Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye has spoken a bit about his character in the HBO series The Idoldescribing Tedros as “a loser.”
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While speaking with GQ, the musician and actor went into detail about the character of Tedros Tedros — the music club owner he plays in The Idol.
“But the reality is, there’s nothing really mysterious or hypnotizing about him,” Tesfaye stated. “And we did that on purpose with his look, his outfits, his hair — the guy’s a douchebag. You can tell he cares so much about what he looks like, and he thinks he looks good. But then you see these weird moments of him alone — he rehearses, he’s calculated. And he needs to do that, or he has nothing, he’s pathetic.”
Tesfaye noted that Tedros views Lily-Rose Depp’s Jocelyn as “the biggest score he’s ever had” and that he’s “such a loser.”
“You look at him, and this is a score — Jocelyn might be the biggest score he’s ever had,” the actor said. “It’s very obvious. He’s over-indulging, he walks into this house looking around like, ‘Goddamn, am I way over my head? This can be the biggest job I’ve ever done.’ Whatever it is that he’s doing. Even the sex, it’s so gluttonous [laughs]. Especially in Episode 2. ‘Gluttony’ is the only word I can think of [to describe it]. He can’t believe he’s there. He comes off like such a loser. Those moments are the humanity that you find in a psychopath, the chink in his armor.”
The Idol is written and executive produced by Levinson, Tesfaye, Fahim, and Joe Epstein. Kevin Turen, Ashley Levinson, Nick Hall, Sara E. White, and Aaron Gilbert are executive producing. It is an A24 production.
“After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn’s last tour, she’s determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America,” reads the official logline. “Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her romantic awakening take her to glorious new heights or the deepest and darkest depths of her soul?”