'She really kept an eye on us and kept us protected.' Euphoria star Algee Smith (itsAlgee) discusses working with an intimacy coordinator while shooting those intense sex scenes
Continuing's trend of breakout episodes and deep dives into one character's past each week, Sunday night's episode six was Algee Smith's moment in the spotlight. Smith stars on HBO'sas Chris McKay, the lone college student in the group who is struggling with his identity as a former football star.
We see from the beginning of the episode, as soon as we come in, how it is between him and his father. Even when he's practicing really hard and he's like, "Okay, now you're ready to practice for real with the team," you see immediately the hard work inside of him. I think his father's opinion really just affects his everyday thought process, and when he feels he's not making it in college, that really hurts him to break it to his father.
With he and Cassie, we see a lot of up and downs in their relationship, with a constant theme of him caring what his friends think of her and how she dresses and acts. Why does he care so much what others think of her? In that scene, he was getting hazed by the frat or whatever, and his drunk frat brothers came in and were fake humping him. It looks really graphic in the scene the way they edited and chopped it up, which is scary as hell, but they're play-humping and whatever and calling him "McGay." The way they made it look was very scary; I was surprised by the editing. It was really cold in there, because I was naked for real. Outside of being very cold, it was very dark.
Your character is the only one in college, with the rest still in high school. How do you think that impacts the story?
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