They’re still acting.
They’re so old, but they’re still acting.
How lovely for them,'“Paula Marshalltells EW.
Nika King, Alanna Ubach, and Paula Marshall play mothers on HBO’s ‘Euphoria.'.Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Leon Bennett/WireImage
“And now that’s me.”
“I’ll take it,” responds Marshall with a laugh.
It’s like a video game to them.”
Alanna Ubach plays Suze on the HBO drama ‘Euphoria.'.Eddy Chen/HBO
‘Can you see me?’
‘What do I do for a living?’
He’s like, ‘I think you’re a manicurist.
Nika King as Leslie on HBO’s ‘Euphoria.'.Eddy Chen/HBO
You’re probably a manicurist.’
I was like ‘That’s a great idea.
I’m a manicurist.Where did I come from?
Where am I going?
Where did I come from?
Where do I go?So I was at work.
Where was I working?’
And we figured out she was a manicurist on the spot while we were filming."
“She’s definitely taken a little more time with Gia.
We never had that conversation.
I know in my head where she works, she’s got multiple jobs.
But I think it’ll be fun to see where she comes from.”
“I was just shocked when Sam wrote actual words for Marsha, because Marsha really never said anything.
And I was fine with that because I never f—ed up any lines,” she jokes.
All three women appreciate writer-director Levinson allowing space for improvisation.
“There’s a freedom on set to make it as real as possible.
So how lovely it is that no script supervisor ever comes up.
Because I know you ladies have probably been on shows like that.
“That doesn’t happen on this show.
They’re like, ‘Hey, make magic and I’ll film it.'”
You know, Sydney brings it out in me,” answers the actress.
“She’s in character mode the whole time and it gets rather scary because it’s so real.
They weren’t afraid to fight in front of us and throw things.
And so it just sort of comes out.”
King does make one distinction though.
Her biggest challenge is that she would react to the situations Leslie is in very differently.
But in Nika the actor, I was like, ‘I wanna respond to that.'"
So you gotta figure out a way.
Why aren’t you saying something?
How are you holding your tongue?"
I knew it."
And she wants them to be able to lash out at her.
It’s the only way she will know what’s going on in their lives."
She has to f— up.
It’s the only way that she will come back."
“I think it makes sense.
It moves the story forward.”
She does shirk off suggestions she’s seen that would lead to a worst-case scenario with the former addict.
“We don’t wanna go there,” states King.
“There’s gotta be a backstory because this is HBO.
They could have reshot a picture.
They could have photoshopped [it].
I could have photoshopped that third son out,” she jokes.
“Why is it still there?”
And I think we’re just at the table waiting to be served."
