Dominic Fike Recalls “Drinking Whiskey, Taking Shrooms” Before ‘Euphoria’ Audition

Dominic Fike admits he was “beyond fucked up” for his first Euphoria audition. The musician and actor detailed how he eventually landed the role of Elliot on season two of the Emmy-winning HBO series during a recent interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. Fike recalled one of the show’s casting agents reaching out to his team after they saw a video of him performing “Bags” by Clairo for triple j’s “Like A Version” series. “I didn’t know what Euphoria was,” he confessed. “I didn’t know it’s this big fuckin’ TV show. I don’t know who [director] Sam Levinson is. I don’t know fuckin’ even Barbie [Ferreira] or Zendaya or any of the girls.” The “3 Nights” singer then remembered shortly before his audition, “I was reading about some actor who did his thing fucked up or something, maybe it was a week before. So I stayed up all night with this girl drinking whiskey, taking shrooms. I show up to the audition, or the read, beyond fucked up. I’m just laughing at Sam, and everyone’s laughing at me because I’m just laughing at them.” After showing up 30 minutes late to the audition, Fike said he was also “throwing shit around” in the room and teasing Euphoria creator Sam
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