‘The Idol’ Updates: The Official Trailer, The Cast, Behind-The-Scenes Drama & More You Need To Know

The Idol volition premiere connected June 4, 2023, connected HBO. Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd prima successful the series. The amusement was co-created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson The amusement was screened astatine the Cannes Film Festival connected May 22.

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. There’s surely a batch of buzz astir this amusement Euphoria creator Sam Levinson and The Weeknd (yes, the singer!) are the masterminds down the Lily-Rose Depp-starring show, which volition premiere connected June 4. One thing’s for certain: The Idol is going to beryllium 1 of the astir talked-about shows of the summer.

Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd successful ‘The Idol.’ (HBO)

The authoritative trailer was released connected May 30 up of the show’s June 4 premiere. The amusement follows 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 analyzable and toxic arsenic their nonrecreational lives bleed into their idiosyncratic ones. There’s already been large contention surrounding the amusement involving alleged behind-the-scenes drama, which the formed addressed astatine Cannes. 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

“You’re the American dream. Rags to riches. Rrailers to mansions. You are fucking Jocelyn. Just beryllium you,” The Weeknd says successful the authoritative trailer. Jocelyn becomes immersed successful Tedros’ satellite and hangs disconnected of his each word. People go acrophobic for Jocelyn and judge Tedros has “brainwashed” her.

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.

A 4th teaser was released connected April 17. “You got the champion occupation successful the world. You should beryllium having mode much fun,” Tedros tells Jocelyn successful the trailer. Jocelyn and Tedros statesman dating and moving unneurotic connected her music. At 1 point, radical commencement believing that Tedros has brainwashed Jocelyn. “I committedness you, there’s a caller Jocelyn coming,” the tearful popular prima says successful the last moments of the teaser.

The Idol Release Date

HBO has announced that The Idol will premiere connected June 4. The amusement was expected to premiere successful 2022 but got delayed to 2023. A Rolling Stone nonfiction published successful March 2023 revealed behind-the-scenes drama. At the time, accumulation was “in 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 manager 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. Sam, Lily-Rose, and The Weeknd were each astatine the premiere of the amusement astatine the Cannes Film Festival connected May 22.

The Idol Cast

Lily-Rose Depp arsenic Jocelyn. (HBO)

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.”

Lily-Rose told W Magazine that she knows her quality volition beryllium compared to Britney Spears. “Of people I’m a Britney fan!” she said. “Who doesn’t emotion Britney? But I was besides reasoning astir Beyoncé, Mariah, and each immense popular prima of our time. I wanted Jocelyn to beryllium the benignant of pistillate who tin predominate a room, idiosyncratic who doesn’t ever shy distant from their sparkle.”

Creator Sam Levinson addressed the comparisons betwixt Lily-Rose’s quality and Britney astatine the Cannes Film Festival. “We’re not trying to archer a communicative astir immoderate peculiar popular star,” helium said astatine the press conference. “It’s a batch of unit — to person to perpetually beryllium on, and to beryllium what everyone wishes you to be. It’s a lonely life… We tin each unreal that everyone is looking retired for someone’s champion interest, but I deliberation fame truly corrupts; it’s truly casual to situation yourself with myth-makers who proceed to prop america up.”

Is Lily Rose-Depp's popular prima successful #TheIdol based connected Britney Spears? "We're not telling anybody else's story," she says. https://t.co/HWTIBTfaam #Cannes pic.twitter.com/BE3DIy3AGQ

— Variety (@Variety) May 23, 2023

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 euphony videos and appeared arsenic himself successful the 2019 Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems.

Troye Sivan successful ‘The Idol.’ (HBO)

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.

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 Depp 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.”

Following the merchandise of Rolling Stone‘s report, The Weeknd took to Twitter connected March 1 and jabbed astatine the allegations by sharing a country from the show, successful which his quality bashes the quality outlet. He besides cheekily asked, “Did we upset you?”

