Filmmaker Sam Levinson, who created the show 바카라Euphoria바카라 starring Angus Cloud and Zendaya, has said that he tried several times to get the late Angus get clean and sober.
Cloud, who died back in July, was revealed to have accidentally overdosed on from a lethal mix of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and benzodiazepines.
The 25-year-old actor had already been suffering from addiction problems and this was only worsened by his father바카라s passing which sent Angus Cloud heavily into depression, making him rely more on anti-depressants.
In a new interview, the creator of the drama series opened up about Cloud바카라s struggles with addiction during production and his own struggles to help the actor get clean and sober. Those efforts included multiple interventions and rehab stints.
Levinson, who had said that he began to see that something was off with the actor, told 'People' magazine, 바카라I looked him in the eye and I knew that he wasn바카라t doing well,바카라 Levinson said.
바카라At the same time I바카라ve been in these situations before where you바카라re trying to get someone clean. And I just said to him, 바카라I love working with you and we바카라ve got this amazing season planned and stuff, but I need you to be sober because I got to be able to rely on you.'바카라
The actor entered a 30 day in-patient rehab which was followed by three months of outpatient treatment. HBO footed the rehab bill. He came back to the show and went to rehab again when they were five episodes into the season.
That stint was also courtesy of an intervention by Levinson who says he told the actor, 바카라You바카라ve got to get help and you바카라ve got to get help right now.바카라
As soon as the episode wrapped, Levinson and his wife drove Cloud to treatment. 바카라I could always feel that he didn바카라t want sobriety as much as we all wanted it for him. That바카라s where it gets tricky because the whole world can want it for you. But he didn바카라t want it. It바카라s just the self-destructive side of addiction and it outweighs everything. But you can바카라t give up on people. I wasn바카라t going to let anyone give up on him".
That included keeping him on the show, even after his character was supposed to have died.
바카라Angus was supposed to die at the end of the first season, but I loved him so f***** much,바카라 Levinson said. "The first thing I noticed about him was he had those Paul Newman eyes ... and his audition tape where he said that his name was Angus Cloud and he바카라s 바카라five foot 12.바카라 It killed me".
바카라He was perfect. I think part of the problem is I would sometimes put actors ahead of the show at times. So I was like, 바카라Okay, I can바카라t kill him because then what is he to look forward to?'", he added.
Once Season 2 wrapped, Levinson and Cloud had a long talk, and the Euphoria creator told the actor he wouldn바카라t be allowed on set if he wasn바카라t sober.
바카라No, no, I바카라m good. I바카라m good,바카라 Levinson said Cloud told him. But Levinson knew different. 바카라I could tell, at that time, it was like he wasn바카라t interested. He wasn바카라t going to do anything, and yeah, he didn바카라t want it.바카라
After the actor바카라s passing, Levinson had said in a statement: 바카라There was no one quite like Angus. He was too special, too talented and way too young to leave us so soon. He also struggled, like many of us, with addiction and depression. I hope he knew how many hearts he touched. I loved him. I always will. Rest in peace and God Bless his family.바카라
