Little is thought about Euphoria season 3 — however creator Sam Levinson has provided a glimpse into what lies forward for the HBO hit.
In Elle’s September cowl story on Zendaya, which was revealed on Wednesday, August 23, Levinson, 38, teased that he views the following chapter of the sequence as a “movie noir” that explores “what it means to be a person with ideas in a corrupt world” via the eyes of Zendaya’s character, Rue.
Euphoria’s third season renewal was introduced by HBO three weeks previous to the season 2 finale, which aired in February 2022. Whereas the sequence was set to start capturing this fall, the continued Hollywood strikes have put manufacturing on maintain.
The teenager drama, which regularly pushes the envelope with its graphic storytelling, has grow to be a vital darling since its 2019 premiere. It ranked as HBO’s second-most watched present of all time behind Sport of Thrones — averaging greater than 16 million viewers — throughout its second season and has obtained numerous award nominations.
In 2020, Zendaya, 26, grew to become the youngest actress to win an Emmy Award for Excellent Lead Actress in a Drama Sequence. She additionally took dwelling a Critics Alternative award and a Golden Globe in 2023.
“She’s probably the most aggressive individual I do know, in a great way,” Levinson informed Elle of his main woman. “She’s always rising as an artist and at all times looking for a problem. She’s by no means complacent.”
The tip of season 2 noticed Rue as soon as once more off medicine and trying to rekindle her friendship with Lexi (Maude Apatow). Elsewhere, cops raided Fezco (Angus Cloud) and Ashtray’s (Javon Walton) dwelling, Nate (Jacob Elordi) turned his dad over to police, and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Maddy (Alexa Demie) confronted the fallout from their friendship following their love triangle with Nate.
As for the place else the story will go in season 3, Euphoria costume designer Heidi Bivens beforehand hinted at a time leap for the characters. “I’m actually excited to learn the scripts,” she informed Vogue earlier this 12 months. “There may be speak of it being roughly 5 years sooner or later, and that they’re not in highschool anymore.”
Ageing Rue out of her teen years is one thing Zendaya can seemingly get behind. “From a personality perspective, I need to discover issues that may push me,” she informed Elle. “As I become older, , I can’t play a young person for the remainder of my life.”
Leaping forward to the longer term, nonetheless, is only one of many modifications the sequence must clarify when it returns. Barbie Ferreira, who portrays Kat Hernandez, introduced her shock exit from the present in August 2022.
“After 4 years of attending to embody probably the most particular and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a really teary-eyed goodbye,” Ferreira, 25, wrote through her Instagram Story on the time. “I hope a lot of you see your self in her like I did and that she introduced you pleasure to see her journey into the character she is at the moment. I put all my care and love into her and I hope you guys may really feel it.”
The present will even want to deal with the tragic lack of Angus Cloud, who died in July on the age of 25. How the present plans to method the character of Fez has but to be revealed, however Max added a tribute to the actor forward of the season 1 and season 2 premiere episodes following his demise.
“In reminiscence of Angus Cloud 1998-2023,” a message reads earlier than the episodes start. The tribute additionally includes a black-and-white picture of Cloud earlier than a viewer discretion warning for the present’s content material.
