Jacob Elordi recounts the extreme measures taken to film his character’s death in the final season of ‘Euphoria’, detailing an unexpected surreal experience involving being confined in a coffin with a living reptile for a long time. The 29-year-old actor discussed his return to the series and the various challenging scenes that creator Sam Levinson orchestrated for his character Nate’s exit.During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Elordi joked about the demanding nature of his final episodes. “I think Sam brought me back to torture me,” she told costar Colman Domingo, who was hosting duties for the night. The actor described the whole experience as terrifying, recalling weeks of physical punishment. “It was like, six weeks that I was beaten by a seven-foot man,” he explained.
The actor joked that the snake used during the shooting was very calm and kept scratching at his feet instead of threatening. Image credit (Instagram)
Jacob Elordi in the casket and burial alive orderWhen discussing his character’s most gruesome death sequence, Elordi gave vivid details about the filming process. His character Nate was buried alive and eventually killed by a rattlesnake bite in the final episode, which required Elordi to spend a long time trapped in a strange space.
Elordi said creator Sam Levinson put him through physically demanding scenes, including being buried alive as part of Nate’s final storyline. Image credit (Instagram)
“I was locked in a coffin for two days straight with prosthetics and a fake tongue, and I couldn’t see with my eyes. And then Sam put the snakes in the coffin,” Elordi shared, describing the sensory deprivation and claustrophobia of the experience. Despite the seemingly inauspicious scenario, the actor revealed an unexpected nature of adversity.
Jacob Elordi on the surprisingly docile nature of the boa constrictor
Surprisingly, Elordi expressed comfort in the arrangement, even though he shared the limited space with a live boa constrictor that played the role of rattlesnake in the final sequence. Instead of being threatened by the reptile, the actor found the experience strangely companionable.“He has a very nice personality. He is very obedient and very sleepy. I don’t think he has many days,” Elordi recalled of the snake’s behavior. “I’m kind of nudging him, trying to get him to be active and do the scene, ’cause he’s meant to threaten. But he’s like a little dog. He just keeps scratching my feet,” he added, describing the snake that was reluctant to make the threatening actions necessary for the scene.The actor detailed the snake’s movements during the shooting. “He’ll drop the pipe, and then he’ll slither down, and then he’ll find a little hot spot,” Elordi explained, painting a picture of a creature more interested in comfort than delivering a convincing performance as a deadly reptile.
Jacob Elordi’s surprisingly positive attitude during the trial
Despite the various torturous situations that his character faced throughout the final episodes, Elordi maintained that the experience was ultimately enjoyable. He rationalizes his enthusiasm for scary scenes with practical logic.“You don’t have any lines. So you have to go like, ‘Ahhhhhh!’ That’s all you need to do. It was great,” he explained, emphasizing the simplicity of creating a non-verbal death scene after the complexities of earlier seasons.
Despite enduring snakes and coffins on set, Elordi admits that murky dishwater scares him more than the two, calling it one of his biggest fears. Image credit (Instagram)
The unexpected fear of Jacob ElordiWhile Elordi shows remarkable calm about snakes and coffins, he reveals three real sources of anxiety that have nothing to do with reptiles or confined spaces. “The dark, dying and—perhaps the most shocking for the audience and Sunday—dish water,” he listed when asked about his fears.The actor has been particularly vocal about his reluctance to do household chores that involve dishwater. “You know when it comes like little pieces of pulled chicken there, a little leftover lentil. It’s like lukewarm all the time. There’s nothing you can do about it. You get your fingers there,” explained Elordi who could see the anguish of just thinking. His visceral reaction to the concept prompted the host actor to question how dishwater could be scarier than sharing a coffin with a boa constrictor.Elordi’s reasoning, however, explains his phobia. “You don’t know what’s in that dishwater,” he says, suggesting that the unknown elements lurking in the murky water represent a more real source of fear than any controlled filming scenario involving reptiles or elaborate prosthetics.‘Euphoria’ is now available to stream on HBO Max.