.@RollingStone did we upset you? pic.twitter.com/Uyx06lyRgx

— Abel Tesfaye (@theweeknd) March 1, 2023

In a connection fixed to PEOPLE, HBO denied the accusations and shared however the web is excited astir the caller show. “The creators and producers of The Idol person been moving hard to make 1 of HBO’s astir breathtaking and provocative archetypal programs. The archetypal attack connected the amusement and accumulation of the aboriginal episodes, unfortunately, did not conscionable HBO standards truthful we chose to marque a change. Throughout the process, the originative squad has been committed to creating a safe, collaborative, and mutually respectful moving environment, and past year, the squad made originative changes they felt were successful the champion involvement of some the accumulation and the formed and crew. We look guardant to sharing The Idol with audiences soon,” the connection read.

Lily-Rose besides gave her ain connection to PEOPLE and praised Sam Levinson, saying, “Sam is, for truthful galore reasons, the champion manager I person ever worked with. Never person I felt much supported oregon respected successful a originative space, my input and opinions much valued. Working with Sam is simply a existent collaboration successful each mode – it matters to him, much than anything, not lone what his actors deliberation astir the work, but however we consciousness performing it. He hires radical whose enactment helium esteems and has ever created an situation successful which I felt seen, heard, and appreciated.”

The Weeknd addressed the alleged play successful a May 2023 interrogation with W Magazine. He confirmed that helium changed the absorption of the amusement erstwhile Sam was moving connected Euphoria because helium felt that the narration betwixt Tedros and Jocelyn wasn’t analyzable enough. “Film and TV is simply a caller originative musculus for me,” The Weeknd said. “I don’t merchandise my euphony until I deliberation it is great. Why would this beryllium immoderate different?” The Weeknd besides said that “it was a challenge” to redo the show. “In truth, I sacrificed my wellness and location to marque it work. So, let’s accidental it comes retired and it’s f****** horrible. I inactive cognize I did my implicit best,” helium said. “From what I’ve seen, the amusement is great. Everything is simply a risk: When you’ve done the champion you can, I would telephone that a blessed ending.”

The Weeknd arsenic Tedros. (HBO)

Sam told W Magazine that “quitting the amusement wasn’t an option” for him oregon The Weeknd. “It was a imagination that we had together, and we had to spot it through,” helium explained. “If we were going to reshoot from the beginning, I knew it had to beryllium for little money. Sitting successful Abel’s house, looking astir astatine the 40,000 quadrate feet, I said, ‘It’s stunning here—you can’t bargain accumulation plan similar this. What if we sprout it here?’ Abel enactment down his portion and said, ‘Do you person insurance?’ I said yes. And helium said, ‘I’m good with it.’”

In his May 2023 Vanity Fair screen story, The Weeknd called the Rolling Stone communicative “ridiculous.” He added, “I wanted to springiness a ridiculous effect to it.” The vocalist noted that helium “really loved” moving with Amy. He besides describes Lily-Rose arsenic the show’s 3rd creator alongside him and Sam. “I privation to permission radical the accidental to beryllium surprised,” Lily-Rose told the outlet. “I deliberation it’s absorbing that radical person truthful overmuch to accidental astir the amusement already and they haven’t adjacent seen it.”

Lily-Rose Depp says reports astir #TheIdol's toxic acceptable were "false" and "mean." Sam Levinson adds: "When my woman work maine the article, I looked astatine her and said, 'I deliberation we’re astir to person the biggest amusement of the summer.'"https://t.co/HX4nIyNfTV #Cannes pic.twitter.com/H3mf5wm7ZN

— Variety (@Variety) May 23, 2023

The alleged behind-the-scenes play came up during the show’s property league successful Cannes. Lily-Rose pushed back against the reports, saying, “It’s ever a small bittersweet and disheartening to spot mean, mendacious things said astir idiosyncratic you attraction about. It wasn’t reflective astatine each of my experience.”

Sam said, “When my woman work maine the article. I looked astatine her and I said, ‘I deliberation we’re astir to person the biggest amusement of the summer.’ We cognize we’re making a amusement that is provocative. It’s not mislaid connected us.” Speaking astir the allegations successful the story, Sam said, “It felt wholly overseas to me. My lone flimsy grievance is they intentionally omitted thing that didn’t acceptable their narrative. We’ve seen a batch of that recently.”

HollywoodLife will proceed to stock updates on The Idol right here.

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