'The Idol 'on HBO: Everything We Know About the Salacious Series
glamour.comThe Idol is the most controversial show in town, and it doesn't even have a premiere date yet. But maybe that's how the creators like it.
After all, the steamy new HBO series is being billed as a toxic love story from the “sick and twisted minds” of The Weeknd and Sam Levinson, the latter being the nepo baby son of Barry Levinson who created Euphoria and directed Malcolm & Marie.So, what's all the fuss about?
Here's everything we know (and have heard) about the series:An up-and-coming pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) who comes under the influence of a self-help guru/cult leader (The Weeknd).Oh, it's stacked.
Dan Levy, Hari Nef, Hank Azaria, Troye Sivan, Jennie from Blackpink, Suzanna Son, Rachel Sennott, Jane Adams, Moses Sumney, Eli Roth, Mike Dean, Karl Glusman and the late Anne Heche are all listed on the show's , though apparently some roles that were shot ended up being scrapped from the final version.Levinson was already a, let's say, questionable figure in the HBO-verse, having run the Euphoria set somewhat chaotically.
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