PRODUCTION EUPHORIA
Centred around a group of now twentysomethings, Euphoria has never played by the rules. We catch up with DOP Marcell Rév, HCA, ASC who expanded this season’s aesthetic to match its widened scope REALITY BITES
WORDS KATIE KASPERSON IMAGES HBO
W hen Euphoria premiered in 2019, it did so loudly. Filled with sex, drugs and social media – as well as some outrageous outfits that definitely wouldn’t have flown in my high school – Sam Levinson’s contemporary coming-of-age drama simultaneously represented teenage reality while taking it to an extreme. The show became known for its moody, experimental, life-is-but- a-dream aesthetic, and Marcell Rév, HCA, ASC was the man responsible. Now in its third season, Euphoria ’s characters have graduated to the real world. The scope is wider, no longer confined to a single school in a single town. Rév made sure the visuals evolved alongside the story.
STARTING OVER “Every time we start a new season, we are basically starting from scratch,” Rév begins. “That is a bit of a rule with Sam; we always say we don’t want to repeat ourselves. Also, narratively speaking, he came up with something completely new for this season, and we had to match that with how it looked.” Season 3 follows Euphoria ’s ensemble – Rue, Jules, Maddy, Lexi, Cassie and Nate – navigating early adulthood in the Los Angeles metro area. Set five years after Season 2, Rue is now a drug mule turned mole; Jules is a sugar baby; Maddy is a talent agent; Lexi is a production assistant and Cassie is an influencer married to Nate, who has taken over his father’s construction
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