Zendaya Says ‘I Still Have Scars on My Leg’ From Filming ‘Euphoria’ Withdrawal Episode

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Zack Sharf Zendaya revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she still has scars on her legs from filming the fifth episode of “Euphoria” Season 2, titled “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird.” The devastating episode finds Rue having a breakdown while in withdrawal from drugs.

The extended opening sequence pits Rue against her mother Leslie (Nika King), who has just found out about Rue’s relapse. Rue gets confrontational with her family, and she later abandons them when they try to drive her to rehab.“It was a very tough day.

I mean, I beat myself up. I still have some scars on my legs, and got quite a few bruises,” Zendaya said about filming Rue’s breakdown episode, which “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson had long wanted to make. “It’s always been a really intense episode…the general idea was always the same, which was this idea of, we cut right into an intervention and it’s Rue just ripping her life apart and setting her life on fire and kind of tearing everything to the ground to basically come to hopefully what feels like rock bottom for her.” Zendaya filmed this episode after returning from the 2021 Venice Film Festival, which she attended on behalf of “Dune.” The actress said, “It was so intense and scary to tackle, and obviously something that would be incredibly emotionally taxing, but also physically taxing.

Also, I care about Rue and I hate when she’s in pain. And I think this whole episode, there’s so much pain and it’s bubbling to the surface, and it’s also crossed with her withdrawing, which is extremely physically painful.”“[Rue has] lost all control of who she is,” Zendaya added. “And you can see there’s a little moment after that where all of it becomes regret.