Jacob Elordi has weighed in on the rumors about a toxic environment on the set of his HBO series Euphoria.
17.02.2022 - 20:29 / variety.com
Mónica Marie Zorrilla SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Season 2 of “Euphoria” on HBO. Lyla Garrity, the bubbly, spoiled country princess of “Friday Night Lights” iconically portrayed by Minka Kelly, had a thing for football jocks and hyping them up on the field, but that’s just about where the superficial similarities between Lyla and “Euphoria’s” Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) — TV’s latest teen queen bee — end. Garrity was a cotton-candy angel compared to Perez’s sour and smart-mouthed demeanor.
Beneath the looks and the cheer routines, however, are two young women who spend a lot of time preoccupied with figuring out themselves.Kelly, who plays Maddy’s confidante and boss in a guest role on “Euphoria,” is happy to ditch the high-ponytails and play the older and wiser one now. “I like being a bit more grounded into the character that I’m playing — I’m not having a nervous breakdown every episode, ha, so that’s a nice change of pace!” Kelly, a self-professed fan of “Euphoria” even before getting personally invited by showrunner Sam Levinson to join the cast for Season 2, was stunned when he told her that he had written a character — Samantha — with her in mind.“It was a big leap of faith because I didn’t speak to him until our first day on set.
But I’m such a fan of Sam’s writing and storytelling that I knew whatever he wrote was going to be great because he doesn’t do anything halfway or mediocre,” Kelly said. She didn’t know much about who Samantha would turn out to be for Maddy, and perhaps Levinson didn’t know either.
Jacob Elordi has weighed in on the rumors about a toxic environment on the set of his HBO series Euphoria.
Zack Sharf Barbie Ferreira recently told Insider that a lot of reports claiming there was set tension during the production of “Euphoria” Season 2 are untrue. Ferreira was the subject of several rumors alleging she feuded with series creator Sam Levinson over the direction of her character, Kat.
HBO is responding to claims “Euphoria” fostered an unsafe workplace environment.
Euphoria just ended its with a controversial finale that closed some story arcs and…completely forgot about others. (What is going to happen to !?) But now that the season is wrapped, Sweeney can hopefully take a long, deserved break from crying, screaming, and generally doing the most until . And it seems Sweeney has also taken the advantage of the Euphoria break by dying her hair from golden blonde to a lush copper red.The newly redhead Sydney Sweeney was spotted on Monday, February 28 in Los Angeles.
Euphoria are a comfort right now. We are as blue as an eye shadow stick, drawn over a lid and up to the brow bone—Euphoria has concluded. On Sunday nights henceforth, no boobs shall bounce, no parents shall day-drink, and no pills or powder shall be spilled in quite the same way.
Warning: Euphoria spoilers ahead!While first caught viewers’ attention with the characters’ and , there are some plots that are straight-up violent and grisly. Perhaps the bleakest storyline of all revolves around the fate of Ashtray (Javon Walton), the ruthless adopted little brother of everyone’s favorite lovable dug dealer ().In the season 2 finale, which aired on February 27, Ash’s fate was almost certainly sealed: After a SWAT team invaded his house, the preteen barricaded himself in the bathroom and was shot after firing a gun at the police. Walton spoke for a post-finale interview about whether or not this is truly the end for his character.
Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of “Euphoria,” which aired on HBO on Feb. 27.Eric Dane is having the time of his life on “Euphoria,” HBO’s wildly popular drama from Sam Levinson.
wrapped up season 2 with a shocking finale that saw the demise of several major characters, including teenage drug dealer Ashtray (Javon Walton). The 15-year-old star, who has played Fezco’s (Angus Cloud) younger adopted brother since season 1, opens up to ET’s Denny Directo about the bloody end to his story, who originally was supposed to die, his feelings about the Fexi romance and beating up co-star Eric Dane earlier in the season. While most of characters were still reeling from Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) play, one person missing from the audience was Fez.
Euphoria rose to new highs with the dramatic and messy season 2 finale, drawing in 6.6 million viewers across all HBO platforms.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Euphoria” is now HBO’s second-most-watched show since 2004 behind only “Game of Thrones,” per the pay TV channel.The Zendaya-led drama hit yet another series high with its Season 2 finale episode Sunday, drawing 6.6 million viewers. According to HBO, “Euphoria” Season 2 episodes are now averaging 16.3 million viewers, the best performance for any season of an HBO series other than “Game of Thrones” since 2004.
As viewers say goodbye to the hit HBO series Euphoria for another long stretch of time, only some of the show’s loose ends have been not-so-neatly tied. Without spoiling the finale, the show does answer some obvious questions: What psychotic retaliation does Nate Jacobs whip up post-Lexi Howard’s pointed theatrical debut? Does this final episode make for the worst day in Fezco Hive history? Does Cassie take a shot at backing up her bold claim that she’s crazier than Maddy? But it won’t be until season three airs in 2024 that the other standout questions – including the ones about a certain suspicious drug dealer with an unsettlingly calm demeanor – get answers.
Ellise Shafer Following the explosive Season 2 finale of HBO’s “Euphoria,” composer Labrinth and star Zendaya have released the full version of “I’m Tired.”The gospel-inspired track was first heard in Episode 4, when Labrinth performs the song live during an emotional fantasy scene in which Rue (Zendaya) envisions she is in church. In Sunday night’s finale, viewers got to hear the last minute of the song, which features Zendaya singing solo accompanied by bare-bones piano.
Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of “Euphoria,” which aired on HBO on Feb. 27.“Euphoria” — which was created by Sam Levinson — has captured the hearts, minds and Twitter feeds of millions. With its Season 2 finale, “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name,” the HBO high school drama will once again leave fans craving more, until it eventually returns for Season 3.Season 2 featured plenty of intense scenes and character development to go around, but many of its core plot lines orbit around Jacob Elordi’s complicated and controversial Nate Jacobs.
Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the season finale of “Euphoria,” which aired on HBO on Feb. 27.Angus Cloud’s Fezco has had quite the journey this season of “Euphoria.” The sophomore season of the Sam Levinson show for HBO saw Fez picking up the pieces after his brother Ashtray (Javon Walton) killed drug dealer Mouse (Meeko Gattuso) with a hammer to the head. Following a frightening (and naked) encounter with soft-spoken drug lord Laurie (Martha Kelly), Fez took in heroin addict Faye (Chloe Cherry), the girlfriend of Mouse’s associate Custer (Tyler Chase).Whispers about Mouse’s death finally caught up with the brothers as Fez saw his life go up in smoke (literally).
season 2 has come to a close. But not before the cast opened up to ET about the unexpected ending, which “feels like the end of days,” Jacob Elordi said. “It’s madness.”The finale, “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned for a Thing I Cannot Name” written and directed by creator Sam Levinson, picked up immediately following episode 7’s cliffhanger, which saw Maddy (Alexa Demie), Jules (Hunter Schafer), Kat (Barbie Ferreira) and a recently sober Rue (Zendaya) all having various, bemused reactions to Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) provocative play while Nate (Elordi) walked out and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) was left fuming.Not only that, but one seat in the audience remained empty as Fezco’s (Angus Cloud) whereabouts remained unclear. The missing half of Fexi was last seen getting ready at his apartment where there was mounting tension between Ashtray (Javon Walton), Faye (Chloe Cherry) and Custer (Tyler Chase), who was wearing a wire in hopes of narcing on Fez. The episode opens with Fez letting Lexi know that he’s on his way to the play when Custer wants to talk to him “about everything.” Luckily, Faye turns on her boyfriend and warns Fez not to reveal anything while also trying to frame Laurie (Martha Kelly), the drug dealer that almost kidnapped Rue at one point.
Ellise Shafer SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the first seven episodes of “Euphoria” Season 2. Despite the immense popularity of HBO’s “Euphoria,” clearing a song for use in the show isn’t as easy as it may appear — especially when it comes to legacy artists and estates.As music supervisor Jen Malone puts it, the teenage drama series has “sex, nudity, violence, drugs, guns. There’s not one thing that was missing as far as red flags for approval parties.”And yet the first episode of Season 2 kicks off with Billy Swan’s cover of “Don’t Be Cruel,” made famous by Elvis Presley.
has been at the top of its class. But that doesn't mean the series is looking to make its stars feel uncomfortable.Recently, Minka Kelly sat down for an interview with and revealed exactly how her discomfort with one planned nude scene led to a rewrite by writer-creator Sam Levinson.Kelly joined the HBO drama in the second season as Samantha, a wealthy would-be mentor of sorts to Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), whom she hires as a babysitter for her son.According to Kelly, she signed on with the expectation of it being for a single episode, but her chemistry with Demie led to Levinson stretching the role out to something more significant that spanned the rest of the second season.However, on her very first day on set, Kelly said that there was one scene that she asked to have changed because she didn't feel right about the level of nudity involved.
Like her co-star Sydney Sweeney, Minka Kelly didn’t think twice about setting boundaries while on the set of "Euphoria." The actress recently recalled how her character Samantha hired Maddy (Alexa Demie) as a babysitter and then has the teen unzip her dress in the second season episode, which aired in January. According to the 41-year-old, creator Sam Levinson originally wrote a more risqué scene than the one viewers saw. "[Levinson] thought it would be more interesting if my dress fell to the ground," Kelly told Vanity Fair.
Euphoria star Minka Kelly has revealed she pushed back against a nude scene that was planned for her character Samantha.The actress’ character hired Maddy (Alexa Demie) as a babysitter for her child as part of the ongoing second season, and has appeared in a number of episodes.However, Kelly explained in a new interview that her character description was “actually so vague” when she initially signed on for the role, before her part was expanded, with creator Sam Levinson rewriting elements on the go.“That can be frustrating and can throw some people off, but I actually trust and feel safe with a director who’s not afraid to change his mind,” she told Vanity Fair. “At the end of the day, the goal is what ends up onscreen.
season 2 has been building up to this moment, with Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) semi-biographical play taking center stage in the penultimate episode, “The Theater and Its Double,” written and directed by creator Sam Levinson. Austin Abrams, who plays Ethan, talks to ET about his show-stopping, homoerotic dance routine he performs as a version of Nate (Jacob Elordi) and how he feels about where things ended up between Ethan and Kat (Barbie Ferreira) this season. After first appearing in season 1 as Kat’s geek-ish lab partner who takes an interest in her, Ethan has slowly grown into his own over the course of the first two seasons of.