Musician and actor Dominic Fike admitted in a video interview with Apple Music that he was a “drug addict” when he took part in the second season of HBO’s “Euphoria.” He was cast as Elliot, a drug user who perpetuates Rue’s relapse and falls into a love triangle with Rue (Zendaya) and Jules (Hunter Schafer). According to Fike, the show’s creator Sam Levinson tried to hire a “sober coach” to keep Fike clean in real life, but the plan backfired.
“I was a drug addict and it’s very hard to come to a show that is, you know, mostly about drugs,” Fike told Zane Lowe. “Sam [Levinson], the director and writer, provided a level-headed coach, someone to always be there. It did not work.”
When asked if he was ever high while filming “Euphoria” scenes, Fike replied, “Oh my god. Yeah dude. I was so fucked up through a lot of that show. It was really bad.”
“I got reprimanded for it,” Fike added. “I almost got, you know, kicked off the show… They said, ‘Bro, you can’t do this.'”
Fike was not fired and he said that Levinson ended up using some shots of him where he was actually high because he “had to” given the lack of other options.
Speak Unpleasant Variety in 2021 while “Euphoria” season 2 was in production, Fike admitted that he “didn’t have to do much acting” to play Elliot because “he’s just like me.” He went on to praise Zendaya and Schafer as “the nicest people ever.”
“They’re both really funny,” Fike added of his co-stars. “We were doing a scene the other day and had to do it over and over because we just couldn’t stop laughing.”
Watch Fike’s full interview with Apple Music in the video below.