Lily-Rose Depp Spills On How 'The Idol' Taught Her 'So Much' For 'Nosferatu' Role
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Depp said she began shooting the Robert Eggers film just two months after the short-lived HBO show wrapped.
Lily-Rose Depp said she’s found a “real through line” between her roles in the short-lived HBO show “The Idol” and Robert Eggers’ fresh take on the classic silent vampire film “Nosferatu.”
Depp told IndieWire she “definitely” feels her physical and emotional work as Jocelyn — the troubled pop star who is romantically tied to Tedros (played by The Weeknd) on “The Idol,” the focus of a disturbing Rolling Stone exposé — taught her “so much” before she starred as Ellen Hutter in Eggers’ movie.
“Jocelyn and Ellen could not be more different characters, and the worlds that they have could not be more different from each other,” Depp said.
“There is a through-line there to me in that they’re both very specific, demanding roles and clearly, that’s something that I’m interested in exploring.”
She described “The Idol,” which The Weeknd co-created with Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim, as a “real growth period” for her as an actor and as a person.