Jacob Elordi says filming Nate’s death on Euphoria nearly broke him

Well, fans finally got what they’d been demanding for years: Nate Jacobs is properly dead in Euphoria Season 3. But according to Jacob Elordi, filming that much-requested send-off was a whole different kind of punishment—mainly for him. Let’s just say, if you thought watching Nate’s demise was rough, spare a thought for the man in the coffin.

'The actor spent two full days locked inside a coffin wearing heavy prosthetics and a fake tongue.'

How to Film a Death Scene (And Nearly Go Mad)

Elordi turned up on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (guest-hosted by his Euphoria co-star Colman Domingo) on 21 July, ready to spill on why Nate’s onscreen death was genuinely miserable to film. For the pivotal Season 3 scene, creator Sam Levinson made Elordi spend two entire days inside a coffin, kitted out in heavy prosthetics—you know, for that truly lifeless, ‘not getting up again’ look. Just to make his day that bit worse, they also gave him a fake tongue and made sure he couldn't see a thing out of his own eyes. Lovely.

And Levinson, not quite finished, decided to chuck in a load of live snakes. Because why not?

As Elordi put it: 'I think Sam brought me back to torture me.'

Apparently, he’d already endured ‘six weeks of just getting beat by a seven-foot guy’ for previous action bits. Little wonder he joked about ‘just running the whole time’ through the season’s relentless final beats.

The World’s Most Useless Snake

If you’re worried about the snakes, don’t be. Elordi made it sound more like being locked in with a bunch of living dressing gowns than anything actually perilous. The main boa constrictor was, by his account, 'very docile and very sleepy,' and not remotely interested in menacing anyone. The poor thing ‘hadn’t had a lot of sun’ and spent most of its time curled up around Elordi’s feet. Elordi had to try and nudge it into action so the scene could look at all dangerous.

All this effort—and it turns out the scaly menace just wanted a kip.

Fan Service, Eight Years in the Making

Elordi didn’t miss the crowds baying for Nate’s blood, either—he was perfectly aware of just how many viewers spent eight years demanding his character’s end. As he told the Kimmel audience, 'Finally, after eight years of all of you saying, "Nate, kill Nate"—I read your tweets—now you’re sad.'

For anyone wondering what Elordi’s up to next, his film The Dog Stars, directed by Ridley Scott, lands in cinemas on 28 August.