Euphoria star Angus Cloud has revealed his character Fez was originally supposed to die in the show’s first season.
Season two of the HBO drama premiered on Monday night, and the first episode focused on Fez’s absurd family life and background story.
But during a new interview with GQ, the actor admitted his character wasn’t supposed to appear in another season, as creator Sam Levinson had initially planned to kill him off.
Thankfully, Sam changed his mind after watching Angus perform in the role.
Back in 2018, the Oakland native was walking down the street in New York when he was spotted by Euphoria casting agent Jennifer Venditti, who asked him to audition for the show.
Angus presumed because he didn’t have any acting experience, his character wasn’t supposed to last very long on the show.
The 23-year-old said: “I don’t know, but apparently, because they cast me off the street, I guess the character of Fezco was [never meant to stick around]. I don’t even know how. I never saw that script. No one ever told me.”
Angus only found out his character was supposed to die from co-star Jacob Elordi, who plays Nate Jacobs in the show.
He said: “It was one day when we were filming the pilot that I think Jacob told me, he was like, ‘Oh yeah, you didn’t know? Your character gets [imitates brains getting blown out].'”
“And yeah, it never ended up happening. I think that they liked what I did and so they decided to keep me alive and let me rock.”
“I don’t know how I was going out, but hopefully I would’ve gone out like a G.”
Angus also teased fans about his future on the show, and said viewers will see Fez’s “softer side” in season two – which could be in relation to a possible romance with Lexi, played by Maude Apatow.
“I’m excited for y’all to see how he kind of comes out of his hard shell a little bit and he kind of exposes his softer side,” he said.
“You see a little bit of his innocence and you see that he’s kind of been forced into this life, but he’s… What am I trying to say, exactly? He’s still a kid like everyone else.”
“He might be a year older, but he had to act like an adult from such a young age. But his inner kid is still in there and you get to see it come out slightly.”
