Get to know the latest Euphoria fan favorite.
1. To start, Angus Cloud is best-known for his role as Fezco in Euphoria. But did you know this is actually his first major recurring TV role?
2. He’s originally a Bay Area native and was born in Oakland, California.
3. Growing up, Angus and Zendaya both attended the Oakland School for the Arts long before they were HBO costars.
4. After he graduated, he made the move to New York and worked at a chicken-and-waffles restaurant in Brooklyn.
5. He got his shot to audition when a casting agent saw him walking down street in Manhattan.
6. If he hadn’t landed the role as Fezco, he had planned to move back to Ireland with his family, which is where they’re originally from.
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7. Say it ain’t so, but, Fezco was originally supposed to die in Season 1 of Euphoria. The actor found out when he was filming the pilot episode with Jacob Elordi.
8. Angus has quite the social following with over 3.4 million people on his Instagram alone.
9. He also has a sense of humor and often live tweets during new episodes of Euphoria air each Sunday.
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10. He credits his costar Maude Apatow for encouraging him to be truly vulnerable while acting.
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“I love working with Maude — she’s the best. We always had a great time whenever we get to work together. She’s hilarious. She cracks me up,” he said. “You gotta feel safe and comfortable to sort of open up. I always feel like that around her, so it’s not too difficult.”
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12. Many fans have said he has a close resemblance to the late Mac Miller.
13. He hasn’t publicly confirmed his true birthday because he doesn’t want to be judge based on his Zodiac sign.
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14. When it comes to florals, his favorite flowers are roses.
15. During the Season 2, Episode 1 fight scene between Nate and Fezco, Angus revealed that bottles “made out of sugar” were used during the sequence.
16. Outside of acting, he directs and edits music videos for his friends and posts them on his YouTube channel.
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17. He admires Tom Hardy as an actor.
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18. He has new projects on the horizon and is currently filming The Line and Your Lucky Day.
19. And finally, in the future he plans to continue being on screen would like to bring his goofy side to his upcoming acting roles.
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“I want to keep making cool projects and just keep being a part of just making cool art,” he said. “I’m a pretty goofy guy in real life, so it’d be fun to try and see If I could bring that goofiness to the camera.”
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