Jacob Elordi also wants to beat up Nate on Euphoria
Photo: Eddy Chen/HBO HBO’s Euphoria is known for evoking two emotions: despair and more despair, but Sunday’s season 2 premiere gave us something else. It gave us joy. Not because of anything particularly happy, but because something happened in the premiere that fans have been waiting a year for: someone finally beat the shit out of Nate.
Like every character on Euphoria, Nate isn’t without his personal demons, but his behavior in season 1 — physically abusing his girlfriend and people around him, blackmailing Jules, calling in a raid at Fezco’s home — was made him the absolute worst. So, when the season 2 premiere ended with Fezco breaking a bottle over Nate’s head, tackling him to the ground and punching him in the face until blood poured out of his nose, fans rejoiced. It was brutal, violent, and absolutely satisfying.
The actors also thought the beating was well-deserved. Cloud told Entertainment Weekly that even though the stunt was “hard” to film, “Nate deserved all of what he got.” And even Elordi agreed that Nate deserved what he got. During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the actor admitted that he “would love to beat him [Nate] up.” Though he did add, “As Nate, I feel very bad for him.