WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
Sam Levinson is opening up about the end of Euphoria, including the fate of one of the major stars of the HBO show.
The show’s creator got candid in HBO’s post-episode breakdown, explaining why Rue (Zendaya) dies from an accidental overdose.
“It just felt like the honest ending. The honest ending is people like Rue don’t make it,” he explained.
“I think in the end, I wanted to tell an honest story about addiction. I also wanted to tell a story about grief and the emotional turmoil that it can create.”
He also revealed why it wasn’t always going to go that way with Rue during an interview with the New York Times.
“I had originally written a different trajectory for the character of Rue, during the writers strike [in 2023]. We got the news that Angus [Cloud] passed away [that July]. I’d always been really concerned about the prevalence of fentanyl. But once he passed away, I had to reconceive the script and I thought, you can’t tell a story about addiction today without the very real consequences. Most people don’t get a second chance. Fentanyl can just take you out in an instant.”
Get a full breakdown of the fates of every character on the series after the finale.
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