Euphoria Season 3 just saw one of the wildest scenes ever at a wedding, and it somehow felt like the end of the world. The Nate and Cassie nuptials were already one of the most talked-about events of season 3 before it aired, and now that it has, the internet is losing its mind, and rightfully so because this wedding went catastrophically wrong, and the actor who helped make that happen is finally talking about it.
Jack Topalian, who plays Naz, the menacing loan shark Nate has been dodging all through Euphoria Season 3, spoke exclusively to Page Six about how the episode’s most brutal sequence came together behind the scenes. Naz crashes Nate’s wedding to collect the $500,000 he’s owed, a debt that Nate has clearly been spending rather than repaying, given the lobster and the flowers.
Things then escalate fast and after Nate carries Cassie over the threshold of their mansion, Naz and his henchman are waiting inside. Nate is beaten, Cassie’s nose is broken when she’s shoved aside, and then Nate’s pinky toe is removed. Topalian told Page Six that filming the toe scene on Euphoria Season 3 required real precision as the clippers used were sharp enough to actually break skin, and he had to be careful about how hard he squeezed while they were positioned around Elordi’s actual toe. A prosthetic was used for the cut itself, and thankfully, there were no accidents.
Speaking to Page Six he stated, ,
“There’s a cutting of a particular body part that my character takes great pleasure in doing. The clippers that they gave me have pretty sharp edges. So I had to be really mindful of that, because at one point, I do put it around Jake’s toe. If I squeezed a little too hard, it would literally cut his toe. But, everything turned out well! There were no mishaps, no accidents,”
What happened on Euphoria Season 3 Episode 3?
Euphoria season episode 3, The Ballad of Paladin, is one of the most packed hours the show has ever produced. The episode splits its time between the wedding and a brewing gang war between Alamo and Laurie, with Rue trapped in the middle, plus a Jules storyline that intersects with both.
Sam Levinson confirmed that Nate and Cassie’s encounter with Naz will have major implications for how the rest of season 3 unfolds, and that the fantasy Cassie had been living in has now been shattered completely. Nine-toed Nate and a newly broke Cassie are going to have to reckon with a reality they both spent years avoiding.
Euphoria Season 3 is now streaming.
Edited by Nibir Konwar