Euphoria shocked viewers with Bishop betraying his boss Alamo — but when was story line revealed to the cast?
“I wasn’t aware, at first when I began filming, but I was made aware of it probably midway through filming,” Britt-Gibson, 39, told TVInsider on Wednesday, June 3. “And I just thought it was so beautifully done.”
Britt-Gibson said the narrative choice made sense, adding, “At that point, it felt very much in line with what Bishop would do, in my opinion. And so it felt very organic that that was gonna happen. When we actually got to film it, nothing about it felt like a shock or a surprise to me.”
During the Sunday, May 31, series finale, Bishop had a hero moment when he helped Ali (Colman Domingo) avenge Rue’s (Zendaya) death by removing bullets from Alamo’s (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) gun moments before a Western-style showdown.
“It was incredible, because it’s such a fun set to be on. [Creator] Sam [Levinson] has cultivated a set that’s very welcoming, and it’s very open too,” Britt-Gibson explained. “I could go by video village and look at things, it never felt like we’re doing this intense thing and there is a lot that’s required of everyone to execute it properly, but it’s so well taken care of and you’re just so excited.”
He continued: “It’s a 10-day shoot and this is the fun part, and then you bring somebody like Coleman into the mix and it just makes it that much more of an experience because he’s just this light, this amazing human being, and totally incredible actor, so I had so much fun.”
When asked whether Bishop was always planning to cut ties with Alamo, Britt-Gibson replied, “Bishop is extremely calculated, and it’s always chess, not checkers for him, so the opportunity presented itself for this to be the moment to do whatever he had planned to do, but it’s not like some spur of the moment like thing.”
Britt-Gibson saw this always being the plan for his character.
“It’s very much in his mind’s eye that this person has to go, because Alamo has shown that the only person he truly cares about is himself, and so it’s Rue one day, and who knows who’s next, you know?” he said. “Alamo has loyalty to no one but himself, so a man who has loyalty to no one but himself is essentially a threat to everyone, and it’s time for him to go.”
Euphoria didn’t show where Bishop ended up after Alamo’s death but Britt-Gibson admitted he had a vision in mind, saying, “I actually know [what happens], but I don’t even want to say it because I think about how incredible the fans of this show are, and I think about how much time and energy and love and pageant that they’ve put into this show and invested into it.”
He concluded: “So I want them to be able to run with whatever they want it to be because it’s their show and it belongs to them, and I really love that this gets to be theirs and whatever they want it to be, it is. Absolutely [I am happy with Bishop’s ending].”
Euphoria is now streaming on HBO Max.
