Singer The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp will star in Sam Levinson’s new HBO Max drama, which will also star Blackpink’s Jennie Kim.
The Weeknd wants to enter our television screens in a big way after conquering the world of music, and it will do so with HBO Max and one of the most in-form creators today: Sam Levinsonfrom ‘Euphoria’.
The singer and screenwriter have written ‘The Idol’ alongside Reza Fahim,”the sleaziest love story in all of hollywood“as announced by its first trailer, which we have already been able to take a look at. And we have gotten hot, all of a sudden…
Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye makes his acting debut since, if we don’t count his video clips, his only role so far was a brief cameo in ‘Diamonds in the Rough’. The artist had also occasionally voiced characters from series such as ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Father Made in the USA’ and ‘Robot Chicken’.
‘The Idol’, Synopsis
Tesfaye will play the leader of a cult/sect/self-help group. (call it what you want) from Hollywood who will start a sordid relationship with a rising pop star (Lily-Rose Depp).
‘The Idol’, Cast
The famous singer and Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’s daughter, Lily-Rose Deppwill be the protagonists and will maintain an erotic-festive relationship that promises to leave us with some of the best sex scenes of the year.
The cast is completed by names like Troye Sivan, Anne HecheSuzanna Son, Steve Zissis, Juliebeth Gonzalez, Maya Eshet, Tyson Ritter, Kate Lyn Sheil, Liz Sierra, and Finley Rose Slater.
It is striking to find in the names of the cast Elizabeth Berkley, the protagonist of ‘Showgirls’ who was mistreated (unfairly) by the industry after the premiere of Paul Verhoeven’s film, who will try to vindicate herself in a project that has many similarities with one of the best erotic films in history, no matter who it weighs.
We have also been able to see in the trailer the popular K-Pop singer Jennie Kim, from the group Blackpink. At the moment we do not know if it will be a simple cameo or if his role will be important in the plot, but the networks have exploded with his appearance.
‘The Idol’ Release Date
At the moment the release date is unknown. yes we know that the series will have 6 episodes and that it should not be delayed much, since it is announced for this year 2022.
‘The Idol’, trailer and images
“From the disturbed and twisted minds of ‘Euphoria’ creator Sam Levinson and Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye“. This is how the teaser trailer revealed by HBO Max begins, which continues with a gallery of lewd images in which we can see debauchery, sex, drugs, money and partying. “More more more. Orgy!“. As a first presentation, it’s not bad…
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