Lily Rose, 24, stars as singer Jocelyn in the Hollywood production, with her character suffering a nervous breakdown on tour before meeting the dodgy Tedros, who is played by The Weeknd.
The new HBO series which has been described as ‘torture porn’ in some scathing reviews saw Lily Rose bared all in some raunchy scenes, including a
Despite the criticism, Johnny Depp –the Pirates of the Caribbean star, 59 – insists his daughter ‘must be doing something right’ to be getting so much attention.
A source close to the Hollywood star told DailyMail: ‘Johnny loves that Lily is carving out a career of her own and challenging herself to take on roles that interest her and test her.
‘He loves that she is her own person and becoming her own actress. She isn’t resting her career on his success.
After weeks of negative reviews from critics, The Idol was released to the viewing public at the weekend, but the Sam Levinson-directed drama didn’t receive many plaudits.
After the first episode dropped, the series billed as the ‘sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood’ continued to rake in criticism for its graphic sex scenes, as well as backlash directed at its lead character Jocelyn.
Despite some less-than-positive comments, Lily Rose continued to insist Sam was ‘the best director’ she has worked with to date and explained to the publication how she felt her opinions were ‘more valued’.
