He Originally Auditioned For Season 1 of Euphoria During an interview with Variety, Fike mentioned that he was contacted by casting director Jennifer Venditti for the original round of auditions and was asked come in and read for a role. He made it all the way to the final round of auditions before his character was unfortunately removed from the show. A year later, HBO reached out again, and Fike auditioned for his current role of Elliot. Image Source: Getty / Jacopo Raule