‘The Idol’ Co-Creator Reveals How He Sold The Weeknd on Playing a Creep: Imagine All the Dreams You Have, But ‘None of the Talent’

After the third episode of “The Idol,” series co-creator Sam Levinson described how he developed the creepy, awkward and ambitious cult leader Tedros played by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye. “We’re in Abel’s house, we’re talking it through, imagining the character Tedros,” Levinson said, in the series’ “Crafting the Family” featurette on Max. “And I would […]