EntertainmentEuphoria: Dominic Fike was almost fired from the series for acting under the influence of drugsDominic Fike, who lives Elliot in ‘Euphoria’, gave details about the recordings of the 2nd season and the fight against addictiontoday at 12:10

Dominic Fike revealed details of his struggle with drug addiction and how his addiction nearly cost him his Season 2 role. euphoria (2021), acclaimed HBO production. The artist plays Elliot, a drug user who perpetuates the relapse of street and finds himself in a love triangle with street (zendaya) It is Jules (Hunter Schafer).

In an interview for Apple Musicwhich can be seen in full below, Fike mentions that the creator of the program, Sam Levinsontried to hire a “sobriety coach” to keep him clean in real life, but the plan failed.

I was a drug addict and going to a show that is, you know, mostly about drugs is really hard. I almost, you know, got kicked off the show… They were like, ‘Dude, you can’t be doing this.’

For the second season, Levinson ended up using some shots where he was really “high” and which, even so, was a “great scene”. Despite this, the actor was excited to return to the set of the series for the third season, which should not be released until 2025.

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“I have a better dynamic with everyone now. Well, almost everyone,” he said, referring to his colleague. Hunter Schafer, with whom he recently ended a relationship. “I think it’ll be fine. We’re all adults, more or less. I’m trying.”

speaking to Variety in 2021 while season 2 of euphoria was in production, Fike admitted that he “didn’t have to do much acting” to play Elliot because “he’s just like me”. he praised zendaya It is [Hunter] Schafer as “the nicest people ever”.