Don’t Call Me Fez: Angus Cloud Rejects Comparisons to His ‘Euphoria’ Character
variety.comSelome Hailu “Euphoria,” the teen drama created by Sam Levinson, became a hit largely thanks to the power of social media. But that level of attention — the series is HBO’s second-most-watched of all time behind “Game of Thrones” — doesn’t come without its drawbacks.Angus Cloud, who plays “Euphoria’s” warmhearted drug dealer Fezco, has found himself largely misunderstood by many of his fans, who often assume he’s just like his character in real life.
In an interview for the cover of Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood issue, Cloud opened up about these comparisons.“It does bother me,” Cloud, 24, says, “when people are like, ‘It must be so easy!
You get to go in and be yourself.’ I’m like, ‘Why don’t you go and do that?’ It’s not that simple. I brought a lot to the character.
You can believe what you want. It ain’t got nothing to do with me.” Much of the misconception that Cloud and Fez are one in the same comes from the unmistakable qualities of Cloud’s voice, which is uniquely gravelly and slow-paced — partially impacted by a traumatic brain injury he sustained as a teenager, which he discusses at length in his cover story.
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