![]() “We’re not trying to tell a story about any particular pop star,” he said. And the trailer heavily features the Princess of Pop’s 2007 hit “Gimme More.” Levinson denied, though, that Jocelyn is inspired by Spears, whom he calls “one of the greatest pop stars of all time.” “The Idol” also references in the first episode the media’s intense scrutiny of young, female music icons like Britney Spears. “I was trying to throw blankets on her,” he said. Hank Azaria, who plays Jocelyn’s manager Chaim, joked that he became protective of Depp when she was scantily dressed on set. The occasional bareness of the character physically mirrors the bareness we get to see emotionally.” “The way she dresses is trying to tell you something all the time. ![]() “That extends to every aspect of her life, not just her professional life,” she said. “When you have a character who has a strong sense of self and a strong sexual self, you end up underestimating her.”ĭepp called Jocelyn a “born and bred performer,” so she believes that nudity is important to the genesis of the character. We see this in pop music,” Levinson said. Especially in the States, the influence of pornography is strong in the psyche of young people. A funny scene in the pilot even sends up the need for intimacy coordinators, who were introduced to the entertainment industry in the wake of #MeToo. Levinson, clearly no stranger to provocation, also defended the show’s “revolutionary” use of nudity. “To take everything I know about it and heighten it.” “I wanted to make a dark, twisted fantasy about the music industry,” Tesfaye said. That’s where she meets the Weeknd’s Tedros, a modern-day cult leader who reveals larger ambitions for Jocelyn’s career. As she tries to get a new album and tour off the ground, she goes to a seedy Hollywood club to blow off steam. ![]() “The Idol” puts the spotlight on Depp, who plays Jocelyn, a pop phenom coming off a psychotic break after the death of her mother. It wasn’t reflective at all of my experience.” The show’s star, Lily-Rose Depp, also pushed back against the accusations of chaos and stood by Levinson, saying “It’s always a little sad and disheartening to see mean, false things said about someone you care about. Tesfaye said earlier in the press conference that he and Levinson were aiming to “create something special, something fun, to make people laugh and piss some people off.” My only slight grievance is they intentionally omitted anything that didn’t fit their narrative. It’s not lost on us.” But as for the allegations in the article, he said, “It felt completely foreign to me. He continued, “We know we’re making a show that is provocative. “When my wife read me the article,” he recalled, “I looked at her and I said, ‘I think we’re about to have the biggest show of the summer.'” At a Cannes press conference on Tuesday, the day after the premiere, Levinson responded directly to the allegations and denied any behind-the-scenes drama. ![]()
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