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You\u2019ve also recently wrapped the long-awaited third season of Euphoria.<\/em> What was it like to return to the show after so much time?<\/strong><\/p>\n I had so much fun shooting the show. It felt like I was playing a completely different character, because so much time has passed. It was also exciting to come back because on the first season of that show, I would bug [series creator] Sam Levinson<\/strong> about how badly I wanted to make movies and how much I love movies. I felt like the prodigal son returning with my bags full of stories of the movies I\u2019d made. I was like, \u201cFather, look what I have gathered!\u201d<\/p>\n Is it possible for Nate to find redemption, or is that even something you\u2019d hope for that character?<\/strong><\/p>\n Did you watch Frankenstein<\/em>?<\/p>\n It and Euphoria<\/em> are in conversation, I would say.<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes. It\u2019s possible for everybody to have redemption. Guillermo said something great: He\u2019s like, \u201cThe biggest and the hardest step is the conversation. The conversation doesn\u2019t need to yield a result, but you have to have the conversation.\u201d It\u2019s the only way you can move toward redemption. I would like to believe that there\u2019s redemption for everybody, and if not redemption, possible understanding.<\/p>\n Do you feel like Euphoria<\/em> was the turning point or catalyst to you getting that career in movies you wanted?<\/strong><\/p>\n I suppose so. I had gotten the opportunity to work with [Deep Water<\/em> director] Adrian Lyne<\/strong> at the same time as making Euphoria.<\/em> I\u2019ve always been very lucky in the sets that I found myself on, but I felt a noticeable change\u2014whether it was just because I finally felt like I was being given the work that gave me the opportunity to do the sort of prep that I wanted to do, to play the characters that I\u2019d wanted to play for a really long time. I think when I worked with Sofia Coppola, there was, for me, a noticeable sort of shift in perception. But it had also taught me a little bit about the world, because Euphoria<\/em> alone is full of excellent performances\u2014like really, really detailed work. But then it gets lost in this kind of social lens, because of the popularity. In Australia, [we call it] \u201ctall poppy syndrome.\u201d When something is so big and universally acclaimed, it does lose some of its punch. Or it\u2019s uncool to like it because so many people like it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n