Actor filmed Euphoria porn movie after being cast in real show alongside Zendaya

After landing a breakout role on a hit TV show, you'd imagine that most actors would celebrate by treating themselves to a fancy dinner or buying some new clothes, but how about filming a porn parody?

This may sound like a nailed on way to get yourself fired before even stepping foot on set, but thankfully this risky move ended up working well for former porn actor turned Euphoria star.

Casting an adult actor in a standard TV series may seem a little far-fetched, but this is Euphoria we're talking about here — a series which shows a unrealistic depiction and highly sexualised of high school students.

Of course, the actor we're of course talking about is none other than Chloe Cherry, who was asked to audition for the show after creator Sam Levinson discovered her on Instagram.

She would land the role of Faye, drug addict who befriends Fezco (the late Angus Cloud) and Ashtray (Javon Walton) while on the run from the police.

The 27-year-old's acting debut would unsurprisingly turn the spotlight back to her work as an adult performer, leading fans to discover that she'd previously starred in a porn parody which featured a popular scene involving characters Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Rue (Zendaya).

Obviously the discovery would send fans into a frenzy, with a rumour which stated that Cherry had landed the role after playing the porn parody version of Jules in the video later doing the rounds on the internet.

Chloe Cherry joined Euphoria as Faye in season two (Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

Which would be an absolutely wild way to land a role on television, but unfortunately it isn't true.

Setting the record straight in a 2022 interview with Vulture, Cherry said: "It was funny because I made that probably five months after I was cast on the show."

Going on to explain how the idea came into fruition, Cherry added that she was studying the show after being cast and thought it was prime content for a pornographic parody.

"I started rewatching and I realised I had already done a lot of adult-movie parodies, and I figured, 'Oh, that’s the perfect one to do, because it’s a really popular scene'," she explained.

The actor would celebrate landing the role in a rather unusual way (HBO)

"It’s funny the way people are reacting to it, like 'She was discovered off a porn parody.' And I’m like, 'No, no, no, that was literally just something I made for my OnlyFans forever ago, and now everyone’s finding it'."

Cherry is currently expected to return in the long awaited final instalment of the series, which is currently in production, with her character being promoted to a series regular, via The Hollywood Reporter.

The news will likely be a welcome one with fans after Cherry had previously cast doubt on whether or not she would be invited back for the third season, telling MailOnline: "I would definitely go back, but they just leave me in the dark, let's just say that."