‘The Idol’ Creators Vow to ‘Piss People Off’ After Toxic Set Report
While screening the first two episodes of The Idol at Cannes, co-creators Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye (the artist formerly known as The Weeknd) and star Lily-Rose Depp addressed Rolling Stone’s report about the behind-the-scenes chaos plaguing the hotly anticipated series.
“When my wife read me the article I looked at her and I said, ‘I think we are about to have the biggest show of the summer,’” Levinson said at a press conference on Tuesday, per The Hollywood Reporter.
“We know we are making a show that is provocative. It is not lost on us,” he added. But as for any allegations of on-set turmoil, he said, “It just felt completely foreign to me. But I know who I am… People can write whatever they want. If I have a slight objection, it’s that they intentionally omitted anything that didn’t fit their narrative. But I think we have seen a lot of that lately.”