The Idol: Lily-Rose Depp And Sam Levinson Defend Nudity

Controversy has adopted the HBO manufacturing for a lot of months now — particularly after a Rolling Stone article, which interviewed 13 forged and crew members, alleged that the “extreme” present was a “rape fantasy.”

“It was like sexual torture porn,” one source told the publication. Another echoed, “There is no point. They’re just trying to see how much of a reaction they can get.”

Preliminary evaluations of the present, which presently has 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, definitely do little to disprove these experiences. One overview from the Every day Beast mentioned, “Depp can almost never be filmed in anything other than a parodically skimpy outfit in this horribly ugly show. … The show’s sleaze (intentional and not) would be one thing, but it’s the hideous, self-excusing presentation of rape culture that rankles.”

Talking on the Cannes Movie Competition about her character, Lily-Rose mentioned, “I think that something about Jocelyn is just that she’s a born and bred performer.”

“I think that extends to every aspect of her life, not just her professional life. I think that the way that she dresses, for example, is her trying to tell you something all the time or say something to the people that she’s around or express herself in some kind of way.”

“I also think that the occasional bareness of the character physically mirrors the bareness that we get to see emotionally in her,” the 23-year-old added.

Sam, who has confronted loads of criticism over the nudity in his present Euphoria earlier than, mentioned, “It’s funny, I think that sometimes things that might be revolutionary are taken too far.”

“I think we live in a very sexualized world,” he continued. “We see this in pop music and the way it displays the underbelly of the web in some methods. I believe that with this present and dealing with Lily, we had a variety of discussions about who she is as an individual, who Jocelyn is as an individual, and what she’s feeling, what she’s angling, who she’s taking part in to.”

“There’s two things that happen when you have a character that has such a strong sense of self and such a strong sexual sense — you end up underestimating her because you’re not quite sure why she’s doing this, why she’s wearing this. … And at the same time, it’s also what allures people, it’s what attracts an audience, it’s what attracts an imagination,” he mentioned. “I think it’s very true to what almost every pop star is doing these days.”

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