The filmmakers behind 'Freaky Tales' are opening up about working with the late Angus Cloud in one of his final roles. The 'Euphoria' actor, who died at age 25 in July, is posthumously onscreen at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the feature film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Fleck told The Hollywood Reporter of Cloud prior to the festival, "He's got the Bay Area accent. It's important that we had some people that talked that way [in the movie]." Boden added, "We felt really lucky to have gotten him in the movie."
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00:00 The filmmakers behind Freaky Tales are opening up about working with the late Angus Cloud in
00:04 one of his final roles. The Euphoria actor, who died at age 25 in July, is posthumously on screen
00:11 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the feature film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
00:17 Freaky Tales sees Pedro Pascal play a soon-to-retire fixer and is set in 1987 in Cloud's
00:22 native Oakland. Fleck told The Hollywood Reporter of Cloud prior to the festival,
00:26 "He's got the Bay Area accent. It's important that we had some people that talked that way
00:31 in the movie." Boden added, "We felt really lucky to have gotten him in the movie."
00:34 The filmmaking duo had seen Cloud's work on Euphoria as Fezko, a drug dealer with the heart
00:39 of gold. In Freaky Tales, he plays Travis, a would-be burglar in the film's neo-Nazi gang.
00:44 Boden said, "He cared so much about the role. Even in the most tense moments on set, he would bring
00:49 this different energy and help break the tension. He ends up bringing this very specific, very Angus
00:54 energy to the role. He totally transforms it from something that could be a very average role that
00:59 you don't think that much about into something that has a very specific life to it." Freaky
01:03 Tales premiered on January 18 in Park City. For THR's interview with the Freaky Tales cast and
01:08 filmmakers in Park City, stay tuned to our YouTube channel and THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter
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