Teen drama shows are a guilty pleasure for many of us, because let’s be honest – we all love a good piece of drama every now and then. It’s like somehow watching someone else struggle with everyday life things makes your own struggles less bad. And while you could say that this is all scripted and written by people that get paid good money to come up with those storylines, there’s usually also a good portion of drama involved behind the scenes. Let’s take a look at some teen drama shows that didn’t quite manage to keep the drama in front of the camera.
Euphoria
When Kat, played by Barbie Ferreira, barely made an appearance in season two, nobody understood what was up. Kat was one of the more popular characters and suddenly got put way on the backseat. Turns out the actress had a disagreement over her character arc with the writers, leading to a situation where they could barely stand to work with each other. It’s clearly not a situation that got better, as we already know that she’s not coming back for season three.
Riverdale
Two Riverdale actresses were caught in a bit of a storm when they accused Cosmopolitan of photoshopping their waistlines to look smaller. They issued a statement and got tons of support from their fellow cast members and people in general, since photoshopping women really isn’t a nice thing to do.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
You’d think nothing went wrong during the filming of Buffy with the cast in that show being pretty much stable over the decade or so that the show ran. In 2021 that illusion was lifted, however. Charisma Carpenter accused Whedon of being a nightmare and abusing his power over her, even going as far as threatening to fire her when she was pregnant and calling her fat. Oof.
