The wait for Euphoria Season 2 is nearly over as the official trailer of the new season released on HBO Max on 21 December. The second season of the teen drama series looks nothing less than promising as Emmy-winner Zendaya returns in her role as the 17-year-old Rue.
Euphoria season two’s official description reads, “Amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, 17-year-old Rue must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.”
The previous season saw Rue trying to solve problems of drugs and drama while falling for the new girl in school, Jules (played by Hunter Schafer). This season shows Rue trying to find some hope in the town of East Highland amidst the pressures of love, loss and addiction.
The two-and-a-half minute video opens with Rue entering what seems like a Narcotics Anonymous meeting with luggage that she seems to be carrying around with her everywhere. Her sponsor, Colman Domingo’s Ali, whom viewers got to know in Rue’s holiday special from January 2020, is sitting in the first row.
“When I first met her, I was just immediately in love,” Rue says, over shots of Hunter Schafer’s Jules, her girlfriend from season one and Rue’s other addiction. “As soon as I saw her, I was just immediately afraid to lose her.”
The trailer goes on to show that the drama Euphoria is known for isn’t going away anytime soon, with Rue finding a new person to supply her with drugs and latch onto; Rue possibly becoming a drug dealer herself; a new relationship brewing between Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie and Jacob Elordi’s Nate; and more fights between Rue and her mom (Nika King).
Checkout the trailer below:
Along with Zendaya, Schafer, King, Elordi and Sweeney, HBO confirms there are plenty of other series regulars this season: Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Algee Smith, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.
Directed by Sam Levinson, who also helmed the first season, Euphoria Season 2 had to be shot earlier around March 2020 but got stalled due to the pandemic. In the meantime, series creator Sam Levinson got creative and came up with two standalone installments centered on the characters played by Zendaya and Hunter Schaffer. These “Euphoria” episodes served as a bridge between the show’s first season and its upcoming second, and debuted as Christmas and New Year’s specials late last year.
In between “Euphoria” seasons, the show became an Emmys favorite as Zendaya surprised the industry with her 2020 win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The series also took home Emmys for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Zendaya most recently starred in the smash hit “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which just amassed $260 million on its opening weekend.
The HBO Max drama series will debut on 9 January, Sunday at 9 pm ET, and the show will air weekly episodes.
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