“Dominic Fike Admits He Was “Beyond Fucked Up” for his first euphoria audition. The Musician and Actor Detailed Howly Eventual Landed The Role of Elliot on Season Two of the Emmy-Winning HBO Series During a Recent Interview on Daxa Shepard Fike Recalled One of the Show’s Casting Agents Reaching Out to His Team”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Musician and Actor Detailed Howly Eventual Landed The ROLE OF ELLIOT ON SEASON TWO OF THE EMMY-WINNING HBO Series During a Recent Interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert Podcast.
Fike Recalled One of the Show’s Casting Agents Reaching Out to His Team After Saw A Video of Him Performing “Bags” by Clairo for Triple J’s “Like A Version”. “I didn’t Know What Euphoria WAS, ”HE confessed.“ I didn’t know is this big fuckin ‘tv show. I don’t know who [director] Sam Levinson is. I DON’T KNOW FUCKIN ‘EVEN BARBIE [Ferreira] or Zendaya or any of the Girls. ”
The “3 nights” Singer Ten Remembered Shortly Before His Audition, “I was Reading About Some Actor Who Did His Thing Fucked Up or Something Whiskey, Taking ShRooms.
After Showing Up 30 Minutes Late to the Audition, Fike Said He Was Also “Throwing Shit Around” in the Room and Teasing Euphoria Creator Sam Levinson for His Outfit.
“They’re like, ‘can you do this?’ And I was like like, ‘i don’t know, probably,’ ‘fike recounted. “We Started Reading It, But Ten The Words Started Jumping AROUND ON THE PAGE. I WAS LIKE, ‘I CAN’T DO THIS SCRIPT.’ And they were like, ‘dom, just go get rest.’ And they were so moed at me.
After Some Time, Fike Said He “Was Living in A Different Way at that Point” as he was “TRYING TO BUCKLE DOWN” and BETTER HIMSELF. That’s when the show’s team reaured back Out to HIM to Audition Again About A Year Later.
“Sam Had Rewritten this Character that i’d Shown Up to Read, But He Wrote It With The Qualities of the Guy Who He Saw Show Up,” He Explained. “Half his chawed up to that day. And thing and the i was the i was honest with him. He has a meeting with me. Hee -like, ‘he’s like,’ oh, ‘hee,’ hee, ‘hee,’ hee, ‘ have some Problems.
Fike Recalled Levinson Telling HIM, “’I NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE YOU’RE NOT GONNA FUCK ME ON HIM.’ I was like, ‘brother, i got you.’ At this time, i’m not understanding the stakes, still, of this show. But on He Got on Set to Film Season Two, He Added That “You Find Out Real Quick WHEN YOU SEE THAT BUDGET.”
His Character Elliot Becomes Close Friends With Hunter Schafer’s Jules and Zendaya’s Rue in Season Two, Initial Boding with The Latter Over Their Shared Strugggles with Substance Abus.
Fike Has Previously Been Open About His Personal Strugggles with Drug Addiction and How It Played Out During his Time Filming EuphoriaSaying, “I Almost You Know Got Kicked Off The Show.”
“I MEAN I WAS A DRUG Addict and Coming Onto a Show Mainly About Drugs Was Very Diflicult,“ He Told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in 2023 there Know All The Time.
Fike is Also Set to Reprise His Role in Euphoria Season Three, Who’s is set for Release in Spring 2026.