and Elordi asked creator Sam Levinson to let them build a written argument scene further, connecting the change to Cassie’s “I’m crazier” line. That detail is secondary reporting; the original interview or a production source confirming the account is not identified here.
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The same article attributes comments to Sweeney about declining shirtless moments she considered unnecessary and not feeling pressured by Levinson in those situations. Those remarks should likewise be understood as reported comments, not as independently verified production details.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why the headline can be misleading
“Intimate scenes” can suggest that Elordi was talking about actors’ private intimacy. The interview instead describes how he chose to perform Nate and Cassie’s fictional romance differently from Nate and Maddy’s conflict. His specific explanation was that the Cassie storyline called for a romance-film-like approach.
Capital also quoted the Entertainment Weekly interview in a January 19, 2022 article, reporting the contrast between the two on-screen dynamics.
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