She meets Abel The Weeknd Tesfayes character Tedros, a nightclub impresario and music manager with a sordid past.
Gimmie More from Britney, any one?).
Meanwhile, Jocelyns team and manager (Hank Azaria) are incredibly suspicious of Tedros.
Sam Levinson, Lily-Rose Depp and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye attend the “The Idol” red carpetGisela Schober/Getty Images
Depp emphasized, Were not telling anyone elses story.
She mentioned that influences were celebs like Sharon Stone afterBasic Instinctand Jeanne Moreau.
Can we create our own pop star?
If you did, you wouldnt be here, added Levinson.
Tesfayes inspiration for the guy?
The first thing I can think of is Dracula, he quipped.
I cant imagine how frustrating that would be to him.
He cant realize this on his own.
It forces him to find a puppet, so to speak.
Thats when it started; that night was when the character began to unlock.
Im really excited to see where this show goes.
Levinson recounted that he first caught Tesfayes act at the Hollywood Bowl in 2011 or 12.
Weeknd had only been announced to the show a couple of weeks prior.
Levinson remembered that he told him, This isnt my audience.
The crowd has been in the desert for three days, tired and ready to go home.
I thought, Wow, if this is the arc of a career here; hes 32 or 33.
This is the first act, said Levinson.
The series was co-created by Levinson and Tesfaye and Reza Fahim.
