'Euphoria': Alanna Ubach on Why the Party Is Over for Suze in Season 2 (Exclusive)
14.02.2022 - 21:27
/ etonline.com
, viewers are also seeing just how messed up and complicated the parents are, including Suze, the wine drunk, single mother to Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Lexi (Maude Apatow) brought to life by Alanna Ubach. A familiar face onscreen, the 46-year-old actress has been seen in everything — notably,, and -- going all the way back to the ABC afterschool specials she did with current co-star Eric Dane. Now, with much appreciation, she’s bringing her wicked comedic timing and amazing facial reactions to a dark and complex season 2.With Cassie going through quite the meltdown these past few episodes and Suze struggling to keep it together, Ubach hopped on the phone with ET to discuss why this good time gal may finally have to stop being everyone’s best friend.
“One thing that I can constantly repeat over and over in my head about this character is, ‘This season, party’s over for party mom. And you have just as much growing up to do as Cassie and Lexi,’” Ubach says. Originally planning to audition for Rue’s mother, once Zendaya was cast as the central teenager, Ubach remembers thinking to herself, “Well, I couldn’t possibly play her mom.
I wouldn’t be able to get away with something like that. But what about this drunk mom here? The one that wants to be everyone’s friend.
She is interesting.”Having grown up with many Suzes, Ubach knew the part inside and out. “These were the cool parents that never had any rules or regulations at the house, where we could all get drunk as long as we didn’t get in our cars and drive.
It was the house of yes,” Ubach recalls. Always seen with a wine glass in her hand, Suze was very much that parent in season 1. It wasn’t until the end, when Cassie got an abortion, that audiences saw a deeper side
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