Euphoria star breaks silence after OG character suffers stomach-churning death

Jacob Elordi called the excruciating execution of his Euphoria character Nate Jacobs - of being buried alive and snake-bitten - 'a cool way to go' following Sunday's broadcast of the popular HBO drama.

The character played by the Brisbane, Australia native, 28, was killed off in a gruesome sequence amid a botched attempt to collect a debt he owed.

Jacobs had been in heavy debt to gangster Naz (Jack Topalian), who put him in the coffin with a breathing apparatus as a pipe.

The plan was to keep Jacobs in the coffin for a three-day period while his spouse Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) would try to raise the funds, but a rattlesnake made its way down the pipe and fatally bit him.

'Nate was someone who has made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices,' Elordi said in a post-show recap on HBO about the seminal episode, which sets up next week's season three finale.

He added, 'It's cool to see it all come to what it's come to.'

Elordi said he didn't feel claustrophobic filming the coffin sequence: 'It was really nice, actually - it was quite peaceful in there.'

He described the physical feeling of being in the coffin: 'My shoulders were touching the side and they couldn't move my arms, then they would drill the lid on it and it would get dark.'

The actor, who has been linked to model Kendall Jenner, said the show's creator Sam Levinson 'wanted to shoot it with a real snake,' which complicated the already-cramped conditions.

'Snakes were rattling, which was really alarming when you are locked in a box,' Elordi said.

Stunt staff on set stressed safety during production, the actor said, focused on providing him with a constant flow of oxygen while he spent 'minimal time in the coffin.'

Elordi said 'a boa constrictor' used in the sequence was more sluggish than scary during filming.

'He was super cute; he was really cuddly,' he said of the snake. 'So he kind of just sidled up next to me and it was nice.

'But he was really sleepy. He was a sleepy snake. I had to kind of nudge him to get him to come up. And that was it.'

The Kissing Booth star called his exit from the series bittersweet after appearing on 23 episodes of the show's three seasons.

'This show is a massive part of - not just my career - but my life,' he said. 'It's been amazing and I'm so proud of being a part of this.'

The character had changed drastically throughout the course of the series, with a backstory of seeing sex tapes made by his father Cal (played by the late Eric Dane) as a child.

Nate was abusive to those around him for the first two seasons of the series, first dating Maddy (Alexa Demie) before moving on to date Sweeney's character Cassie, who he would wed.

The third season focused on his life five years later, as he was largely subdued and resigned to a grim fate as dangerous debt accrued.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly last year, Elordi explained the nuance involving in portraying the villainous character on the series.

'I act to understand a different experience, to express an experience that’s different to my own,' he said. 'Playing him taught me a lot about empathy and patience, which is strange with a character like that.

'It’s a real treat to be a part of that show, and to play the quote-unquote bad guy. It’s always more fun. You don’t wanna play some morally superior, world-saving loser.'

Elsewhere in the episode his onscreen Sweeney went completely topless, yet again, in a wild sex scene.

After deleting her OnlyFans account to become a real actress, Cassie was desperate to amass new followers on top of coming up with the $550,000 ransom to retrieve her abducted husband.

Her efforts started when her manager turned 'f***ing boss bi***' Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) set her up on a date with LA Nights actor Dylan Reid (played by Richard Gere's nepo son Homer) and arranged for the paparazzi to be there.

Once back at her apartment, Cassie easily seduced the popular heartthrob and they took a selfie together before retiring to her bedroom.

The explicit scene involved the blonde bombshell pleading with Dylan to hold on so she could climax, but he was too exhausted to continue and needed water.

Once alone, Cassie schemed by typing Dylan's passcode (that she memorized) into his phone and posted their selfie on his Instagram account declaring she was the 'best f***' he ever had.

Audiences can tune into the Euphoria series finale on May 31.