“She’s going to surprise many with this performance”: Lily-Rose Depp is Ready to Erase the Bad Taste of ‘The Idol’ With Nosferatu After Sam Levinson Did Her Dirty in Controversial Series (2024)

Lily-Rose Depp's new look in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu would bring her in a new light after her work in Sam Levinson's The Idol.

Lily-Rose Depp faced intense criticism for her lead role in Sam Levinson’s controversial series, The Idol. The show’s dark themes and explicit content sparked significant backlash, and as the series’ central figure, she also found herself in hot water.

This led many to question the future of her acting career, but looks like she has already bounced back. As a new look at her role as Ellen Hutter in the upcoming horror film Nosferatu has been released, it is creating a positive buzz on the internet.

Lily-Rose Depp’s New Look in Nosferatu Revealed

As the month is coming for Robert Eggers’Nosferatuto hit the big screen, the movie is keeping fans hooked in its own style. Focus Features has released a bloody new image featuring Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Sutter, whose haunting transformation is enough to tease what the film has to offer this Christmas.

The 25-year-old actress is seen with blood dripping from her eyes and mouth, which is anything but good in the horror genre.

The image is captioned “HE IS COMING”, perhaps to hint that a new trailer might be on the way, which could feature the titular character.

However, the new look is creating quite a buzz on the Internet, particularly due to Rose Depp’s gruesome transformation, which marks a significant departure from her previous work in The Idol.

Online commentators took to X to express their thoughts on her new look by commenting on Discussing Film’s post which shared the newly released still of the actress.

Check the tweets below.

Her still for the movie has garnered positive attention, with many anticipating her performance in the upcoming horror project. The anticipation is also linked to her past project directed by Sam Levinson, which left her in the center of a media storm. Given that she has taken a challenging role in a genre that demands serious acting skills, it could completely turn her career.

Sam Levinson’s The Idol Controversy Heavily Affected Lily-Rose Depp

Johnny Depp’s daughter starred as Jocelyn, a rising pop star in the show who gets entangled in a toxic relationship with an underground cult leader, Tedros (Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye). The show was initially intended to delve deeper into the music industry but ended up drawing backlash for its explicit content.

The show started getting negative attention whenEuphoriacreator, Sam Levinson, got involved in Depp’s project after Amy Seimetz’s exit. In March last year, Rolling Stone published a report in which the production staff reported the toxic set environment with creative differences surrounding the series.

One source described it as a“sh-t show”in the wake of the various delays, reshoots, and rewrites, adding that the content got much darker than what was originally planned. It only got worse when the show premiered, with many doubting its creative vision, leading it to become more controversial.

Many pointed out that the show heavily relied on its explicit graphic scenes which overshadowed the show’s narrative. The criticism particularly focused on Depp’s character, Jocelyn, who was subjected to numerous scenes of nudity, which many found was irrelevant to the narrative.

However, the actress has made a strong comeback with her upcoming project with an ensemble cast including Bill Skarsgård,Nicholas Hoult,Aaron Taylor-Johnson,Emma Corrin,Ralph Ineson,Simon McBurney, andWillem Dafoe.

Nosferatu is releasing nationwide on December 25.