One of the reasons season three of
Euphoria got pushed back yesterday, likely by a year or so, is because the scripts won't be ready to shoot by this summer, and Zendaya is busy most of the fall shooting
Spider-Man. From Jeff Sneider's newsletter last night...
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Scheduling all of these stars won't be easy, even with Euphoria in first position over other projects, which they are now free to pursue. Of course, there's one project in particular that is making scheduling Season 3 of Euphoria particularly tricky.
That would be Spider-Man 4, which I'm told is supposed to begin shooting in either September or October. The problem with Spider-Man is that Sony still doesn't have a director yet. I've heard Justin Lin was in contention at one point - and may still be - but he's just one of the names I've heard and others are said to remain in the mix.
I'm told that HBO really didn't want to wait until next year to shoot Euphoria but with Zendaya locked into another Spider-Man movie this fall, the network didn't have much of a choice, as they can't shoot the show with its star, and Spidey is a long shoot.
I'm also told that Levinson was aware of Zendaya's commitment to shoot Spider-Man this fall and that the two of them were always on the same page schedule-wise, so there's no frustration there. Levinson preferred not to rush into production this spring as he needed more time to write and he's been taking advantage of it. That said, he's also on a shorter leash at HBO following The Idol, so there's been more back-and-forth between him and the network given Euphoria's transition from high school to early adulthood.
In other words, it's not a cameo. She's shooting enough scenes to be busy for at least a couple months or so.
Either way, as others have said, it's just not realistic to exclude her from the movie, when she's one of the hottest stars on the planet right now. Considering she's willing and able, it would basically be corporate malpractice not to include her.