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Sam Levinson's Euphoria is an HBO show that got the world talking and made stars of its cast. That includes Chloe Cherry, who went from having a few lines to becoming a series regular in the third and final season (which is streaming with an HBO Max subscription). While promoting her new thriller Find Your Friends, she spoke to CinemaBlend about how much drug use came up on the set of the HBO show.
Fans are still recovering from Euphoria's controversial finale, but Chloe Cherry is already promoting another exciting acting gig: Izabel Pakzad's Find Your Friends, which will arrive with a Shudder subscription on June 12th. As you can see in the video above, the 28-year-old actress spoke to me about how conversations on set usually change based on the content, and how for Euphoria that meant lots of drug chats. In her words:
Well, it's funny because something that I'm starting to notice is that when you're on set shooting a movie, whatever the movie's about tends to be what people start talking about on set off camera. For example when we're shooting Euphoria, I know like everybody in the whole cast and crew's experience with drugs and alcohol throughout their whole life. You know, 'cause that's all we talk about and stuff.
Honestly, this makes sense. Cast/crew spend long hours on film and TV sets, so there's plenty of time to talk and get to know your coworkers. And it sounds like whatever each project is about usually informs what folks shared. For Euphoria, that meant that Cherry learned a ton about each individual's history with drugs. Since the show is about a teenage addict, the inspiration is obvious.
Later in our same conversation, Cherry went on to compare her work on Euphoria with Find Your Friends. This includes the off-camera conversations, as well as the way Levinson and Pakzad approached comedic beats for their respective directorial ventures. In her words:
I felt like this movie we ended up talking a lot about off camera about like our friendship dynamics and like, you know, crazy times that we've had partying. Or like, you know, other wild people we've known in our lives. It was also just the fact that like Izabel like was okay with it being like, like really like funny, funny. Versus like Sam Levinson, it can't be so on the nose funny is like his style more. But I like how Izabel was just letting me like be ridiculous. Like, I felt like my character almost represented like a frat bro. But like, as a girl.
Find Your Friends is about a group of girlfriends who go on a weekend trip of partying together, only to be targeted by violent locals. And that's why the chats were focused on friendship and parties when cameras weren't up. Chloe Cherry stars in the new thriller alongside Bella Thorne, Helena Howard, Zión Moreno, and True Blood alum Chris Bauer.
Find Your Friends will hit Shudder on June 12th as part of the 2026 movie release list. With Euphoria in the rearview, it should be interesting to see what comes next for Chloe Cherry.
