The actress, who plays Jocelyn on the controversial HBO series, reveals in a new interview that she didn't feel bothered filming those scenes and she found it 'therapeutic' instead.
- Jun 26, 2023
AceShowbiz - While viewers are left horrified by the explicit scenes on "The Idol", it isn't the case for star Lily-Rose Depp. The actress, who plays Jocelyn on the controversial HBO series, reveals that she didn't feel bothered filming those scenes and she found it "therapeutic" instead.
"It's all me. I love doing that kind of work," Lily-Rose told The Sun. "I don't think there's anything wrong with that. And I don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying that kind of work."
The daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis went on to say, "Every outfit and every interaction and every piece of nudity and all those things are very intentional and were really important to me."
She added, "Maybe this makes me, like, a little twisted but I feel really good after doing scenes like that because there's something that feels very therapeutic about it to me - and maybe that's why I like doing this job. Maybe there's something wrong with me but it feels very cathartic and I feel very drained of anything that I maybe needed to let go of."
"Obviously when you go that far emotionally, you have to find it within yourself, it has to come from some place real. Some place inside of you," she continued. "Even if you're performing a scene that is completely fictionalized, and you've never actually gone through any of that stuff, you have to find it within yourself. But I find that kind of work to be really healing, actually."
Lily-Rose isn't the only star defending "The Idol" following backlash. Prior to this, The Weeknd, who stars as shady club owner Tedros, called the show "almost educational" in a new interview.
"It's almost educational, that this is what comes with being incredibly famous," The Weeknd, who co-creates the show alongside "Euphoria" director Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim, told Variety in an interview published on Tuesday, June 20. "You're surrounded by people who you're not sure what their true intentions are, even if it seems like they're good. You just never know."
He went on explaining, "But of course, I've been very fortunate to have people around me that I've known almost my entire life, which is important, and is a gift."
The Canadian star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, went on to share that he wasn't surprised by the backlash. "We're playing with genres with this show, we're doing exactly what we wanted to do. And none of this is a surprise. I'm excited for everyone to watch the rest of the show," he noted.
