The whole time I think he has no f-ing idea what love is. This must be what love is.' Because that's his thing. And I think he's doing that thing, that's what you're saying, trying to convince himself like 'This is right in front of me. This conventional storybook idea for him. This idea of love and family that he doesn't have. I think he just has this very primal, 'American Dream' idea in him of having a very straight down the line, white picket fence, beautiful blonde life. Do you think he's actually in love with Cassie right now, or just trying to convince himself he's in love of Cassie? The sequence seems to be about why Nate is in love with Cassie, but we see flashes of Jules in it, and he texts Maddy that he still loves her later in the episode. Jacob Elordi HBO Euphoria Season 2 Episode 1Įddy Chen/HBO Jacob Elordi in the season 2 premiere of HBO's 'Euphoria.' They shot in this way where they put this filter over the lens, or did something to the film, that gave it this dreamy, old school rom-com feel, which was super fun to shoot. You can move around in that world a little more. So yeah, I think having been with the characters for so long, gives us more time creatively to play in those spaces, and not have to introduce and set things up. Yeah, I think so, because it allowed us to move into this realm of fantasy, which was this dreamlike sequence where you see a side of his character that's not necessarily his past, present or future. Was it exciting to see what you all could do with the show openings once you move past a character like Nate's origin? Usually the show opens with a character's backstory, but tonight's episode did something different. But maybe not in the way that we'd usually see Nate do it. And from that, he starts sorting out others in his life, and tying up loose ends. And for the first time, he's sort of like, 'What the f-?' He just got faced with the real world, and at the end of the day, even though we all love Fez and everything, he's a f-ing coldhearted drug dealer, and I think Nate maybe bit off more than he could chew - and got a little bit of a reality check. Why do you think he did that? Does he respect Fez more post-fight? Does he have greater revenge plans in store for him?įor me, when I was playing the scene, it was more just like Nate has this God complex, this control complex. Later in the episode, we see Nate doesn't snitch on Fez to his father. I feel like there's always a stuntman on standby. I mean, I've beaten so many people up on that show, and done so many violent things. It's funny because Euphoria is not necessarily an action show, but between season one and season two, it sounds like you're getting a crash course in stunt work. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. But he really went for it, which was awesome. It's these little, less violent parts that you end up actually like getting knocks and bruises on. But it's more the little things you sustain, like when he throws me to the ground, my knee will hit his head or something like that. So it was bleeding, we had to get the medic, but it was fun. One of them, I moved the wrong way and he moved the wrong way, and I ended up getting a cut on the side of my head. They definitely do hurt, because it was on the soft side of my head. Did the bottles actually hurt at all? Angus said he was pretty worried about hurting you the whole time.

Yeah, I saw Angus Cloud posted a video of you two rehearsing that stunt. He pretty much just put us in this space, and it was just Angus and I going nuts on each other, and Angus smashing sugar glass bottles on my head. We have our great stunt coordinator, Jeff Barnett, he's a legend. So for me, that was a knowing feeling that it was coming, I just didn't think it would be quite so brutal. You get this feeling like if you dance too close to the flames, you're gonna get burnt. And it's also a little bit like we left him in that last scene where he sort of has that confrontation with Fez in the first season at the liquor store. Yeah, I think there was a part of me that knew he was gonna have to get his just desserts at some point. JACOB ELORDI: When I read the script, I kinda knew it was coming.

What were your thoughts when you read that in the premiere script, and what was it like shooting his fight scene with Fez? HBO Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs in season 1 of 'Euphoria.'ĮNTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So Nate got his s- rocked last week.

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