Angus Cloud’s beloved “Euphoria” character Fezco, whose fate was uncertain at the end of the second season, is still alive in the upcoming final season, despite the actor’s death in 2023.

The series’ creator Sam Levinson told Variety at Tuesday’s premiere that the long-awaited third season, which includes a five-year time jump and hits HBO Sunday, features “a lot of scenes … where people are … talking to him on the phone.”

“I thought if I couldn’t keep him alive in life, then maybe within the show that I can control, that I could keep him alive there,” said the 41-year-old Emmy nominee. “It was a way to honor him.”

He said he feels Cloud “would be cracking up at his storyline” in the final few episodes of the show.

Cloud was just 25 when he died at his family’s Oakland, California, home in July 2023, shortly after the death of his father, with which he’d been struggling. His cause of death was later confirmed as an accidental overdose due to cocaine, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines and fentanyl.

Levinson on Tuesday told Variety he “loved” Cloud “very deeply,” and “fought hard to keep him clean.”

Cloud was a standout part of the show’s sophomore season, which aired in early 2022, with Fezco proving a soft-hearted drug dealer who takes a liking to Maude Apatow’s more innocent Lexi — the younger sister of Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie. A shooting at the end of the season finale made it unclear to viewers whether Fez would pull through.

“Euphoria” premiered to critical and audience acclaim in summer 2019 and made Zendaya the youngest ever Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy winner for her portrayal of Rue, a high schooler battling addiction as she falls in love with Jules, a transgender teen played by Hunter Schafer.

The third season will also feature Eric Dane reprising his role as Nate’s (Jacob Elordi) abusive father Cal, who paid for sex with Jules and was ultimately arrested at the end of Season 2. Dane was already battling ALS off-screen by the time he filmed this season. He died earlier this year at age 53.

The show launched most of its young stars into a new stratosphere of fame and acclaim, with Elordi recently earning his first Oscar nomination. Colman Domingo, who played Rue’s sponsor Ali in an Emmy-winning turn, has gone on to earn two Oscar nominations.

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