As with Euphoria, the most redeemable aspect of the show is its performers-again, outside of Tesfaye-particularly its star Lily Rose Depp, who elevates abysmal material. Likewise, The Idol has delivered everything you would expect from a Levinson production: poor direction, bad acting-mostly from Tesfaye-a meandering plot, cringy sex scenes, and diatribes against “woke” culture that sound more like Levinson’s voice than the characters.
And a shocking Rolling Stone exposé revealed a slew of behind-the-scenes issues, many of them related to Levinson’s penchant for depicting sexual violence. And with talented indie director Amy Seimetz at the helm, it seemed like Sam Levinson had finally allowed someone to swoop in and save him from his own shortcomings as an auteur.īut as we now know, Seimetz was reportedly ousted from the project by Levinson and Tesfaye over creative differences. The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, was going to show us what he could do as an actor (not a lot, it turns out) following his Uncut Gems cameo. The premise of a pop star falling in love with a cult leader seemed fascinating. It’s hard to believe that HBO’s catastrophic series The Idol was promising at one point.
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