Dominic Fike<\/a> didn\u2019t complete his first audition for Euphoria<\/a> because he was \u201cbeyond fucked up.\u201d<\/p>\n The musician and actor revealed how he ended up playing Elliot in Season 2 of the HBO cult show on Dax Shepard\u2019s Armchair Expert podcast.<\/p>\n Fike said that when one of the show\u2019s casting agents contacted his team, he \u201cdidn\u2019t know what Euphoria was,\u201d or that it was \u201cthis big fuckin\u2019 TV show,\u201d he told Shepard around the 1:05:15 hour mark.<\/p>\n Before his audition, the 29-year-old said that he read \u201cabout some actor who did his thing fucked up or something.\u201d So, the night before his audition, he \u201cstayed up all night with this girl, drinking whiskey, taking shrooms. I show up to the audition, or the read, beyond fucked up. I\u2019m just laughing at Sam [Levinson]<\/a>, and everyone\u2019s laughing at me because I\u2019m just laughing at them.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n He not only arrived at the audition inebriated but 30 minutes late.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018Can you do this?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know, probably,\u2019\u201d Fike recalled. \u201cWe started reading it, but then the words started jumping around on the page. I was like, \u2018I can\u2019t do this script.\u2019 And they were like, \u2018Dom, just go get rest.\u2019 And they were so mad at me. I remember they called my agents and were like, \u2018This kid\u2019s never doing anything in Hollywood again, ever. We\u2019re so mad.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Euphoria\u2019s casting agent reached out again the following year for an audition. By that time, Fike was \u201cliving in a different way\u201d as he was \u201ctrying to buckle down\u201d on his life.<\/p>\n \u201cSam had rewritten this character that I\u2019d shown up to read, but he wrote it with the qualities of the guy who he saw show up,\u201d Dominic explained. \u201cHe writes this guy that\u2019s like, half his character and half the dude that showed up that day. And then I was honest with him. He has a meeting with me. He\u2019s like, \u2018OK, I know that you get fucked up, obviously. You have some problems. I have those problems too. We can get someone to help you, but you have to do this. You sign a five-year contract. It\u2019s just a formality.’\u201d<\/p>\n Fike remembered Levinson saying \u201c\u2018I need to know that you\u2019re not gonna f**k me on this.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Brother, I got you.\u2019 At this time, I\u2019m not understanding the stakes, still, of this show. I don\u2019t know what this is.\u201d But once he got on set to film season two, he added that \u201cyou find out real quick when you see that budget.\u201d<\/p>\n Fike went on to make his acting debut during Season 2 of Euphoria in 2022. It was a tough role for him due to his personal struggles with substances, telling<\/a> Zane Lowe in 2023 that being a \u201cdrug addict\u201d on a show that was \u201cmainly about drugs was very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in 2022, Fike made the same confession about being high on shrooms and drunk during his audition in an interview with<\/a> GQ.<\/p>\n \u201cI started peaking right when me and Barbie were reading,\u201d he said, explaining that he could barely read the script, and even imagined that Levinson was wearing a dress. “It was crazy. I started making fun of everybody in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n Fike is slated to reprise his character in Season 3 of Euphoria, which is expected to debut in spring 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25\u201326, 2025, with over 300 brands and live performances by Young Thug, YEAT & Friends, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and more.\u00a0Get your tickets now<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n ‘Euphoria\u2019 Season 3 Set for Spring 2026 Premiere, HBO Boss Says<\/span><\/p>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n ‘Euphoria’ Showrunner Sam Levinson Teases Rosal\u00eda’s ‘Charismatic’ Role<\/span><\/p>\n ,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Great Jeans’ Controversy: What Are People Saying?<\/span><\/p>\n LeBron James Breaks Down Biggest Memes: International Women’s Day, Ain’t That Our Ball, Deluxe LP<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Lori Harvey and Damson Idris Beach Photos Surface, Reconciliation Rumors Start<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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