Hunter Schafer is best known for her work on Euphoria, but she’s recently been branching out to movies, what with her being the lead of Cuckoo.
With Euphoria being infamous for having a very tiring production process, Schafer’s co-star Dan Stevens talks a bit about how it was great that Schafer actually got to work on a set that wasn’t so toxic—throwing shade at the HBO show.
Talking to Vanity Fair, Stevens talks about being able to work with Schafer, to which he said, “Her only experience prior to this was working on Euphoria, which is a very, very different experience, and by all accounts, not a terribly pleasant one. I think it was refreshing and delightful for her to realize that not every job needs to be like Euphoria. It was nice to be able to present that and to be a part of that. We can still shoot this incredibly f-cked-up, difficult scene, but everybody’s still friends at the end of the day and nobody needs to have months of therapy afterwards.”
Just in case you’re not updated on the situation with Euphoria director Sam Levinson, it’s been reported that he has been making the productions for Euphoria and his recent series The Idol nightmares for the cast and crew.
Instead of coming to the set prepared with a shot list, Levinson is said to arrive with no actual plan, spending the entirety of the shoot improvising shots and requiring everyone to stay for hours longer. It’s unclear exactly what Schafer’s experience has been on the show, but any fan who’s seen the show knows that she has very intense sex scenes with a middle-aged man.
Add that to Stevens’ statement, and it was possible that Schafer may have shared some horror stories with him while they were working on Cuckoo. Either way, everyone is just happy to see Schafer working on other things, but they’d probably still want to see her reprise Jules one more time for a final season of Euphoria.
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.
Cuckoo is set to release in US theaters Aug. 9.
