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Sam Levinson Defends That Major Death in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale: “It Just Felt Like an Honest Ending”
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Sam Levinson Defends That Major Death in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Finale: “It Just Felt Like an Honest Ending”

The Hollywood Reporter·Lexi Carson·about 14 hours ago
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Logo text [This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the season three finale of  Euphoria , “In God We Trust.”] Sam Levinson is standing by his decision to have Rue ( Zendaya ) die in Sunday night’s Euphoria season three finale. In the post-show segment on HBO, Levinson, the show’s creator, says it felt like the right way for her character to conclude. “It felt like an honest ending,” Levinson said. “The honest ending is people like Rue don’t make it.” “I think in the end, I wanted to tell an honest story about addiction,” he continued. “I also wanted to tell a story about grief and the emotional turmoil that it can create.” The finale shows Rue dying due to an accidental overdose from taking Alamo’s Percocet pills that were laced with fentanyl. During a dream sequence while she’s overdosing, she has an emotional moment with Fezco that features unseen footage with Angus Cloud , who died in 2023 at age 25 from an accidental overdose.…

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