Euphoria

Euphoria features a talented cast of young rising stars, but the reality is Zendaya, who plays the notoriously unreliable narrator Rue Bennett, is the sun in the Euphoria universe, and as such, new reports indicate she’s being paid accordingly for the new season. In a reader mailbag column for his Hollywood-centric newsletter, Puck’s Matthew Belloni reported on some of the most staggering TV salaries, including this gem: Zendaya—who has won the Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for both seasons of Euphoria— “just closed a big re-negotiation” that puts her per episode salary in the Friends neighbourhood of $1 million per episode. Zendaya became an executive producer on the show…