‘The Idol’: The Trailers, Behind-The-Scenes Drama & More You Need To Know

• The Idol is an upcoming HBO show.
• It’s expected to premiere successful 2023.
• It stars Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd.

HBO has been connected a rotation creating deed TV shows like The White Lotus, House of the Dragon, and The Last Of Us, and the web hopes to support that inclination going with the upcoming play bid The Idol. Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and The Weeknd (yes, the singer! ) are the masterminds down the Lily-Rose Depp-starring show, which is expected to premiere successful 2023. But the show’s merchandise has been delayed owed to behind-the-scenes play that was brought to airy successful a Rolling Stone story published connected March 1.

The Idol (Photo: HBO/Youtube)

HBO has released teasers for The Idol that amusement Lily-Rose’s Jocelyn, an aspiring popular star, falling successful emotion with  The Weeknd’s Tedros, a self-help guru/modern-day cult leader. Their narration becomes highly complicated, which fans volition spot erstwhile the amusement premieres. Below, HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize about The Idol, including the merchandise date, the cast, and the behind-the-scenes drama.

‘The Idol’ Trailers

The first teaser trailer for The Idol was released by The Weeknd successful July 2022, arsenic helium kicked disconnected his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ circuit successful New Jersey. The footage shows Jocelyn striking up a romance with Tedros, which rapidly turns tense. Jocelyn tells Tedros that she doesn’t spot him.

The second teaser trailer was released by The Weeknd successful August 2022. It features different characters saying that they’re utilizing Jocelyn to “sell sex,” aft she struts into a grounds institution hardly wearing clothes.

The third teaser trailer dropped successful October 2022, courtesy of HBO. It shows Tedro informing Jocelyn to “trust nary one” but him. Tedro blindfolds Jocelyn successful the euphony workplace and seduces her. The afloat trailer for The Idol has yet to beryllium released.

‘The Idol’ Release Date

HBO has not announced the authoritative merchandise day for The Idol. The amusement was expected to premiere successful 2022, but got delayed to 2023. The teaser trailer from October confirmed that the amusement volition beryllium retired successful 2023. But Rolling Stone‘s nonfiction claims that accumulation “are successful the acheronian connected erstwhile the amusement volition marque it to air, and person small thought astir what the last mentation volition look like.”

Allegedly, the show’s been delayed due to the fact that of rewrites that took spot erstwhile Sam Levinson replaced Amy Seimetz arsenic director, aft she departed the six-episode amusement earlier they filmed the last episode. Per Rolling Stone‘s sources, the amusement was rewritten and reshot nether Sam’s leadership, which has affected the show’s delayed release.

‘The Idol’ Cast

Lily-Rose Depp (Photo: Shutterstock)

Lily-Rose Depp stars arsenic Jocelyn in The Idol. Lily-Rose, 23, is the girl of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. Her past acting jobs see the movies The King, Voyagers, and Silent Night. The Idol is Lily-Rose’s archetypal tv show. Back successful March 2022, Lily-Rose told Wonderland that “the much I larn astir the communicative and the character, the much I person a peculiar feeling astir this. The squad astir maine are truthful large and I’m successful truly large hands. I’ve ne'er done a amusement earlier and I’ve ne'er held connected to a quality for this agelong earlier truthful I’m acceptable for that situation arsenic well.”

The Weeknd, whose existent sanction is Abel Tesfaye, plays Tedros successful The Idol. He co-created the amusement with Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim and he’s besides 1 of the enforcement producers. This is The Weeknd’s authoritative acting debut. He’s known for his theatrical philharmonic videos and appeared arsenic himself successful the 2019 Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems.

The Weeknd (Photo: Shutterstock)

The Idol cast besides includes Jennie Kim, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan, Jane Adams, Dan Levy, Eli Roth, Hank Azaria, Rachel Sennott, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Plus, the precocious Anne Heche has her last TV relation successful the show.

The Behind-The-Scenes Drama connected ‘The Idol’

As we mentioned before, Rolling Stone released intel connected how production on The Idol changed erstwhile Sam Levinson took control. Allegedly, Sam decided to “weaken the show’s overarching message”, by focusing much connected the intersexual content, alternatively than the communicative of an up-and-coming popular prima falling successful emotion with a cult leader.

Sam Levinson (Photo: Shutterstock)

Sources claimed to Rolling Stone that manager Amy Seimetz “seemed acceptable up to neglect from the start” by HBO. Amy reportedly “was given half-finished scripts, a choky schedule, and near-impossible expectations from HBO” portion she was moving connected the show, Rolling Stone reported. Also, HBO reportedly lone gave the amusement a $54 cardinal budget, overmuch little than the $97 cardinal it outgo to make the second season of Euphoria. The Rolling Stone report besides claimed that The Weeknd and Sam had constricted availability to enactment connected the show, due to the fact that they were engaged with touring and Euphoria, respectively.

After Sam replaced Amy arsenic manager of the remainder of the bid successful April 2022, a study from Deadline came retired that claimed The Weeknd was “unhappy” that the amusement focused much connected Lily-Rose with a “female perspective”. Regarding this situation, a root told Rolling Stone, “It was similar the Weeknd wanted 1 amusement that was each astir him — Sam was connected committee with that.”

The Idol reportedly wrapped filming successful October 2022, adjacent though accumulation was expected to beryllium finished agelong earlier then. A unit subordinate told Rolling Stone they were “drained” by the extremity of filming. HollywoodLife will proceed to stock updates on The Idol right here.

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