Zendaya on ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Time Jump: “Only So Much High School Drama You Can Deal With”

Zendaya is looking forward to seeing her Euphoria character out of high school in season three.

The Emmy-winning actress, who plays Rue, recently teased the long-gestating third installment of the Sam Levinson-created HBO drama, which will feature a time jump to life after high school.

“It’s important because there’s only so much high school drama you can deal with,” she said to Entertainment Weekly‘s The Awards podcast, before quipping, “‘And then she cheats on her boyfriend again!’”

While Zendaya, who is also an executive producer on the show, couldn’t share many details about the season three storylines, she teased that it will be “fascinating.”

“I don’t actually know much about what is happening,” she said. I don’t quite know exactly what the season is going to look like, but I do know that the time jump is happening.”

The Challengers star continued, “It will be fascinating to see and understand these characters outside of the context of high school and how all the stuff that we saw when they were kids and they were in high school affects the adulthood they have and who they become in a much bigger world. I’ll be interested to see what happens too.”

Zendaya in ‘Euphoria.’

Courtesy of HBO

Season three of Euphoria, which will see Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie and Maude Apatow return, is set to begin production in January 2025. Barbie Ferreira previously announced that she would not be returning to the show, and Angus Cloud died of an accidental overdose in July 2023.

Earlier this year, Sweeney opened up about returning to her character Cassie three years after last playing her in 2022’s second season.

“We did have a long time between season one and season two, but especially now with the time jump, it’s a new process for me,” she told Cosmopolitan in August. “I’m kind of just learning as I go and being open for whatever’s to come. But I’m also really excited. I love Cassie. She is always such a thrilling character to play, so I’m really looking forward to what’s gonna happen in her life.”

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