'Euphoria' Creator Sam Levinson Accused of Ripping Off Petra Collins

[stewie_e]

Petra reportedly claimed that she worked on Euphoria for about five months before being dropped by HBO for being “too young” - and was left in tears when she saw an exact “copy” of her work produced by Sam a year later. https://t.co/7xFxEz1Tfx
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 14, 2023
Photographer Petra Collins, who directed several of Olivia

Comments

[my_moloko]

Glad you made a post about this. I've been wanting to but I've been too busy. Anyway...

this doesn't feel like a stretch AT ALL, esp if you've seen Petra Collins' Coming of Age photo series from 2016/17. it literally looks like a mood board for Euphoria https://t.co/hEREVvT0SP pic.twitter.com/j1XT9M9jqZ
- Cat Cardenas (@catrcardenas) September 12, 2023

[britty_stitches]

Holy crap even the characters are like...exact. Absolute bullshit.

[lovelylaura23]

Honestly I hadn't seen this lady's work, but I had seen Mika Ninagawa's work....so Euphoria never seemed impressive. Lol

[genbu_no_miko24]

I saw Sakuran from her and it was aesthetically pleasing.

[lovelylaura23]

The aesthetics of that xxxholic movie she made was the best part of the movie too. Lol

[theylezharold]

That bottom right corner photo looks familiar......

[tonicol]

Wait I thought those were Barbie and Zendaya! They just copy pasted everything 😠

[you_hermit_crab]

I remember when I first tried to watch Euphoria, I thought it felt so Petra Collins-y, I actually went to imdb to see if she was involved.

[my_moloko]

It's interesting cause her name seems so familiar (and she's Canadian) but I guess I didn't know her work well enough to pick up on this. You clearly have a good eye.

[jesuisjuan]

That is beyond fucked up, and I hope she finds a way to successfully take legal action and win.

So, by the looks of it, this nepo-baby hires creative and talented women, sees how they work, takes notes and obtains skills, and fires them, so he can then rip off their work for full credit while doing things his way. I've seen that in the workplace by other men and even women, too. That's really shitty.