Zendaya inEuphoria.Photo: Eddy Chen/HBO
The statement continued, “We maintain an open line of communication with all the guilds, including SAG-AFTRA. There were never any formal inquiries raised.”
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HBO’s defense comes afterThe Daily Beastpublisheda storyon Friday in which background actors made claims of mistreatment due toEuphoria’s demanding filming schedule.
The report states that “multiple complaints were made to SAG-AFTRA over production failing to provide them meals on time and refusing to let people use the bathroom.”
Additionally,The Daily Beastreported that extras were not provided with a proper holding area between scenes and were offered “two space heaters” during cold evening shoots.
“I understand that I’m doing background work,” one background actor toldThe Daily Beast. “I’m not the most important person there, I know where I am on the totem pole. But it got to a point where I was like, I’m still a person, I’m still human. Please let me go to the restroom, don’t tell me I can’t go for 30 minutes or tell me I can’t get a snack when you’re not going to feed me and it’s 4 a.m. It just very much felt like we didn’t exist as people.”
Another extra added, “It was the most disorganized set that I’ve ever been a part of because I don’t think anybody knew what was going on.”
Jacob Elordi, who plays Nate on the HBO series, spoke toThe Hollywood Reporterlast month about his experiences on set.
“We do shoot really long days; sometimes 16-hour days. It’s kind of like the labor and the love of the work,” he said. “You can’t do that stuff in a short amount of time. At the end of it all, it’s quite cathartic to work so hard and long on something and have a product that you’re proud of come out.”
source: people.com
