McKay generally appears to like and care for Cassie, but is often preoccupied with his struggles in college, football and expectations from his father. That relationship is very critical to him and his confidence. I think it's really rooted in football, to be honest; that's where he finds his confidence. When we got on set, she wouldn't keep letting them do takes for no reason. I think that's the thing right now — if it's bullcrap people are quick to call it, and if it's relatable, as you can see, they're quick to latch on and continue to watch it. A mortified Cassie manages to cover herself up with the sheets and screams at them to stop, and while the scene was edited in a manner where you can't really tell if McKay was raped, the fact that they keep chanting 'McGay!' The HBO show has been a glaring epicenter for controversies ever since its release, because of its multitude of teen-related themes ranging from drugs, sex, and alcohol to mental issues, violence, and identity crises. The deeper we go, we start talking about the father again because that's just the dynamic right now; it's football and it's also trying to please his father with football. This went on to further establish just how toxic this forced tough as nails act can be when imposed on growing young adults.While Cassie texts her sister, Lexi (Maude Apatow) about the incident, McKay has a pretty drawn out breakdown inside the bathroom. When we think of Euphoria fashion, Cassie Howard is often forgotten.
When he comes out, however, he's a different person. All the times he does want to talk to her, I think he just doesn't know how. The episode explores McKay's complex relationship with his strict father, who is always pushing him to be the best on the field, and the fears about his future when he realizes he may not be good enough to make it to the NFL. He asks Cassie why she has put clothes on, and whether she doesn't want to have sex anymore. but as soon as he realizes she didn’t want that from him at the moment, he apologized and we … All the times he does want to talk to her, I think he just doesn't know how. The episode explores McKay's complex relationship with his strict father, who is always pushing him to be the best on the field, and the fears about his future when he realizes he may not be good enough to make it to the NFL. They'll continue to be tested and we'll figure out if he really likes her for the long run. I think outside of that, it may be Cassie and everything he has to do with that, but I think the main thing he's focused on is, "I'm not making it in my dream, and my father is counting on me making it and I've got to break it to him." That was very beneficial. Monday, 13 July 2020 They then pin him down on the ground with his back up and grind and hump against his body while a couple of them record the incident. It lasted for a long time and was somber on set.The Hollywood Reporter is part of MRC Media & Info, a division of MRC.They do really well with the teases, that's all I can say. Ultimately, he bottled up his emotions about what happened to him, just like his dad taught him to do when he was younger. It's more so responsibility. It wasn't exactly rape, more floating along the lines of abuse if anything. In a particularly brutal scene this week, McKay is getting intimate with Cassie when multiple masked men break down his door and assault him, seemingly as part of a hazing ritual. I think he's comfortable knowing that she likes him and maybe will grow to love him, but he doesn't want to let her in and be open yet. When we did about three takes she was like, "Okay, my actors have done enough, they're good now." She really kept an eye on us and kept us protected, not in the sense that anyone else didn't want to protect us, but it was her job to overprotect and make sure that we were super comfortable being in the position we were in.I definitely think he has suspicions, even though he doesn't have anything to prove it.
But highlighting the very problematic college practice of hazing amongst male students is not all that this episode does; certain fans believe this was all another reflection of the mantra McKay's super ambitious, tough as nails father had instilled in him as a child. It was then that McKay's dad told him to bottle up his feelings and just follow his goal - the same advice he had given when a younger McKay went home crying after being called the n-word by his teammates.
Outside of being very cold, it was very dark. I think outside of that, it may be Cassie and everything he has to do with that, but I think the main thing he's focused on is, "I'm not making it in my dream, and my father is counting on me making it and I've got to break it to him." That was very beneficial.
We'll see those feelings come out and what they have to go through. We see from the beginning of the episode, as soon as we come in, how it is between him and his father.