The Dynamic Duo of Zendaya and Sam Levinson | Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 The Making Of
4:17 The Criticism
5:46 The Inspiration
7:16 The Universe
8:13 The Collaboration
10:36 Outro



This video essay is about two pieces of art from Sam Levinson and Zendaya. Malcolm and Marie and Euphoria: Rue Part 1. Now if you’ve never seen Euphoria its a high school drama tv series on HBO created and written by Sam Levinson. Its loosely based on a Israeli tv series of the same name. The American version follows a group of teens as they explore drugs, trauma, love, sex, friendships and identity. The show has gotten critically acclaimed reviews and has also stirred up controversy as well. Zendaya stars as the lead character Rue, along with Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Barbie Ferreira, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Storm Reid and Angus Cloud.

Zendaya, the lead actress, was a child actor who appeared on the Disney shows ‘Shake It Up’ and ‘KC Undercover’ and starred in the movies ‘Spiderman: Homecoming and ‘The Greatest Showman’ before starring in Euphoria, where she took on a more serious role.
Sam Levinson is the creator and writer of Euphoria. He’s directed and written the movies ‘Another Happy Day’ and ‘Assassination Nation.’ He’s the son of Barry Levinson who’s directed the classic ‘Rain Man.’


Euphoria was a big hit in 2019 and was on schedule to begin shooting its second season in March 2020 and then the Covid-19 pandemic happened. The world was shut down. And with that happened ‘Malcolm & Marie’ was born.

Stuck in the house during quarantine Zendaya would call Sam to talk and suggested that they shoot a movie at her house. After a few pitches they landed on an idea between a couple in a house going back and forth with each other after a night out. Malcolm and Marie. So Sam the writer/director along with Zendaya as Marie, John David Washington as Malcolm and a small crew, all created a bubble on location of the set, quarantined together and made this movie. It didn’t even have a 3rd act yet when they arrived on location. But they all worked together and made it happen.