‘The Idol’ Creator Sam Levinson Unfazed by Report of Chaos on Set: ‘It Just Felt Completely Foreign to Me’ (Video)

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“The Idol” creator Sam Levinson is taking the criticism around his upcoming HBO show in stride after accusations of a troubled production environment surfaced in a recent report.

While on a panel Tuesday morning at Cannes Film Festival, Levinson addressed the scathing Rolling Stone article about his show, which detailed a “sense of chaos” on set and accused the series of having “disturbing sexual and physically violent scenes.”“We know that we’re making a show that is provocative.

It’s not lost on us,” Levinson said, in video which you can watch below. “When my wife read me the article, I looked at her and I just said, ‘I think we’re about to have the biggest show of the summer.’ And in terms of the specifics of what was in it, it just felt completely foreign to me.”lily rose depp and sam levinson on the now infamous rolling stone article that accused him and the production of THE IDOL being an unsafe space (continued below) #cannes2023 pic.twitter.com/MZTBrHj7SkLevinson said that Rolling Stone was “free to write whatever they want.” He also criticized the publication, claiming it “intentionally omitted anything that didn’t fit their narrative.” Series star Lily-Rose Depp echoed Levinson’s sentiments, saying that “it’s always a little sad and disheartening to see mean, false things” about people she cares about. “It wasn’t reflective at all of my experience shooting the show.”Set to air June 4 on HBO, “The Idol” follows Levinson’s other big-name show, “Euphoria.” And judging by the amount of controversy already surrounding the series, the freshman drama is going to have no problem following in Zendaya’s footsteps.