Jacob Elordi Reacts to Nate’s Fate in ‘Euphoria’ Episode 7, Series Creator Explains [Spoiler] – Just Jared – Celebrity News and Gossip

With just one more episode remaining in Euphoria season three, some crazy moments happened in episode 7… including the death of Jacob Elordi‘s character Nate Jacobs.

Throughout the season, Nate has been hunted down and tortured by loan sharks, who he has owed money to because of a bad business deal. Earlier in the season, due to his financial troubles, Nate had his toe cut off on his wedding night, but after getting it sewed back on, it was chopped off again. Later on, he also had a finger cut off as he continued to still owe money. In episode 7, he was buried in a shallow grave with just a small vent for air and his wife Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) was given three days to come up with the money to save her husband.

Cassie gets help from Maddy (Alexa Demie) to set Nate free, but by the time they arrive to save him, he’s dead. A rattlesnake had gotten into the vent and bit him, leading to his death from the poisonous venom.

Jacob Elordi breaks silence on Nate’s death in Euphoria

In a behind-the-scenes feature for HBO, Jacob opened up about Nate’s death and filming that scene with the snake.

“Tucked in this box with dust falling on me and a snake coming down the pipe. That’s a cool way to go,” Jacob said. “Nate was someone who has made so many mistakes and made so many dark choices. It’s cool to see it all come to what it’s come to. This show is a massive part of, not just my career, but my life. It’s been amazing, and I’m so proud, being a part of this.”

Jacob thought the snake he worked with was “super cute.”

“They had a boa constrictor that they put a fake rattler on the end of, and Sam was like, ‘We’re just gonna drop a snake on you.’ The snakes were rattling, which is really alarming when you’re locked in a box,” Jacob said. “He was real cuddly, so he just saddled up next to me and it was nice. But he was real sleepy. I had to kind of nudge him to get him to come up.”

Creator Sam Levinson explained why Nate was killed that way

In an interview with Esquire, Sam discussed the karma that Nate was served.

“There’s this kind of funny thing where I know what the audience wants in terms of justice or karma and with that in mind, I always think, ‘Well, how can I give it to them?’ How can I give them what they want, but make it so horrific and anxiety-inducing that by the time it happens, the audience isn’t so sure they wanted it?”

After Nate was involved with a lot of violence throughout the season, he met his end.

“It’s like, ‘Oh, you wanted him to get his comeuppance…? Okay.’ That feeling of complicity with the audience is always an interesting note to play inside of this sort of larger structure. You end up going, ‘Oh God, I don’t know. Should he have had it better? Did he deserve it?’ Those kinds of questions are always exciting to pose to the audience.”

Another scene from that episode is going viral for a very different reason.

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