

Since Maddy has tried to get Nate to acknowledge that sexuality is on a spectrum and he may be into guys, it's possible she or even Cassie said something that made its way to Lexi's ears. While viewers have long questioned Nate's sexuality since he frequents gay dating apps in season one and has a collection of penis pictures on his phone, it's hard to know how Lexi would have been privy to these intimate details of Nate's life that would clue her into this possibility. While some fans interpreted it as commentary on locker-room culture and what a boys' locker room sometimes looks like due to toxic masculinity, others felt the scene is a pointed statement meant to out Nate as queer (which would not be OK on Lexi's part if it is the case). This particular scene has been the subject of debate. Toward the end of the play (and the episode), Ethan as Nate finds himself at the center of a very homoerotic scene in the locker room that features a choreographed dance (including a lot of grinding, humping, and generally salacious behavior) to "Holding Out For a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler.

If the scene did take place in Nate's psyche, it begs the question: what does it mean about Nate and Cal? Some fans believe the scene is hinting at the possibility that Nate was sexually abused by Cal as a child, but other fans believe that the scene is Nate processing the emotional and psychological effects of having watched Cal's porn collection. It's more likely that, in cases like this, the characters in the audience are processing what's happening in the play in their own minds and filling in the blanks. It's unclear if any of this actually transpired in Lexi's play, but chances are it didn't, since it's hard to believe Maddy or Cassie would have revealed this much to Lexi, no matter how observant she is. Finally, Cal replaces Nate as the man who's looming over the girl on the bed, but when he leans down, it's now Nate who's laying face down on the bed. Then Nate pushes a girl down on a bed and rips off her tights, but that girl is now Cassie. At first the characters are played by Nate and Maddy's look-alikes, but suddenly, the camera pans to Nate in the audience, and then we're watching the real Nate watch Maddy undress, only for her to change into Jules, who approaches Nate and hugs him. The perfect example of this would be the scene that begins with Lexi's voiceover explaining that Nate (Jacob Elordi) and Maddy's relationship was her and Cassie's first idea of real love. And so it just sort of comes out.There are some confusing aspects of Lexi's play because it's unclear if the scene is happening in Lexi's play or outside of it. They weren't afraid to fight in front of us and throw things. And I grew up in a very unpredictable, Latin, feisty household to say the least, and my mother and father fought in front of us. "She's in character mode the whole time and it gets rather scary because it's so real. Everyone in the theater department hated me.

You know, Sydney brings it out in me," answers the actress. Lexi's 'Euphoria' Play Was Inspired By Maude Apatow's Actual High School Play. They're like, 'Hey, make magic and I'll film it.'" Addressing Ubach, she asks if it was her decision in the moment to add an extra expletive at the end of Suze's fight with Cassie over the nuances of her relationship with Nate. They come up and go, 'I'm sorry, you missed a little word there,'" says Marshall. Because I know you ladies have probably been on shows like that. So how lovely it is that no script supervisor ever comes up. "There's a freedom on set to make it as real as possible. All three women appreciate writer-director Levinson allowing space for improvisation.
