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Kaya Scodelario stunned after remembering what she did on Skins aged just 14

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Published 18:23 4 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Kaya Scodelario stunned after remembering what she did on Skins aged just 14

Kaya Scodelario compared the show with Euphoria, and hoped the actors were being looked after

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

A star of the classic series Skins spoke about some of the things she'd done while working on it.

These days you're more likely to recognise Kaya Scodelario from things like The Gentleman or Agatha Christie series The Pale Horse, but her career really kicked off back in 2007 when Skins started.

She was cast as Effy Stonem at the age of 14 and appeared in the first four seasons of Skins, as well as coming back for the seventh and final season.

Earlier this year when speaking to NME about working on The Gentleman, she also took the time to reflect on the similarities between Skins and Euphoria.

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Both are shows which cast a lens on the more adult side of teenage life, and both bear a star-studded cast.

Skins was Kaya Scodelario's first major acting gig (E4)
Skins was Kaya Scodelario's first major acting gig (E4)

In the case of Skins it might be more accurate to say that the cast went on to become star-studded later in their careers.

Among the folks who starred on the show there's major movie stars like Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel, Daniel Kaluuya, as well as Game of Thrones alumni Hannah Murray and Joe Dempsie.

Scodelario had nothing but praise for the Euphoria stars, with the cast including the likes of Zendaya and Jacob Elordi, but it had the former Skins star thinking about some of the things she'd been through to film the show.

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She said: "I was thinking, 'God these actors are so brave' and that this must be quite scary for them.

"I then had this realisation that I did all that at 14 without anybody taking care of us."

On the set of Skins, Scodelario claimed that 'the safeguarding wasn't there' and she really hoped that the actors in Euphoria were being looked after properly.

She recently starred in The Gentleman (Netflix)
She recently starred in The Gentleman (Netflix)

She's not the only former Skins star to talk about their time on the show, with April Pearson saying she was 'still dealing with' some of the things that went on while filming when she was in her teens.

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While Jack O'Connell said he 'felt compromised' while shooting sex scenes for Skins.

NME noted that the 32-year-old Scodelario seemed to have a 'very positive' relationship with the show, though she told them the fame that came from it 'wasn't always a good thing'.

"Being a teenager on a very popular UK show wasn’t always a good thing," she explained.

"Especially as a woman. We didn’t have the same protections and weren’t looked after in the same way a lot of people in the public eye are."

While it's been a long time since Skins was on the telly, Scodelario said she was still close to many of her cast members, adding that: "Skins Christmas is more special to me than actual Christmas because we’re chosen family.

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"We joke we’re either bonded by trauma or bonded by success."

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/Kaya Scodelario/E4

Topics: Celebrity, TV and Film

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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