“Euphoria” Star Angus Cloud has Passed Away

Fans were left shaken with HBO’s award-winning “Euphoria” season two finale, specifically with the fate of audience-favorite Fez, played by Angus Cloud. We are very sorry to report tragedy has struck in the real world, as Angus Cloud has passed away.

No details have emerged on the specifics. A family statement has pointed towards a mental health crisis, caused by the recent loss of his father.

“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today,” Cloud’s family said in a statement to TMZ. “As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”

Angus was cast in the show having never acted on the screen before, in an interview with the A24 Podcast, he related, “So I was just walking down the street with my homies and this woman, [casting director] Eléonore Hendricks, I believe is her name, she came up to me. She said, ‘Can I talk to you?’ I was like, ‘You got to walk with me.'”

Angus continued: “So she spit her little pitch and I ended up going down to her studio, her Jennifer Venditti’s JV8 Casting Studio, and they asked me some questions. They filmed my answers, just random questions about my life and shit. And then they had me do a couple auditions and then auditioned in front of some of the producers or whatever, and then flew to LA for the pilot, man.”

Cloud was 25.

Author

Bill Watters

Bill Watters is a child of the late 70s- he walked into a theater to watch Star Wars, and emerged to become a lifelong fan of cinema and television. Spending nearly a decade as a projectionist, he fell into the Silicon Valley dot-com boom and became a codemonkey for a range of game companies. These days he's a frequent speaker, moderator, and panelist at pop-culture events and conventions, as well as a prolific film and television critic and genre news writer. He is also a member critic of both the San Francisco Film Critics Circle and the Broadcast Film Critics Association. In addition to his writing, he is also a photojournalist and can be found on Getty Images.

View all posts