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Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched nan “Euphoria” Season 3 premiere.
HBO isn’t penning disconnected Angus Cloud’s “Euphoria” characteristic conscionable yet.
In the Season 3 premiere, it’s revealed that Fezco aka Fez — who was played by Cloud earlier his tragic overdose successful 2023 — is serving a decades-long situation sentence.
During nan episode, which aired Sunday, Rue (Zendaya) attempts to get her friend Lexi (Maude Apatow) to telephone him successful jail.
Lexi, who had a budding romance pinch nan affable supplier trader successful Season 2, admits she “feels guilty” that she hadn’t spoken to him but insists she’s been busy.
“He misses you,” Rue tells her, assuring her that he’s mentioned her aggregate times.
Lexi, who now has a occupation moving connected a show successful Hollywood, says, “I don’t know, my hours and his hours don’t really statement up, truthful it’s hard.”
Rue shoots back, “Just prime up nan telephone and telephone him! It’s not for illustration he’s going anywhere. He’s successful situation for 30 years.”
At nan extremity of nan first episode, nan show features an “in memoriam” pinch Cloud’s name, arsenic good arsenic Eric Dane, who died astatine 53 successful February pursuing an ALS battle, and executive shaper Kevin Turen, who died of bosom complications astatine 44 successful November 2023.
Dane, who filmed scenes for nan show earlier he passed away, wasn’t successful nan premiere episode.
First premiering successful 2019, “Euphoria” follows supplier addict Rue and her chap precocious schoolhouse classmates. Fez is Rue’s supplier dealer, who often hangs retired pinch their friends.
Season 2 ended pinch Fez’s apprehension aft nan cops ambush his home.
“Losing Angus was really difficult for america arsenic a production. I loved him very deeply,” creator Sam Levinson told Variety astatine nan Season 3 premiere earlier this week.
He added that he “fought hard” to support him “clean” and wanted to “keep him alive” done storytelling.
Levinson teased, “I can’t hold for you to spot nan past fewer episodes because I deliberation he would beryllium cracking up astatine his storyline. I deliberation he would emotion it.”
The character died astatine property 25 connected July 31, 2023, pinch nan origin of decease ruled arsenic an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and more.
The show was Cloud’s first role, and he quickly became a instrumentality favorite. He told GQ successful 2019 that he was approached by a personnel of nan casting institution erstwhile he was stepping astir Manhattan. “I was confused and I didn’t want to springiness her my telephone number. I thought it was a scam.”
After his passing, Cloud’s family said that he was grieving nan nonaccomplishment of his father, Conor Hickey, who died successful May aft a little crab battle.
“Last week he buried his begetter and intensely struggled pinch this loss. The only comfortableness we person is knowing Angus is now reunited pinch his dad, who was his champion friend,” nan family told nan Post successful a statement, pursuing his death.
In August 2023, Zendaya posted an Instagram tribute, writing, “I’m truthful grateful I sewage nan chance to cognize him successful this life, to telephone him a brother, to spot his lukewarm benignant eyes and agleam smile, aliases perceive his infectious cackle of a laugh.”
She added, “I’d for illustration to retrieve him that way. For each of nan boundless light, emotion and joyousness he ever managed to springiness us.”
Apatow paid tribute to Cloud on Instagram astatine nan time, writing, “Angus was nan funniest personification ever. I would get truthful excited to spot connected nan schedule that we would beryllium moving together because I knew we’d person nan champion day, laughing truthful hard.”
His different co-star Sydney Sweeney besides posted connected Instagram aft his death, calling Cloud “an unfastened soul, pinch nan kindest heart.”
“Euphoria” Season 3, which besides stars Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer and Alexa Demie, airs Sunday nights astatine 9 p.m. connected HBO.
