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Hunter Schafer remains to be processing the lack of her pal and “Euphoria” costar Angus Cloud.
“I’ve by no means had a pal that I used to be that near and that was my age go earlier than,” Schafer, 25, mentioned in an interview with GQ printed on Tuesday. “It’s actually surreal. It doesn’t make sense. And yeah, it’s new. It’s a brand new type of grieving.”
CNN beforehand reported that Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose. He was 25.
Schafer acknowledged that “folks actually fell in love with Angus,” and that she knew whereas working alongside him how particular of an individual he was.
“He was actually one of many heartbeats of ‘Euphoria.’ It’s all the time the folks which might be simply type of a little bit too good for the world and a little bit too pure,” Schafer mentioned within the interview. “He was a f—ing angel. He was sunshine.”
Cloud was a rising actor greatest recognized for his breakout function because the softhearted drug supplier Fezco within the HBO drama “Euphoria,” a personality that grew to become a beloved fixture amongst viewers over the course the present’s two seasons. (HBO, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery).
Schafer, who performs Jules on the Emmy-winning collection, mentioned that as she processes the lack of her pal, her grief comes “randomly.”
“It’ll hit me once I’m on the f—ing bathroom,” she mentioned. “Grief is f—ing bizarre.”
The primary season of “Euphoria” debuted in 2019 and Season 2 aired in 2022. The collection follows a bunch of highschool college students navigating life as they grapple with habit, sexuality and coming of age.
The collection – which starred Zendaya, Schafer and Cloud together with Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi – was anticipated to return for a 3rd season in 2025, however manufacturing has reportedly been delayed.