Levinson Keeps Fezco Alive in Euphoria Season 3
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- Sam Levinson said in a New York Times interview that Angus Cloud was the backbone of Season 3 of HBO's "Euphoria".
- Sam Levinson told Cloud that Fez had been in prison for a few years and needed to develop a "yoked prison body," urging him to work out and stay clean.
- Fezco was originally scripted to die at the end of Season 1, but Levinson changed that because he felt Cloud needed something to look forward to.
- Fezco was also slated to die at the end of Season 2 in early drafts, but Levinson reversed the decision as they approached the actor's death and wanted him to have a tangible future goal.
- Sam Levinson said at the Season 3 red carpet that losing Angus Cloud was very hard and that he fought to keep the character clean.
- Sam Levinson aimed to keep Fezco alive in the Season 3 episodes that will premiere on Sunday, writing them in honor of Cloud.
Why it matters: Levinson's choice to keep Fezco alive, writing the episodes in honor of Cloud, reshapes the season's narrative and emotional arc, preserving a central character for the show's audience while discarding earlier scripts that would have killed him and underscores the production's commitment to the actor's memory.
