Dominic Fike is opening up about his drug use throughout HBO’s Emmy-winning collection “Euphoria.”
Throughout an Apple Music interview, Fike admitted to being excessive on medicine for a lot of the present, regardless of HBO and showrunner Sam Levinson hiring a “sober coach” for him that “didn’t work.”
“I used to be so fucked up throughout lots of that present. It was actually unhealthy,” Fike stated, noting that he filmed most scenes that made it into the ultimate reduce whereas excessive. “I used to be reprimanded for it. I nearly, you recognize, received kicked off the present. They have been like, ‘Bro, you can’t be doing this.’”
Nonetheless, producers “needed to” use Fike’s scenes whereas below the affect.
“I used to be a drug addict and approaching to a present that’s, you recognize, primarily about medicine, may be very troublesome,” he stated. “That’s leisure dude. They provide you a bunch of cash and so they’re like, ‘Yeah, determine it out bud. Sink or swim.’”
Fike performed Elliot in Season 2 of “Euphoria,” a brand new pal of Rue’s (Zendaya) who enabled her drug use, partly contributing to her character present process an intervention halfway by the season. Fike is primarily a singer/songwriter when not showing on the present.
Fike’s co-star Angus Cloud has allegedly had related substance abuse battles on set. Cloud’s former expertise supervisor Diomi Cordero alleged in a Twitter thread that Cloud relapsed on the set of “Euphoria” Season 2 whereas alleging HBO paid for Cloud’s rehab remedy and had an “on-set sober companion.” HBO has not commented on the allegations.
“Euphoria” is anticipated to return for a 3rd season, slated to be released in 2025, although manufacturing has not but begun as a result of strike.
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