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Zendaya almost lost ‘Euphoria’ role to unknown actress: “We all loved her”

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Euphoria casting director Jennifer Venditti has revealed that Zendaya’s role nearly went to a first time actress.Speaking to Variety, Venditti said that Zendaya was always first choice for the part of Rue – a troubled teen with a drug addiction – but at one stage the HBO series had its eye on an unknown talent.“There was a young woman who had been street scouted by my team who was a magical person and had a similar trajectory as Rue and had come around to the other side,” Venditti said, in reference to Rue’s struggles with drug addiction.“But with a TV show, it can be many years [of work].

We all loved her, but when we went through the rigour of the process, we didn’t know if she could handle what it would take in terms of stamina.”Venditti went as far as to assign the young star an acting coach in the hope of preparing her for the emotional weight of the show.

However, she and series creator Sam Levinson weren’t convinced that she was ready to take on the project.“It’s so interesting,” Venditti added. “A polar opposite.

Because here’s Zendaya, who has none of the life experiences of Rue, who was able to dig into her toolbox and access it in such a beautiful way.”Venditti also discussed Hunter Schafer’s casting as Rue’s love interest Jules, explaining how she was primed to succeed in the role despite being a model with no previous acting experience.“I reached out to her agent and they originally passed,” said Venditti. “[The actor] had to be open to any kind of sexual situations.

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