Lily-Rose Depp is standing up for Sam Levinson and their collaboration on HBO’s “The Idol.”

Throughout an look on the “Joyful Unhappy Confused” podcast, Depp defended Levinson towards the backlash for his one-season HBO drama “The Idol,” which was panned by critics and viewers alike. Depp, who starred within the collection as up-and-coming pop star Jocelyn, mentioned Levinson “at all times knew it was going to be controversial” however carried on since he’s “concerned with that sort of work.”

“I believe the factor that sucked about that was to have folks speaking shit about Sam [Levinson], who is a superb pal of mine and any person that I take into account household,” Depp mentioned. “I’m tremendous shut with him and Ashley — his spouse who’s a producer on the present — and they’re such fantastic folks, so unimaginable, so type, and actually sort of took me below their wing in a means.”

Regardless of the present’s poor reception and the unfavourable press following the sudden departure of director Amy Seimetz, Depp mentioned the one dangerous a part of the expertise was “folks speaking negatively about [Sam Levinson] as a result of the issues that they mentioned about him, notably, as a filmmaker, simply couldn’t be farther from the reality than from, no less than, my expertise working with him. In order that sucks. You simply by no means need to hear folks speaking shit about your pal.”

Depp went on to say that she personally “cherished” the present and her character and felt proud she remained “steadfast” within the face of criticism. “That was a interval in my life the place I really feel like I discovered a lot,” Depp mentioned. “I used to be pushed to this point out of my consolation zone, in probably the most stunning means, and it gave me a lot development that I’ll at all times look again on that as one of the crucial particular instances of my life.”

“The Idol” adopted Depp’s Jocelyn who turns into romantically concerned with a shady self-help guru (The Weekend) after a nervous breakdown sidetracks her profession. After intensive reshoots and the exit of Seimetz, the episode order of “The Idol” was decreased to 5 and information of the present’s cancellation shortly adopted.