Sam Levinson is getting slammed for allegedly using Petra Collins' visual style for 'Euphoria'. Collins was dropped from the project at the last minute, but her distinct aesthetic remained on the show.
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00:00 Sam Levinson is yet again facing heat. Earlier in 2023, Levinson was accused of taking over
00:05 Amy Simons' The Idol and making it misogynistic. Now similar claims are being made about Euphoria,
00:12 the show that launched his HBO career. On September 12th, a punked interview from January 2023
00:18 with Canadian artist and cinematographer Petra Collins began making rounds on X.
00:24 In it, the artist mentions how Sam Levinson reached out to her, saying he wrote Euphoria
00:29 based on her previous work and he wanted her to direct it. Collins worked with the HBO team and
00:34 did the casting, but was dropped at the last minute because they said she was too young.
00:38 She had accepted this and assumed they wouldn't move forward with her version of the show.
00:43 However, this was not the case. Petra shared in the interview the moment she realized. She said,
00:49 "I walked out of my apartment and see this billboard and it's exactly what I am as a copy
00:53 of my work. I started crying. I was so shocked. I was so shocked. I mean, it happens to me so
00:59 many times in my career, but not on a scale like that." Collins went on to talk about how she had
01:04 to end up developing a new style because she no longer felt connected to the distinct style that
01:09 she had spent years cultivating as a form of self-expression. Many users on X posted about
01:14 how upsetting they found this, especially since Euphoria's aesthetic is one of the most popular
01:19 aspects of the show. As for Petra Collins, recently she's been directing Olivia Rodrigo's
01:24 music videos and has collaborated with Alexa Demi on a photography book.