‘Daisy Jones & The Six’: How Riley Keough And Sam Claflin’s ‘Emotionally Charged’ Overdose Scene Set Their Characters On ‘A Different Trajectory’
17.03.2023 - 18:33
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Warning: This post contains details from Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & The Six” Episode 8.
While the latest episode of “Daisy Jones & The Six” marked a turning point onscreen for Daisy (Riley Keough) and Billy (Sam Claflin), behind-the-scenes it was “emotionally challenging” to shoot, Keough reveals as the cast and crew dive into its significance.
At the end of episode 8, Billy Dunne finds Daisy passed out on the floor of a hotel shower from a drug overdose, then, moments later, she wakes up in his arms, the screen cuts to black and the credits begin to roll.
The scene “puts the two of them on a different trajectory going forward,” executive producer Brad Mendelsohn told Deadline, given that, up until the emotional scene, Daisy and Billy tried to avoid the bound-to-happen clash they set out for one another.
Leading up to the scene, Daisy had just returned from Greece with her new fiancé Nicky, but when she hits the road again with the band, she further derails. Billy was ready to kick her out of the group but couldn’t resist what occurred on stage that night- performing their impassioned song “Look At Us Now”, despite the track having been off limits on their world tour.
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After, when Nicky opens the hotel door, Billy immediately notices something isn’t right and rushes into the room, where he finds Daisy unresponsive in the bathroom. While he tries to revive her, Nicky attempts to run.
The scene, which Mendelsohn said is “so revealing for both of their characters,” was adapted differently onscreen than how it occurred in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel, which instead sees Nicky wake her up in