‘Euphoria’ Star Chloe Cherry Says Sam Levinson Wanted the Drug Balloon Swallowing Scenes To Be “Absolutely Disgusting”: “I Need It To Be Just Awful”

In Euphoria‘s Season 3 premiere, we learn precisely what Rue (Zendaya) has been up to in the years since Season 2 and it’s not pretty. In fact, the HBO show pulls no punches showing us just how disgusting — and dangerous — it is to be a drug mule.

**Spoilers for Euphoria Season 3 Episode 1, now streaming on HBO Max**

Euphoria Season 3 Episode 1 reveals that after escaping Laurie (Martha Kelly) at the end of Season 2, the soft-spoken drug dealer tracked Rue down at her day job manning a smoke shack. Laurie not only brought up the money Rue owed her in Season 2, but exponentially ramped up the debt to $43 million using interest. In her kindness, Laurie lowers the amount to $100,000 and tells Rue that she can work the debt off… by being a drug mule.

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