{"id":2431284,"date":"2026-05-25T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2431284"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:36:47","slug":"how-jacob-elordi-feels-about-euphoria-character-nate-jacobs-gruesome-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-jacob-elordi-feels-about-euphoria-character-nate-jacobs-gruesome-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How Jacob Elordi feels about &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; character Nate Jacobs&#8217; gruesome death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched \u201cEuphoria\u2019s\u201d seventh episode of Season 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Elordi thought his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/24\/entertainment\/euphoria-kills-off-jacob-elordis-nate-jacobs\/\">\u201cEuphoria\u201d character Nate Jacobs\u2019 death<\/a> was a \u201ccool way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the seventh episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/12\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-euphoria-season-3-on-hbo-and-hbo-max\/\">Season 3 aired<\/a> Sunday night \u2014 and showed Jacobs dying by snake bite while buried alive \u2014 the actor quipped in post-show HBO segment, \u201cIt\u2019s cool to see it all come to what it\u2019s come to.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jacob Elordi thought his \u201cEuphoria\u201d character Nate Jacobs\u2019 gruesome death was \u201ccool.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor\u2019s final \u201cEuphoria\u201d scene was filmed in a coffin. <span class=\"credit\">Eddy Chen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The 28-year-old noted that his character \u201cwas someone who has made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for filming the coffin scene, Elordi called it a \u201cpeaceful\u201d experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy shoulders were touching the side and they couldn\u2019t move my arms,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThen they would drill the lid on it, and it would get dark. \u2029It was really nice, actually. It was quite peaceful in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The snake featured was a real \u201cboa constrictor that they put a fake rattler on the end of.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His character died by rattlesnake bite. <span class=\"credit\">HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Elordi (pictured above in December 2025) called the shocking scene a \u201cpeaceful\u201d one to film. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the sound was \u201calarming\u201d while \u201clocked in a box,\u201d Elordi ultimately called the animal \u201csuper cute\u201d and \u201creally cuddly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar nominee remembered, \u201cHe kind of just sidled up next to me, and it was nice. But he was really sleepy. He was a sleepy snake. I had to kind of nudge him to get him to come up. And that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Creator Sam Levinson, notably, was the one who \u201cwanted to shoot it with a real snake\u201d \u2014 and he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71388146\/euphoria-nate-death-sam-levinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke to Esquire<\/a> over the weekend about giving Jacobs his \u201ccomeuppance\u201d for fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s this kind of funny thing where I\u00a0<em>know<\/em>\u00a0what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma and with that in mind, I always think, \u2018Well, how can I give it to them?\u201d he said. \u201cHow can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn\u2019t so sure they wanted it?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He praised the boa constrictor used in the scene as \u201ccute,\u201d \u201ccuddly\u201d and \u201csleepy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Golden Globe nominee called the end of his time on the HBO show \u201cbittersweet.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elordi called his character\u2019s horrific demise \u2014 and, as a result, the end of his time on the series \u2014 \u201cbittersweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Globe nominee said, \u201cThis show is a massive part of \u2014 not just my career \u2014 but my life. It\u2019s been amazing and I\u2019m so proud of being a part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elordi has been apart of the show since Season 1 aired in 2019, followed by Season 2 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The latest installment debuted last month after a four-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cproud\u201d 28-year-old explained, \u201cThis show is a massive part of \u2014 not just my career \u2014 but my life. It\u2019s been amazing.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Season 3 \u201cEuphoria\u201d finale premieres Sunday, May 31.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elordi was busy between seasons, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/09\/entertainment\/frankenstein-review-jacob-elordi-breathes-life-into-guillermo-del-toro-adaptation\/\">filming \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/entertainment\/wuthering-heights-review-margot-robbie-and-jacob-elordi-are-so-hot-they-self-combust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d<\/a> and more high-profile projects.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to \u201cEuphoria,\u201d his claim to fame was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/24\/kissing-booth-2-review-more-of-the-same-ya-drivel\/\">playing Noah Flynn in three \u201cKissing Booth\u201d movies<\/a> alongisde then-girlfriend Joey King.<\/p>\n<p>Elordi is now <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/kendall-jenner-dating-history\/\">dating Kendall Jenner<\/a>, with the pair recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/celebrity-news\/bikini-clad-kendall-jenner-and-jacob-elordi-spotted-on-hawaii-beach-date\/\">spotted on a Hawaii vacation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Season 3 \u201cEuphoria\u201d finale premieres Sunday, March 31, on HBO at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched \u201cEuphoria\u2019s\u201d seventh episode of Season 3. Jacob Elordi thought his \u201cEuphoria\u201d character Nate Jacobs\u2019 death was a \u201ccool way to go.\u201d After the seventh episode of Season 3 aired Sunday night \u2014 and showed Jacobs dying by snake bite while buried alive \u2014 the actor quipped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2431285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,344976,24003,21741,344487,309841,21913],"class_list":["post-2431284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-euphoria","tag-jacob-elordi","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/How-Jacob-Elordi-feels-about-Euphoria-character-Nate-Jacobs-gruesome.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431286,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431284\/revisions\/2431286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}