Sam Levinson’s hallucinatory high school drama Euphoria was renewed for a third season back in 2022, though its future remained uncertain for some time. Now, however—several months after the new installment officially entered production—we have news on the cast: On October 17, Variety reported that a fleet of stars had joined the series, among them Trisha Paytas, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, and Eli Roth.
Find everything else you need to know about Euphoria’s third season—from which cast members are returning to when it’s due to air—below.
Who else is joining Euphoria for its third season?
Besides Paytas, Lyonne, Deadwyler, and Roth, other new additions to Euphoria’s cast include Bella Podaras, Bill Bodner, Cailyn Rice, Colleen Camp, Gideon Adlon, Hemky Madera, Homer Gere, Jack Topalian, Jessica Blair Herman, Kwame Patterson, Madison Thompson, Matthew Willig, Rebecca Pidgeon and Sam Trammell. As previously reported, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Kadeem Hardison, Priscilla Delgado, James Landry Hébert, Anna Van Patten, and Asante Blackk have also joined the show for Season 3.
And who from the original cast will return?
Not everyone. Back in August 2022, Barbie Ferreira announced that she would not reprise her role as Kat in the show’s third installment. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character, Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” she wrote in an Instagram Story. “I hope many of you could see yourself in her like I did, and that [it] brought you joy to see her journey into the character she is today. I put all my care and love into her and I hope you guys could feel it. Love you, Katherine Hernandez.”
Considering that her part was largely downgraded in Season 2, it wasn’t entirely a surprise. Speaking on the Armchair Expert podcast in 2023, Ferreira said: “I don’t think there was a place for [Kat] to go. I think there were places she could have gone. I just don’t think it would have fit into the show. I don’t know if it was going to do her justice, and I think both parties knew that. I really wanted to be able to not be the fat best friend. I don’t want to play that, and I think they didn’t want that either. I feel like with Season 2 and certain parts of it… I felt was kind of a struggle for both parties. Sam, me… it was a struggle to find the continuation of her. So that was actually really hurtful watching it and seeing the fans get upset. I just felt like [I] overstayed my welcome a little bit? So, for me, it actually felt good to be like, Okay, I get to not worry about this and we both don’t get to worry about this, because it’s exhausting. Sam writes for things that he relates to. I don’t think he relates to Kat.”
Then, in July 2023, Angus Cloud, who played the soulful, soft-spoken Fezco, died from an accidental overdose at 25. Tributes poured in from his co-stars and fans, the latter of whom were also left to wonder about the future of Cloud’s character. Fez memorably ended Season 2 (spoiler alert) with a dramatic shoot-out with the police, during which he was wounded and then arrested. His adopted brother, Ashtray, as played by Javon Walton, appeared to die in the same scene.
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