The daughter of Johnny Depp is unfazed by the backlash over her raunchy onscreen performance on the HBO show, claiming the racy scenes were 'intentional.'
- Jun 30, 2023
AceShowbiz - Lily-Rose Depp claimed nude scenes for her "risque" role on "The Idol" were really necessary. The 24-year-old actress stars as an international pop star whose career is on shaky ground when she suffers a nervous breakdown in the drama series, and though the programme has come under fire for its raunchy sex scenes, Lily-Rose is proud of the raunchy footage because she didn't want to be part of something "puritanical."
"For me, the whole character and the show and her arc was really a collaboration through and through. We know that we're making something provocative and we are not shying away from that. That's something I knew I was setting out to do from the beginning. I was never interested in making something puritanical," she told Australia's Vogue magazine.
"It's okay if this show isn't for everyone and that's fine - I think all the best art is [polarising]... When it comes to the nudity and the risque nature of the role, that to me was really intentional. That was really important to me and something that I was excited about doing. I'm not scared of it. I think we live in a highly sexualised world. I think that's an interesting thing to explore."
And Lily-Rose insisted she had never felt "more respected" or "safe" at work. She added, "I've never felt more respected and more safe on a set, honestly. And I think the trust that we all built with each other… that can only make for a really safe-feeling set."
It was announced earlier this week that "The Idol" - which was created by "Euphoria" writer Sam Levinson, The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), and Reza Fahim - will end after just five episodes, one fewer than planned. Alongside a teaser trailer, The Weeknd wrote on Instagram, "ONE MORE EPISODE @theidol Ep. 5 (sic)."
There is no official word on why an episode was cut from its planned six-episode run. However, an insider has suggested the change was simply made as a result of editing. The source told TV Line, "The season ended up being five episodes when it was all said and done after Sam took over and made significant changes. The story only ended up requiring five."
