While Tesfaye’s dedicated efforts to create the show were noble, his character’s intentions with Jocelyn were up for debate. “I don’t think you’d find a lot of artists willing to do that kind of thing for their project.” “We were all working out of his personal home for six months,” she added.
And this one was just on a bigger scale.” Notably, Jocelyn’s fictional mansion in the show actually belongs to The Weeknd in real life, and his house served as a set for the project for over half a year. “You can really feel his passion for all the projects he works on. “ cares so much about everything he works on and is so involved with the creative,” said Newman-Thomas. After engaging in a hallway hookup at the venue, Jocelyn invites Tedros over to her house the next day. There, she meets Tedros, played by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, a present-day cult leader whose confident intrigue captivates Jocelyn. “That is a through line across the entire season.”įurthering her downfall, a photo of Jocelyn covered in bodily fluids leaks online and while she admits it could be worse, she goes to a club with her backup dancer Dyanne (Jennie Kim), her creative director Xander ( Troye Sivan) and her assistant Leia (Rachel Sennott) to take her mind off the scandalous headlines. “In episode one, Jocelyn’s style is a lot about her youth and a sense of playfulness, but she’s trying to really harness her sexuality and use it in a powerful way,” costume designer Natasha Newman-Thomas told Hypebeast. Here, the one thing Jocelyn can hold onto is employing her look - a red silk robe, intricate lace detailing and a full face of glam - to articulate her falsified wellness. “Mental illness is sexy,” says Jane Adams’ Nikki Katz, an executive at Jocelyn’s record label, who compares her to Britney Spears. Despite this, her team carries on, pushing her to film a music video with a hospital bracelet featured in its cover art. Viewers quickly learn, however, that she had to cancel her last tour in light of her mother’s death, and it becomes evident that she does not yet possess the mental wherewithal to revamp her career. In the opening scene of the first episode, Lily-Rose Depp’s Jocelyn is painted as a fallen Hollywood icon: a chart-topping pop star with a decade of music-making under her belt, searching for her next hit to secure her rightful comeback.
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