Zendaya Says Filming “Euphoria” Season 3 Was a 'Whirlwind': 'I Hope It Turns Out Beautifully'
Zendaya Says Filming “Euphoria” Season 3 Was a 'Whirlwind': 'I Hope It Turns Out Beautifully'
Brenton BlanchetWed, March 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC
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Zendaya as Rue in 'Euphoria' season 3Credit: HBO -
Zendaya is teasing the forthcoming third season of Euphoria
The actress told Variety that filming the project "just flew by me" this time around
Euphoria season 3 is set to premiere on HBO on April 12
Zendaya has high hopes for the latest installment of Euphoria.
On Tuesday, March 17, the star revealed to Variety at the premiere of her new movie The Drama that filming the third season of her hit HBO series "just flew by me."
“Gosh, it was a whirlwind. I did what I do in eight months in, like, four months,” Zendaya, 29, said. “It was like trying to get eight episodes in at once. It just flew by me.”
The star, who has won two Emmys for her performance as Rue, has gotten a sneak peek of the new season already, telling Variety that she's "seen a little bit" of it so far. "I'm excited," she added. "I hope it turns out beautifully."
Zendaya attends the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Drama' on March 17, 2026Credit: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty
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Euphoria's third season arrives in April, over four years after the conclusion of season 2. Returning cast members include Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer, Colman Domingo, Eric Dane and Maude Apatow, among others.
The season will also introduce a few new characters, played by influencer Trisha Paytas, along with Natasha Lyonne, Eli Roth, Sam Trammell and others.
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Euphoria, created by Sam Levinson, first arrived on HBO in June 2019. It's next installment will mark the first season since the 2023 death of star Angus Cloud, as well as the death of Dane, whose rep confirmed to PEOPLE that he filmed scenes for the new season. Production for season 3 kicked off in February 2025.
Season 3 will pick up after its main cast wraps their college years, with Rue in particular now "south of the border in Mexico, in debt to Laurie, trying to come up with some very innovative ways to pay it off," Levinson revealed during an HBO Max presentation in December 2025, per Variety.
Cassie and Nate get married in the new episodes, with Cassie "very addicted to social media and envious of what appears to be the big lives that all of her high school classmates are living at this point in time," Levinson added.
Meanwhile, Jules is in art school, Maddy is "working in Hollywood at a talent agency for a manager" and Lexi is an "assistant to a showrunner," he said.
Speaking with Variety in October at the Academy Museum Gala red carpet, Elordi, 28, called filming "incredibly liberating" and said he "got to play something so sort of far out from what I’ve done before."
“Everybody shoots at different storylines,” Elordi said. “I don’t know what anyone else is doing. I had a really singular storyline. You don’t know what the other storylines are. It’s like FBI files. So it’s great because I’ll get to consume the show the same way that everybody else does as a fan, which I haven’t been able to do before. I’m really excited.”
Euphoria season 3 is set to premiere on HBO April 12.
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