Alexa Demie Fered She’d Lose Euphoria Role If She Refused Sex Scenes

Euphoria staple Alexa Demie has admitted she hasn’t always been the most comfortable shooting some of the show’s more explicit scenes.

Alexa played Maddy Perez in all three seasons of the award-winning US drama, which aired its last ever episode on Sunday night.

During a candid new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Alexa recalled how in the early days of Euphoria’s run, she felt unable to say no to certain scenes out of concern that she would lose the role of Maddy.

“I thought that if I said no to doing them, then I wouldn’t have the part,” she admitted. “Not because anyone ever said that to me, but because I was so young and I didn’t know.”

She continued: “I’m not saying I don’t love sex, and I think it can be portrayed beautifully and I know the show is portraying the life of teenage girls. But once I did it, I realised, ‘OK, I don’t love how this feels’.”

Alexa added: “So I said something, and everyone was empathetic, and I never did that again.”

This echoes comments made by her co-star Sydney Sweeney, who previously insisted that whenever she’s raised issues that make her uncomfortable with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, he’s been receptive to them.

Back in 2022, the Emmy nominee told The Independent: “Sam is amazing. [In season two], there are moments where Cassie was supposed to be shirtless and I would tell Sam, ‘I don’t really think that’s necessary here’. He was like, ‘OK, we don’t need it’

“I’ve never felt like Sam has pushed it on me or was trying to get a nude scene into an HBO show. When I didn’t want to do it, he didn’t make me.”

Outside of Euphoria, Alexa was one of the show’s only cast members to make a cameo in Sam Levinson’s other HBO series, The Idol, which was panned by critics upon its release in 2023.