How Euphoria star Angus Cloud found fame after being 'plucked off the street'
ok.co.ukFrom serving greasy grub in a Brooklyn chicken and waffles shack, to stealing scenes in one of HBO's most celebrated dramas, the late great Angus Cloud enjoyed quite a final five years before tragically passing away this week.
Familiar to millions of TV watchers as the drug dealer Fez in two seasons of Euphoria, alongside the likes of Zendaya (as Rue), Jacob Elordi (Nate) and Sydney Sweeney (Cassie), the 25 year old was born and raised in an Irish-American family, living in Oakland and attending Oakland School for the Arts, where he studied technical theatre.
Angus eventually relocated to New York with future hopes of putting down roots in his ancestral homeland of Ireland, but a random ticket to fame put the brakes on those plans.
On being noticed by street scout Eléonore Hendricks, the star told The Wall Street Journal in 2019: "She asked me if I would be down to do an audition, but she didn't exactly say what it was for.
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