Barbie Ferreira on Two New Films, Life After 'Euphoria'
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- Barbie Ferreira delivers leading performances in two new films: horror reimagining 'Faces of Death' (in theaters) and music-driven romantic comedy 'Mile End Kicks' (premiering April 17).
- Ferreira left 'Euphoria' in 2022, telling Deadline the show 'wasn't really letting me show my range' and 'was kind of diminishing as time went on,' adding that creative fulfillment matters more to her than scale.
- 'Faces of Death' is a 2025 update of the 1978 horror mockumentary, directed by Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber and filmed in New Orleans in 2023 — the original was banned in many countries.
- Ferreira plays a content moderator turned 'final girl' in 'Faces of Death,' and said researching the role — watching violent clips online — was 'incredibly immersive,' with viral violence having only become 'more relevant' since she filmed it.
- 'Mile End Kicks' is inspired by writer-director Chandler Levack's 2011 Montreal music scene, with Ferreira playing music critic Grace, a Toronto-originated character Levack based on her own life.
- Charli XCX made her acting debut in 'Faces of Death,' shot a year before 'Brat' — Ferreira, a self-described longtime fan, said she attended about 17 Charli shows during Brat Summer.
- Ferreira described herself as 'a completely different actress' and 'different person' since leaving 'Euphoria,' pointing to recent credits including 'Unpregnant' (2020), 'Nope' (2022), 'Bob Trevino Likes It' (2024) and 'House of Spoils' (2024).
Why it matters: Ferreira is using her post-'Euphoria' runway to deliberately take the kind of range-driven indie and genre work the HBO show wouldn't give her — a bet that creative fulfillment over cultural scale is paying off with two back-to-back leading roles and a Charli XCX collaboration that predated 'Brat.'
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