Warning: Spoilers forward for the second season of HBO’s hit teen drama Euphoria. The most recent episode, “A Thousand Little Bushes of Blood,” is at present obtainable to stream on HBO Max.
Does Euphoria have as a lot drama off-screen because it does on? In all probability not, nevertheless it’s not precisely a low-key office, based on rumors which were circulating over the previous few months. Earlier this 12 months, blind gadgets on DeuMoix urged that Barbie Ferreira, who performs Kat Hernandez on the present, was not “vibing” with creator Sam Levinson’s imaginative and prescient for the second season, even strolling off the set at one level throughout an argument. Viewers quickly seen that Kat, who had been featured prominently within the first season, had far fewer scenes within the new episodes, with many guessing that this was a type of retaliation by Levinson. Ferreira notably didn’t attend the second-season premiere, which solely fueled hypothesis.
Now we’ve got affirmation that Kat’s arc isn’t what was initially deliberate—as a result of loads has modified for each character. In a joint interview with Ferreira for The Reduce, star and government producer Zendaya revealed that the unique scripts have been considerably reworked. “There are only a few issues that stay within the model you’re now seeing,” she stated. “The issues that didn’t make it positively wanted to die.” (Alexa Demie additionally revealed a change within the script relating to that intercourse tape.)
In the identical interview, Ferreira defined why Kat’s habits might strike followers as complicated. “Kat’s journey this season is a bit more inner and a bit mysterious to the viewers,” Ferreira stated. “She is secretly going by numerous existential crises.”
In the latest episode, as an illustration, she advised her boyfriend that they needed to break up as a result of she had a terminal mind illness, seemingly a lie that got here out of nowhere. “She loses her marbles a bit bit—identical to everybody else on this season,” Ferriera continued. “The theme is everybody’s gone a bit loopy.”
Although Ferriera didn’t touch upon the behind-the-scenes rumors, Kat’s actions in episode six did not seem to convince fans that the whole lot is copacetic behind the scenes…. Hopefully, within the last two episodes, Kat’s storyline will come collectively and provides us extra scenes with Ferreira to obsess over.
Supply: Glamour