Jacob Elordi Thought His 'Euphoria' Death Was "Nice" & "Cuddly"

Nate Jacobs dies in a claustrophobic coffin after being buried alive by sketchy businessmen tied to a $1 million debt. The sequence includes drilling the lid shut until it becomes dark and his shoulders touch the coffin sides, leaving him unable to move his arms. Afterward, Cassie is held hostage and given 72 hours to repay the debt before Nate would die of dehydration. A rattlesnake enters through an air-circulation pipe and kills Nate. The production could not use a poisonous rattlesnake, so a real snake was used with a fake rattler attachment. Elordi described the snake as real, cuddly, and sleepy, requiring nudging to get it to come up.

"My shoulders were touching the side, and I couldn't move my arms, and then they would drill the lid on, and it would get dark. It was really nice, actually. It was quite peaceful in there."

"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,'"

"He was, like, 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."

"Afterward, they held his wife, Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), hostage and gave her 72 hours to pay them back, as that's how long it'd take for Nate to die of dehydration. But before she could save him, a rattlesnake slithered its way through the pipe provided for air circulation and killed Nate."

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