like he got a twin

I’m sure this will come up again re: this project and the Idol drama lol

Thought Idol was his feature acting debut...?

television debut, this is the film debut ig

wym

illiterateable

i’m assuming this is the film they shot?

Idk why no one has posted this yet but they wrapped up the filming a week ago

Posted in film sxn

Apparently a live recording of a song from the film has leaked. (I'd take this info with a grain of salt though.)

Snippet: drive.google.com/file/d/16KLVLVqbPflbQIjeAu_-qXB6waRgMrXY/view

According to the source this gon' be the main song for the movie. He's sticking with the 80s motif but doing more of a MJ tone. It's hard to hear the synths on the record but it's very After-hours. There's a scene , him doing the song then he loses his voice midway through and cancels the concert (which literally happend in LA last year)

Reddit post: reddit.com/r/TheWeeknd/comments/13fo5vu/this_audio_recording_from_abels_upcoming_movie

Starboy

The Idol is a series not a film

Why is Jenny Ortega always so bitter

??

Hold on

Surely it's too early to have a biopic in his young career? But this post and the one from the other day with the concert audio/song makes it sound like it could be semi-autobiographical

Filming already finished 3 days ago apparently, seems like this film could come out pretty soon

BOW...HELLO

As per a Reddit comment:

I worked as a background extra last week for The Weeknd’s movie with Jenna Ortega and no one asked me to sign an NDA, so… it was basically a 14 hour hostage situation. Made some nice friends though

Edit: There’s not much of a story here, I was just miserable. We were hired for 8 hours and were held at the Honda Center for 14, with one meal. We heard the same 40 second clip of an unreleased song probably 40 times, and had to react every single time for the cameras. They hired 1,600 of us and moved us to a different section after every take. No phones allowed, obviously, and the only reason I could keep track of time was because I wore a watch, which later told me I climbed like 9 flights of stairs.

Jenna Ortega was there because she’s playing some crazed fan/stalker, but they had filmed most of her scene the day before. The day I worked she just stood there and everyone stared at her like a caged animal.

I’m sure this is very typical of background extra work, but it’s not my scene. A friend asked if I’d do it with her so she’d have a ride. I don’t think I’ll be doing background work again.