Alexa Demie Admits Fearing She’d Lose Euphoria Role If She Said No To 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.”