Before she rose to stardom, Sydney Sweeney struggled to make it in Hollywood. In fact, the Emmy-nominated actor, who stars as Christy Martin in the upcoming biopic Christy , had to fight to land her breakout role in Euphoria .

In this episode of I Never Knew That , editor Catherine relays Sweeney's journey to fame and explains how she almost missed out on her iconic role as Cassie Howard.

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