There has been buzz around the HBO high school drama Euphoria and its portrayal of drugs and sex. The show’s star Zendaya took to Instagram ahead of its Sunday night premiere to give a warnin…
addressed the drug use on the screen saying that he and the producers were “mindful of” the risk of glamorizing drug use “just by the sheer nature of it being on screen.” “We have to be authentic about it,” he said. “If we’re pulling our punches and we’re not showing the relief that drugs can bring it starts to lose its impact. Drugs are not the solution but they can feel like it at times, and that’s what makes them so destructive.
Zendaya plays the role of Rue who has quite a potty mouth and likes to partake in drugs — that is a far cry from her time on the Disney Channel series. At ATX, she said that the role is a “very different”. She added that taking more of an adult role wasn’t strategic. “I just knew that I had to take my time and I had to go slow and I had to earn my way up,” she added.
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