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Zendaya, in particular, won an Emmy for Best Actress for her portrayal of Rue Bennett. Both times, the person in crisis is Euphoria protagonist Rue Bennet (Zendaya.
The riveting teen drama series has been praised for its acting. Euphoria starts with an overdose.Season 1 also seems to end with one during finale And Salt the Earth Behind You. Contents 1 Appearances 2 Main characters 2.1 Ruby Rue Bennett 2.2 Alexandra 'Lexi' Howard 2.3 Fezco 2. The show premiered on June 16, 2019, on HBO (USA). What follows is an intense intervention, a police chase and Rue being drugged by Julie ( Marie O'Neill). Rue Bennett, played by Zendaya, is the primary protagonist and narrator of HBO's Euphoria. Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created by Sam Levinson, which centres on a group of dysfunctional high school students at East Highland High School. In other words, we as viewers haven't fully grasped the extent of Rue's addiction because we've been distracted by the Cassie ( Sydney Sweeney), Nate ( Jacob Elordi) and Maddy ( Alexa Demie) love triangle, as well as Cal ( Eric Dane's) breakdown.īut by the time episode five rolls around, Rue can no longer hide from the consequences of her own actions, especially after Jules ( Hunter Schafer) tells Rue's mom about her relapse.
So while Sam Levinson wanted to highlight other stories, she said, "It's kind of also Rue as an unreliable narrator, in the sense that she's just trying to skate by without people noticing that she's doing what she's doing, and trying not to get caught." 'Rue has become an amalgamation of my experiences, Euphoria creator Sam Levinsons. The second season of Euphoria has largely focused on other characters like Cassie and Cal, so it's been easy to forget that this is supposed to be Rue's story.īut Zendaya told Entertainment Weeklythat the shift in focus can be partly attributed to Rue's drug addiction, which has distorted her view of reality. Zendaya recently opened up about the process of creating Rue, despite not having the same real-life struggles.