Zendaya Opens Up About Rue’s Journey in “Euphoria”: “She Has a Redemptive Quality Still”

The most recent episode of “Euphoria” had followers on Twitter stuffed with reward for actor Zendaya and stuffed with empathy for her character within the present, Rue. Within the new season, Rue battles with drug dependancy greater than ever and struggles to be truthful to the individuals round her in consequence. Following the episode, Zendaya as soon as once more shared a robust message on Instagram about “Euphoria,” opening up about her character’s journey and the way viewers at dwelling who can relate to her can prolong their empathy to these round them.

“I believe on this present, and this season extra particularly, [Rue] hits all-time low,” Zendaya started. “It is my hope for individuals watching that they nonetheless see her as an individual worthy of their love. And worthy of their time, and that she has a redemptive high quality nonetheless, and that we nonetheless see the nice in her even when she will’t see it in herself. I believe that if individuals can go along with her by way of that, and get to the top, and nonetheless have hope for her future, and watch her make the adjustments and steps to heal and humanize her by way of her sobriety journey and her dependancy, then perhaps they’ll prolong that to individuals in actual life.”

The actor continued: “When you can love her, then you possibly can love somebody that’s combating the identical factor, and perhaps have a better understanding of the ache they’re going through, that’s typically out of their management. So for me, that’s an important factor. I care about her deeply. I additionally care in regards to the individuals who care about her, as a result of I believe a lot of them share her story of dependancy and sobriety, and plenty of of them share a variety of her emotional problems, and I believe it is necessary that we proceed to have that love for I do not know, that was a long-winded manner of simply saying that I believe it is necessary that we’ve got characters which might be flawed. And keep in mind that we aren’t the worst mistake we have ever made. And that redemption is feasible.”

See Zendaya’s full assertion forward.