‘Idol’ Creator Sam Levinson Says Jocelyn is ‘Moving From One Cult’ to Another With Tedros (Video)

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HBO featurette, which you can watch at the top of this post. “Jocelyn is essentially moving from one cult, the music business, into another.”After a music video production for Jocelyn’s newest hit goes awry, the third installment of the HBO drama series sees Jocelyn finding solace with Tedros and his crew as the group shops, drinks and parties the day away, while Jocelyn’s music video has found a new star.

Jocelyn’s friend and backup dancer Dyanne (Jennie Ruby Jane) has taken center stage for the video, supervised by record label executive Nikki.“I think it’s really interesting — the inner workings of somebody who is constantly surrounded by people and people tell her that everything is great even when it’s not, and there’s something deeply lonely about that,” Depp said of her character. “I think Jocelyn is really feeling like she can’t trust anyone around her.”Tedros then enters Jocelyn’s life at the perfect time with a gaggle of talented yet alienated followers who see him as a god, according to Suzanna Son, who plays Chloe in the series. “We will follow him to the end,” Son said of the his loyal crew.For what reason Tedros has climbed to the ranks of this group is unknown — and it’s certainly not due to his talent. “We’re in Abel’s house, we’re talking it through imagining the character of Tedros,” Levinson recalled. “I would say, ‘imagine you have all of the dreams that you have of what you want to do in life in terms of music and your career, all the aspirations, but imagine you have none of the talent.

That’s who this character is.'”Despite his lack of talent, Tedros somehow finds an opening into Jocelyn’s glamorous life, as “she’s searching for inspiration and Tedros is going, ‘That’s my entry point; that’s how I.