Euphoria will have to "Benjamin Button" Jacob Elordi unless there's a time jump

Despite the fact that some kids will have experienced almost all of high school since its second season, Euphoria is allegedly returning for a third round of bathtub hiding and hot tub puking some time in 2025. We’ll believe it when we see it, quite frankly, as will Jacob Elordi, who recently addressed the series’ long summer vacation in an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

“I don’t know, do you know?” Elordi, who’s already a major movie star and will likely be an even bigger one when the season airs (if it airs), responded when asked about the production’s filming timeline. “I hope it’s soon, or they’re going to have to Benjamin Button me or something,” he added. “I’m going to have a bad back walking down the hallway, you know?” Elordi, who plays Nate Jacobs, the troubled and violent object of both Cassie’s (Sydney Sweeney) and Maddy’s (Alexa Demie) affections, will be either 27 or 28 when the season finally drops—far too old to (believably) participate in pithy little high school games like having your dirty laundry aired out in front of the entire school in play form or bringing a gun to your ex-girlfriend’s house.

To compensate for the fact that its stars look increasingly like they’d have no idea what the hell a Stanley cup or a “rizzler” is, the show is rumored to be toying with the idea of a pretty significant time jump between seasons two and three. Elordi is on board. “I’m assuming that we’ll have to go forward, otherwise it’s going to seem like a weird bit,” he said.

Whatever they decide to do about the timeline, Euphoria’s writers will also have to contend with a tragic loss in the show’s upcoming outing. Angus Cloud, who became an immediate fan-favorite for his portrayal of affable drug dealer Fezco, died this past summer from an accidental overdose at the age of 25. While series creator Sam Levinson and Cloud’s former cast-mates have memorialized him on social media in recent months, the team behind one of his first (and sadly last) major features, Freaky Tales, got the chance to remember the actor when the film premiered at Sundance last night.

“We felt really lucky to have gotten him in the movie. He cared so much about the role,” said co-director Anna Boden (via The Hollywood Reporter). “Even in the most tense moments on set, he would bring this different energy and help break the tension. He ends up bringing this very specific, very Angus energy to the role. He totally transforms it from something that could be a very average role that you don’t think that much about into something that has a very specific life to it.”

“He was just a breath of fresh air,” she added. “I know a lot of people on the movie felt that way—touched by his presence.”