Angus Cloud’s Beauty Transcended Beyond TV and Into Fashion
Angus Cloud, the actor best known for his breakout role on HBO’s Euphoria, passed away on Monday at age 25, sending shock waves through an industry that’s seen far too many young, talented stars go too soon.
Cloud played the empathetic drug dealer Fezco on Euphoria, instantly winning over fans with his languid line deliveries, sleepy eyes, and unbothered air of a person who’s seen too much dark shit go down to be bothered by petty high school problems. He was a star and a total natural, and had the Cinderella origin story to boot: He was discovered by a Euphoria casting director who spotted him walking down the street in Manhattan and plucked him out of obscurity.
Cloud was also one of those rare performers whose startlingly direct presence was perfectly suited to high fashion: a world that initially greeted him with skepticism—“Angus Cloud Is Fashion Week’s Unlikely New Star,” a Vogue headline declared last year—but eventually embraced him completely.