When requested concerning the challenges of constructing “Euphoria” Season 3, one caught out for collection creator Sam Levinson: losing Angus Cloud to an overdose in 2023.
“Losing Angus was really hard for us as a production. I loved him very deeply,” an emotional Levinson advised Variety at Tuesday night time’s “Euphoria” Season 3 premiere in Hollywood. “I fought hard to keep them clean.”
Levinson stated he used the brand new season to honor Cloud and “keep him alive” by means of storytelling.
He added, “I wanted to deal with that. I wanted to deal with questions about faith, about a power greater than ourselves. What it means to surrender your life and your will to God as you understand him.”
In addition to Cloud, “Euphoria” additionally lost Eric Dane to ALS in February. Levinson recalled telling Dane that “there’s no pressure” to return to set following his ALS prognosis, however Dane asserted, “I want to do this.”
“When he showed up, I noticed that his speech was a little slurred,” Levinson remembered. “He was a bit self-conscious, and I said, ‘This works perfectly. We’re gonna put five beer bottles in front of you, and you’re about to say all of the shit you would never say if you were sober.’ And we just had a blast shooting. We had 28 cast members on Saturday for the wedding. There’s all these people around, and he just showed up with such grace and dignity. He’s a consummate professional all the way through, and I miss him.”
After collection star Zendaya advised that Season 3 could possibly be “Euphoria’s” final, Levinson shared his ideas on whether or not or not he would proceed the present. Levinson stated he writes “every season like it’s the last season” and has “no plans” for a Season 4. As of now, he stated he’s utterly targeted on delivering his greatest work with Season 3.
He stated, “I want to finish this as strong as I can. I’m cutting [Episodes] 7 and 8 still. I’m putting some finishing touches. I just want to deliver a fucking slam dunk season.”
Zendaya hinted fairly strongly throughout an look on “The Drew Barrymore Show” that the collection is coming to finish with Season 3. “I think so, yeah,” she said when Barrymore requested it was the ultimate season. Zendaya additionally stated, “That closure is coming.”
There has been no official phrase from HBO about future seasons.
As beforehand reported, Season 3 jumps forward 5 years with Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Nate (Jacob Elordi) married and dwelling within the suburbs and Rue working off her debt to drug supplier Laurie (Martha Kelly). Levinson additionally has revealed that Jules (Hunter Schafer) is in artwork college and Maddy (Alexa Demie) is working at a expertise company in Hollywood.
Last month, Zendaya advised me that “it was a whirlwind” filming the third season. “I did what I do in eight months in like four months,” she stated on the Los Angeles premiere of “The Drama.” “It was like trying to get eight episodes in at once. It just flew by me.”
“Euphoria” Season 3 premieres on HBO on April 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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