Recently the first two episodes of 'The Idol' series arrived at the Venice Film Festival where Lily Rose Depp, The Weeknd, Jennie from Blackpink, Heri Neff showed everyone what the series created and directed by Sam Levinson is made of. The reviews of the series did not take long to come in and in fact, each one seems to be worse than the last. However, the reviews are not the only thing that have been coming in about the series, in fact, other details have also emerged. During a press conference, Sam Levinson, who is also the mind behind Euphoria, revealed that both series exist in the same universe, however, another detail that people really liked was his statement about Maddy Perez.
It turns out that existing in the same universe, Maddy Perez's character played by Alexa Demie in Euphoria will have a cameo on 'The Idol.' She will appear at the nightclub where pop star Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) meets her love interest, Tedros (Abel Tesfaye). According to Levinson's statements, it is possible that more characters from 'Euphoria' will have small appearances on 'The Idol' and vice versa.
At the moment, the most read the series has a lot of pornographic content. Variety, for example, noted that it is "a fable from the dark side of the entertainment mute that perpetuates the myth that pop stars are corporate puppets who have no creation of their own image…".
While The Hollywood Reporter described the first two episodes as "more regressive than transgressive." "It's always a little suspicious when shows try to promote themselves as edgy. What are they trying to prove? This obvious effort to make The Idol seem controversial took an ironic turn," journalist Lovia Gyarkye wrote for the outlet.