The debut of The weekend As an actor, he’s elicited all kinds of comments and, of course, crack has been generated. The HBO series the idolof which the first two episodes were previewed on the night of Monday the 21st, is about a pop star who wants to re-emerge, and is helped, or something like that, by the manager of a nightclub.
The first, Jocelyn, is played by pink lily depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. The musician is the latter, his name is Tedros and he will play sexually with Jocelyn, who is coming off a devastating year: she has spent the last year recovering from heartbreak and the death of her mother from cancer.
And she’s had a tough day: She’s rehearsing her choreography for a music video, which didn’t pan out, and a picture of her with a cum on her face just went viral. Further? a reporter from Vanity Fair arrives there, at her villa, to interview and profile the young star, weeks after the release of her new album.
Directed by Sam Levinson -who replaced director Amy Seimetz-, it is easy to notice and recognize the creator of Euphoria, also from HBO, in each image. She is no longer a drug-taking teenage student, she is a Britney Spears-like pop star -even if not-, masturbating with gusto, accepting all kinds of sexual games with her new acquaintance, snorting cocaine and showing off -the character and The Weeknd, a little stiff.
Dispute
Levinson does not escape controversy. Jocelyn’s assistant and best friend tells her to stay away from Tedros, who she says has “rapist” vibes, Jocelyn’s response being that’s why she likes about her.
The series picks up in the second episode, when Jocelyn bends over backwards trying to re-engage with music, both with Tedros and during the filming of the music video, which literally leaves her heart broken.
that’s where the idol it is more interesting, to reveal behind the scenes of the meat grinder that the music industry in the United States can be, and how Jocelyn wants to surpass herself, in the face of the less permissive gaze of her producers, who try to play it safe and risk nothing .
Politically incorrect, we’ll have to see how the story continues.
The musician, who recently announced he would drop his pseudonym and start using his real name, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, was obviously the center of attention at the premiere. But South Korean star Jennie, a member of the k-pop group Blackpink, who has a role in the series, objected to the flashes.
The red carpet was as usual: they posed for photographers on both sides, climbed the 38 steps to the entrance of the Grand Theater Lumière, where they were received by Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival, and they entered the cinema itself .
The applause was thunderous. The public was able to follow everything from the screen, both the red carpet and the team’s entrance the idol. The Weeknd and Lily sat next to director Sam Levinson, who stood up and kissed his hand when Frémaux returned to greet him.
When the screening began, cheers and applause supported the names appearing on the screen. And knowing that she was the most applauded, Lili was there, very close in the applause meter.
At the end of the screening of the first two episodes, out of a total of six, and that HBO will premiere when finished successionOn Sunday-, the lights came on and the one who looked most visibly excited was the director, Levinson.
He spoke, and it wasn’t original: He spoke beautifully about his team and his cast.
Upon leaving the Hall, but inside the Palais, only The Weeknd approached the waiting audience to greet him, or take a photo or video with him. He did and only took one selfie. Heavily guarded, they went to a private room, then boarded the vehicles that would take them to the Late Night Party, the Palm Club, Palm Beach, on the other side of Cannes, which started at midnight, still without them. arrived around 2am.
But that’s another story.
Source: Clarin
