“I thought the article was ridiculous,” Tesfaye said. “I wanted to give a ridiculous response to it.”
“I actually really loved working with Amy, and I’m sure she’s reading all this being like, ‘Why am I being thrown into this?’” Tesfaye told’s original story and, per“It was like the Weeknd wanted one show that was all about him—Sam [Levinson] was on board with that,” one source toldBut Levinson soon assumed the role of director and proceeded to rewrite and reshoot the project, whose budget now falls somewhere between $54 and 75 million.
Apparently, Levinson’s take on the story—which was originally reported as a cautionary tale about a starlet struggling to maintain agency in relation to a high-powered industry figure—devolved into a “degrading love story” littered with unnecessary nudity and head-scratching depictions of a sexual dynamic. Meanwhile, Tesfaye asserted that Depp had creative agency on the show. He didn’tVanity Fair’s first episode, Jocelyn wrestles, barely, with whether to see Tedros at all.
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