Anna Van Patten auditioned for Euphoria’s first season and waited years before joining the series in Season 3. She enters the Silver Slipper, where Rue works, as Kitty, a new dancer whose popularity leads to an upsetting group encounter after a lap dance turns into something more. Kitty refuses to let the moment define her and instead forms friendships with Maddy, who now manages OnlyFans talent, and Magick, the club’s star dancer. Van Patten prepared with limited time between booking and filming, approaching the role by emphasizing Kitty’s truth in each moment rather than mapping her entire backstory. Her casting follows earlier recognition from Gossip Girl and a later film project.
"“I actually auditioned for the first season of Euphoria, and there was so much buzz around it before it even came out,” the 27-year-old tells Bustle over Zoom from her New York hotel room, where she just returned from a coffee walk in the sunny weather. “It felt like a lot of friends and people knew about it. I can't remember watching the first episode, but I imagine I must have been blown away.”"
"Over seven years and multiple TV shows later, she finally gets her Euphoria moment. Halfway through Season 3,Van Patten enters the Silver Slipper, the strip club where Rue (Zendaya) is employed, as its newest dancer, Kitty. The clientele were enamored with her, resulting in a rather upsetting group encounter where a lap dance turned into much more.But Kitty refuses to let that moment define her, befriending Maddy (Alexa Demie), now an OnlyFans talent manager, and Magick (Rosalía), the club's star dancer, in pursuit of a better future."
"“Because there was such a short preparation time from when I booked the role to being on set, I approached it very differently,” she says. (Her casting was announced in February 2025, when Season 3 began filming.)“I really focused on the present moment and displaying her truth in each moment, not necessarily thinking about her whole life or what led to this.”"
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