Angus Cloud had no acting experience before 'Euphoria.' Here is how he was discovered by chance for his breakout role.

• Angus Cloud has died aged 25, his family confirmed to Insider Monday.
• The actor was known for his role as Fezco in the hit HBO series "Euphoria."

"Euphoria" fans are mourning the death of popular star, Angus Cloud, who has died at the age of 25.

Cloud played Fezco, a kindhearted high-school dropout and drug dealer who befriends the lead character, Rue (Zendaya).

Fezco quickly became a fan-favorite in season one and received even more praise in season two as the show developed his backstory, as well as his relationship with Rue's best friend, Lexi Howard (Maude Apatow).

However, Cloud's casting alongside popular stars like Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney was something of a fluke.

Cloud told GQ in 2019 that he was discovered for the role — his very first acting job — while walking the streets of Manhattan, New York.

Cloud grew up in Oakland, California, where he attended the Oakland School for the Arts, but focused more on technical theater, not acting. After school, he moved to New York, where he began working in a "chicken and waffle joint" while living in Bushwick.

In 2018, while walking down the street in Manhattan, Cloud said he was approached by a representative for a casting company, who asked him to audition for a new TV series.

Cloud said: "I was confused and I didn't want to give her my phone number. I thought it was a scam."

It turned out that Cloud was auditioning for the "Euphoria" pilot.

"I had to change it a little bit. To make it sound real, like how I would say it," the actor said of his first audition.

After passing a second audition with the pilot's director, Augustine Frizzell, Cloud was flown out to Los Angeles to shoot the Sam Levinson-created series.

Cloud said he had to stay in numerous Airbnbs in LA because he couldn't find a place to rent.

"Nobody was trying to rent me a spot. I don't have any credit and they didn't believe I was a real actor," he recalled.

Angus Cloud's prominent scar was incorporated into his 'Euphoria' character's backstory in season two

Cloud had a prominent scar on his head, which was written into Fezco's backstory.

The actor told Variety last year he got the scar after falling into a construction pit that was at least 10 feet deep when he was a teenager.

"I woke up 12 hours later at the bottom," he said. "I was trapped. I eventually climbed out after — I don't know how long. It was hella hard to climb out, because my skull was broken, but my skin wasn't, so all the bleeding was internal, pressing up against my brain. But they wasn't gonna find me down there. I found myself. Or God found me, whatever you want to call it."

Despite his injuries, Cloud said he took the bus home and his mom took him to a children's hospital.

"I would have died," he said. "She gave me some water, and I started throwing up hella mouthfuls of crimson red blood. Shit was crazy."

Cloud said the hospital staff saved his life.

"They cut my head open, they put some screws and a plate over where I broke my skull and — shit, sealed me back up, and that was that," he said.

A flashback in the "Euphoria" season two premiere explains that Fez got his scar after being accidentally hit with a crowbar as a child.

Cloud told Insider in 2022 that he was "stoked" that his character's history was explored in season two.

"The opening scene is just a work of art in itself," he said. "But just how they added in how I got my scar, they made up a whole reason in my backstory of how I got this scar and I was like, 'Damn, that's sick.' It's a real scar."