The 23-year-old star starred in the new HBO series Idol, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The actress got the role of the singer Jocelyn. According to the plot, the girl has a nervous breakdown and is trying to recover from it. Many critics reacted negatively to the abundance of scenes of a sexual nature. The project was even compared to the movie “50 shades of gray”.
Series creator Sam Levinson has been accused of turning his own show into “torture porn with a rape fantasy”. At Cannes Lily-Rose supported the director. She explained that obscenity was very important in portraying her character.
“Joslyn is a born artist. And I think that applies to all aspects of her life, not just the professional one. For example, the way she dresses means that she is constantly trying to tell you something… Or express herself in some way. I also think that the character’s occasional nudity physically reflects the nudity we see in her emotionally.”
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The model said that it was a privilege for her to create the character in all the details and self-expression. The drama received a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes, where it premiered, and Sam, 38, said: “I feel like I’ve found a family.” The co-author of the series was the 33-year-old rapper The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye).
The director admitted that sex has a strong influence on modern culture. “We live in a very sexualized world where the influence of pornography on the psyche of young people is really strong. And we see that in pop music,” Levinson said.
Sam also claimed that he and Lily-Rose talked a lot about who Jocelyn was, calling her a character with a strong sense of self and an equally strong sexuality. Depp has already defended the series. Crew members anonymously told Rolling Stone that the director elevated the show’s nudity, sex and violence to the level of exploitation.
“Sam is in many ways the best director I have ever worked with. I have never felt more supported and respected in the creative space and my input and opinion more valued. Working with Sam is a true collaboration in every way – what matters most to him is not just what his actors think of the work, but how it makes us feel. He hires people whose work he values and always creates an atmosphere where I feel seen, heard and appreciated,” Daily Mail quoted Lily-Rose as saying.
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