Other sources, however, said that the insiders Rolling Stone quoted had made their remarks without seeing the finished product. Sam Levinson stepped in as director and reshot the show, which reportedly was heavily rewritten with so much raunchy material that one source was left thinking: 'What is this? What am I reading here? It was like sexual torture porn.' It comes after The Weeknd was said to have felt The Idol had an excessively 'female perspective' and wanted the plot to give his character more attention than Lily-Rose's. It has left viewers divided with some labelling it as a 'toxic man's fantasy' while others noted that Lily-Rose spends 'most of her time semi-naked or performing sex acts'. Highly explicit scenes featuring revenge porn, self-harm, drug abuse, masturbation, choking and a sexual encounter involving a knife have led the show to be branded 'torture porn' by some horrified critics. The Sky Atlantic series shows Lily-Rose's character having a torrid romance with twisted cult leader Tedros, who is played by The Weeknd. But I feel really good after doing scenes like that because there’s something that feels very therapeutic about it to me - and maybe that’s why I like doing this job.' 'Maybe this makes me, like, a little twisted. 'It's why I life doing this job': The actress, 24, who is the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, faced controversy surrounding the role for flashing her naked breasts and bottom (pictured in episode one)
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