The next season of Euphoria is down a key cast member
is down a key cast member, with Barbie Ferreira revealing on August 24 that she would no longer be starring as fetish-wear enthusiast Kat in Sam Levinson’s hit teen drama. “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 alongside a photo of fan art by her “angel” costar Hunter Schafer.
The news comes after widespread speculation about a disagreement between Ferreira and Levinson over her character arc in Season 2, with Kat largely in the bitter feud between Maddy and Cassie . Fans also criticized the more ridiculous elements of the scenes in which Katappear; in a now infamous moment, she actually feigns a brain disorder in order to end a relationship with her boyfriend Ethan .
Beyond leaving fans with questions about what happened to the East Highland favorite, Ferreira’s early departure is a setback for fat representation, too—with the 25-year-old having brought a refreshing perspective to the subject of body positivity. “Stepping into a career that has historically had rigid standards of beauty, people definitely projected me as this body-positive activist and I owned that in the beginning,” sheafter the first season.
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