Ahead of the release of Euphoria season 3, Zendaya gushes about what fans can expect from her character, Rue, in the upcoming season. Euphoria cast members Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer and Maude Apatow recently appeared in an awards season Q&A for their hit show Euphoria, accompanying a screening of season two’s fifth episode, ‘Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.’
In Euphoria season 2 episode 5, Zendaya’s Rue runs throughout the night to evade police, drug dealers and her mother’s attempts to bring her to rehab, while also revealing Cassie’s (Sweeney) secret relationship with Nate (Jacob Elordi). Creator Sam Levinson had originally written an entirely different version of the season, but Zendaya said that the plan for this stand-alone episode always remained pretty constant.
Zendaya shared, as per THR, “There was a much sadder ending to this season, and so we were thinking, ‘We can’t leave her here, she means too much to us.” Zendaya added to the crowd inside the Paramount Theater, “I think, collectively, as a people, we all needed a little bit of hope. We needed something to look forward to, some goodness and some joy, and trying to find that in a very painful time,” as they worked on the second season amid the pandemic.
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The actress and the executive producer continued, “That felt very relevant to, I think, a lot of people, but also important to me when it comes to Rue. I want people to know that there is something beautiful inside of her, whether she can see it at that time or not.” The Spider-Man star added, “So then, he proceeded to completely change the ending, and it ended in the most beautiful way and the most incredible performances that you guys brought to life that blows my mind.”
While talking about what season 3 holds for Rue, Zendaya said that her one wish ‘is literally just to be able to be alive and maybe enjoy it.’ She said ‘Rue feels like she’s always drowning and hopes that she can, for a moment, just be able to breathe and keep her head above water with “a little bit of happiness and a little bit of joy.’