Barbie Ferreira on Horror, Desensitization, and Euphoria

0:00It's April 8th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and celebrity news today, your AI-powered Entertainment report. Barbie Ferreira is diving deep into horror with her new flick, Faces of Death, Hitting Theaters, April 10th. She plays Margot, a content moderator sifting through the web's nastiest videos all day. At 29, Ferreira calls herself an old school Gen Z guinea pig for growing up glued to the internet where shock value used to hit hard, but now feels totally normal. Coming off Euphoria where she lit up as Cat Hernandez until leaving after season 2 in 2023, she's shifting to darker, more. Intentional roles. The movie plays on that old 1978 shock dock vibe, blurring real and fake in a world where graphic stuff scrolls by endlessly. To nail the headspace, Ferreira watched real accident clips in horrifying internet bids, and first thing in the morning. It mess with her, mimicking the rapid fire trauma her character faces from viral past pain

1:02and non-stop gore reviews. But to shake it off back in L.A., she binged SpongeBob, that's so raven, and hotel Transylvania every night, letting kids' shows reset her brain since. Her body didn't know the blood was fake. She stepped back from social media too, feeling the constant surveillance vibe makes it tough for fans to buy into characters. These days, Ferreira sees us all de-sensitize to violence kids stumble on iPads, questioning how we engage without even realizing. She's tuned in for Euphoria's new season, curious about the time jump and what feathers it'll still ruffle in this wild online era.