THR reports that one scene in the second episode shows 30 penises: The network also voiced concerns about a scene in the second episode featuring dozens of naked high school boys in what Levinson intended as a gender-bent homage to the famous Carrie locker room scene. There are also multiple instances of nudity throughout Euphoria's first episodes. The premiere episode also depicts a gruesome overdose and a sex scene involving choking. The scene shows the older man's erect penis (which is a prosthetic). The first episode alone shows one truly horrifying rape scene involving a young trans female character (played by 20-year-old Hunter Schafer) and an older man (played by 46-year-old Eric Dane). They reshot his parts in the pilot, including an intense sex scene with 21-year-old actress Sydney Sweeney, who says of the recasting, "Let's just say I'm very glad that Algee is playing the character." After a lengthy back-and-forth with producers, HBO stepped in and replaced Bradley with The Hate U Give's Algee Smith. Details surrounding his exit are fiercely guarded, but sources say Bradley was uncomfortable shooting scenes that weren't in the original pilot script and suggested his character would experiment with homosexuality in future episodes. As THR reports: While shooting the pilot, actor Brian "Astro" Bradley, 22, a former X Factor contestant and rapper signed to Nas' label, wanted out of the show. And HBO is standing by its new show-which absolutely does have a lot of sex and drugs-despite reports of controversy during production and outrage from a parents' group.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, one actor allegedly quit the show because the content was so intense. Starring Zendaya as a high school student who self-medicates with drugs and alcohol to numb her emotional pain, Euphoria is an unflinching look at teenage life that doesn't shy away from showing the complex world that Generation Z must navigate.
Euphoria, the highly stylized teen drama from HBO, doesn't debut until this Sunday, but it is already starting to cause its fair share of controversy.
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