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Euphoria star Angus Cloud has shared his first audition tape on social media.The actor, who played Fezco in the hit HBO series, passed away on July 31 at the age of 25, just weeks after he suffered the loss of his father.To commemorate the young star, Cloud’s mother Lisa shared a clip of his very first auditon tape for his role in Euphoria.Lisa captioned the post: “After this was seen by the creators of Euphoria, he was asked to read for Fezco. It really captures my son’s extraordinary spirit.”In the tape, Angus describes himself as “goofy” and “engaging in any random spontaneous activity”.Cloud says that he likes “all good music” but mainly listens to hip-hop and tells the Euphoria casting team his “favourite artists are [his] friends”.This was just sent to me by Jennifer Venditti who scouted Angus in Brooklyn.

Selome Hailu “The Sympathizer” is an epic about Vietnamese histories — plural. The HBO series takes its title from the experience of a North Vietnamese spy known as the Captain (Hoa Xuande), who embeds in a South Vietnamese community in 1970s Los Angeles after the war. By the end, he has nearly lost his sense of himself after struggling to make sense of the infinite political ideologies held by his country’s people and the fact that none had put an end to human suffering.

Euphoria actor Angus Cloud died from “acute intoxication” from a lethal mix of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and benzodiazepines, the Alameda County Coroners office confirmed to Deadline today.

Angus Cloud’s mother is taking time to remember her late son’s «extraordinary spirit.»On Facebook Tuesday, the actor's mom, Lisa Cloud Mclaughlin, shared a throwback video of her son before he was spotted on the streets of New York City and found fame.«This was just sent to me by Jennifer Venditti who scouted Angus in Brooklyn,» she began. «It's his first tape.»According to Mclaughlin, the tape is what ultimately led to Cloud’s big break on.

Angus Cloud’s mother, Lisa Cloud Mclaughlin, is continuing to remember her late son.

Fans are getting to know Angus Cloud better now that he’s gone.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lisa Cloud, the mother of late “Euphoria” actor Angus Cloud, recently shared to Facebook a link to her son’s first casting tapes, which helped nab him a formal audition for the role of Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the Emmy-winning HBO drama (via Rolling Stone). Angus was just 19-year-old when he was discovered on the street and offered a chance to enter the “Euphoria” audition process. “This was just sent to me by Jennifer Venditti, who scouted Angus in Brooklyn,” Lisa Cloud wrote on Facebook.

Euphoria star Angus Cloud has died at the age of 25.

Selome Hailu The “Euphoria” Season 2 finale made it clear that Ashtray knows how to fight. So does the 17-year-old who plays him. Javon “Wanna” Walton has signed with Most Valuable Promotions, the boxing promotion company co-founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian. MVP will work with Walton on brand building, content creation and event marketing as he finishes his amateur career, with his professional debut set for 2024. His first appearance with MVP will take place on Aug. 2 in Dallas, where he will participate in the open workouts as part of the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz fight week. Along with his role in “Euphoria,” Walton is known for playing Stan in “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix, with other credits including Amazon Prime Video’s “Utopia” and the upcoming Hulu series “Under the Bridge.” In a 2022 interview with Variety, he said that it was his boxing career that led him to acting — after an appearance on Steve Harvey’s talk show where he discussed boxing, he was scouted by legendary casting director Jennifer Venditti, who was then working on “Euphoria.”

Angus Cloud is speaking his mind.

Euphoria casting director Jennifer Venditti has revealed that Zendaya’s role nearly went to a first time actress.Speaking to Variety, Venditti said that Zendaya was always first choice for the part of Rue – a troubled teen with a drug addiction – but at one stage the HBO series had its eye on an unknown talent.“There was a young woman who had been street scouted by my team who was a magical person and had a similar trajectory as Rue and had come around to the other side,” Venditti said, in reference to Rue’s struggles with drug addiction.“But with a TV show, it can be many years [of work]. We all loved her, but when we went through the rigour of the process, we didn’t know if she could handle what it would take in terms of stamina.”Venditti went as far as to assign the young star an acting coach in the hope of preparing her for the emotional weight of the show.

Euphoria fans learned a lot more about the bizarre family life and background of Fezco in Sunday's Season 2 premiere of Euphoria, but actor Angus Cloud reveals that almost never happened.His role in the hit HBO series marked the acting debut for the 23-year-old Oakland native, with Cloud revealing in an interview with GQthat he was originally supposed to be killed off in Season 1.The actor revealed that series creator Sam Levinson ultimately changed his mind and brought Fezco back, making him the centerpiece of the Season 2 premiere. Almost:Euphoria fans learned a lot more about the bizarre family life and background of Fezco in Sunday's Season 2 premiere of Euphoria, but actor Angus Cloud reveals that almost never happened Killed off:His role in the hit HBO series marked the acting debut for the 27-year-old Oakland native, with Cloud revealing in an interview with GQ that he was originally supposed to be killed off in Season 1The actor revealed in a 2019 Wall Street Journalinterview he was working at a chicken and waffles restaurant in Brooklyn when he was spotted by Euphoria casting agent Jennifer Venditti, who asked him to audition for the show.Cloud revealed in the new GQ interview, 'I don't know, but apparently, because they cast me off the street, I guess the character of Fezco was [never meant to stick around].