{"id":2431564,"date":"2026-05-25T17:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2431564"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:09:47","slug":"euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-explains-that-shocking-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-explains-that-shocking-death\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Creator Sam Levinson Explains That Shocking Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewrap.com\/tag\/euphoria\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u201cEuphoria\u201d;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u201cEuphoria\u201d&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u201cEuphoria\u201d<\/a> were shocked to discover in Sunday\u2019s episode that a longtime character from the series finally met their demise. To make matters even more gut-churning, the death was downright gruesome. The fact that the character was semi-hated made their goodbye even more conflicting for fans of the show, which was entirely by design. Indeed, creator Sam Levinson was planning that death from the early stages of Season 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s your final <strong>spoiler warning<\/strong> for \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 3 Episode 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OK, we good?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So yes, Jacob Elordi\u2019s Nate is the latest victim in the HBO series, meeting his end in the penultimate episode of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buried underground by Naz (Jack Topalian), Nate\u2019s time was running out as the loan sharks gave Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) a deadline of three days to pay back the money Nate owed them, or else Nate would be dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nate had a small hole in his coffin for air, so after Cassie enlisted some help to deal with the loan sharks, it looked as though she\u2019d saved her beau. But when opening the coffin, they discovered that Nate was already dead. A rattlesnake had slithered through the air hole and killed Nate with a venomous bite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Levinson, the death of Nate was planned from the beginning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Jacob Elordi in \u201cEuphoria\u201d Season 3 Episode 7 (HBO)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\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 Levinson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a71388146\/euphoria-nate-death-sam-levinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:told;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;told&quot;}\" class=\"link \">told<\/a> Esquire. \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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Indeed, Levinson wanted to play with the audience\u2019s emotions by offering tiny slivers of empathy for Nate throughout the season, making his death all the more complicated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, you wanted him to get his comeuppance\u2026? Okay,\u201d Levinson said. \u201cThat feeling of complicity with the audience is always an interesting note to play inside of this sort of larger structure. You end up going, \u2018Oh God, I don\u2019t know. Should he have had it better?\u00a0<em>Did<\/em>\u00a0he deserve it?\u2019 Those kinds of questions are always exciting to pose to the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But the exact circumstances of Nate\u2019s death didn\u2019t come to Levinson immediately. Originally, he was going to have the character die of suffocation or heat, until he happened upon the idea of the rattlesnake \u2014 a nod to the season\u2019s Western influence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And yes, they used a real snake for the sequence, although a rattlesnake was too dangerous so a boa constrictor was put in the coffin with Elordi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for Elordi\u2019s reaction to Nate\u2019s death, it seems like the Oscar-nominated \u201cFrankenstein\u201d actor understood it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNate is someone who\u2019s made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices. It\u2019s cool to see it all come to what it\u2019s come to,\u201d he said in a post-show interview for HBO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/tv-shows\/euphoria-nate-death-explained-sam-levinson-jacob-elordi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Creator Sam Levinson Explains That Shocking Death;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Creator Sam Levinson Explains That Shocking Death&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Creator Sam Levinson Explains That Shocking Death<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:TheWrap;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TheWrap&quot;}\" class=\"link \">TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of \u201cEuphoria\u201d were shocked to discover in Sunday\u2019s episode that a longtime character from the series finally met their demise. To make matters even more gut-churning, the death was downright gruesome. The fact that the character was semi-hated made their goodbye even more conflicting for fans of the show, which was entirely by design. 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