The Idol: Season 1 - Pop Tarts & Rat Tales - Credits and Details

The Idol: Season 1 Pop Tarts & Rat Tales Credits and Details

Directed by
	Sam Levinson
Written by
	Sam Levinson	...	teleplay by / story by / created by
	The Weeknd	...	story by / created by
	Reza Fahim	...	story by / created by
	Clara Mamet	...	story editor
	Marlis Simone	...	staff writer
	Nick Bilton	...	staff writer
	Howard A. Rodman	...	staff writer
Cast
	The Weeknd	...	Tedros (as Abel Tesfaye)
	Lily-Rose Depp	...	Jocelyn
	Suzanna Son	...	Chloe
	Troye Sivan	...	Xander
	Jane Adams	...	Nikki Katz
	Jennie Kim	...	Dyanne (as Jennie Ruby Jane)
	Rachel Sennott	...	Leia
	Hari Nef	...	Talia
	Moses Sumney	...	Izaak
	Da'Vine Joy Randolph	...	Destiny
	Dan Levy	...	Benjamin
	Eli Roth	...	Andrew Finkelstein
	Ramsey	...	Ramsey
	Hank Azaria	...	Chaim
	Scott Turner Schofield	...	Daniel
	Sophie Mudd	...	Sophie
	Mitch Modes	...	Mitch
	Bianca Ghezzi	...	Bianca
	Nina McNeely	...	Choreographer
	Jacob Berger	...	Gate Guard
	Natasha Newman-Thomas	...	Natasha
	Jacob David Litvack	...	Photo Shoot PA (as Jacob Litvack)
	Eddy Chen	...	Photo Shoot Photographer
	Andrew Hibbard	...	DIT
	Montay Romero	...	Dancer
	Kat Cheng	...	Dancer
	Marlon Pelayo	...	Dancer
	Zak Ryan Schlegel	...	Dancer (as Zak Schlegel)
	Danny Axley	...	Dancer
	Derek Schiesel	...	Dancer
	Augustine Perez	...	Dancer
	Chris Castillo	...	Dancer
	Owen Scarlett	...	Dancer
	Jamie Donovan	...	Dancer
Uncredited Cast
	Kais Boukthir	...	Tedros Follower
	Alexa Demie	...	Club Girl
	Julia Dent	...	Lady
	James Ketteridge	...	Taxi Driver
	JD Measures	...	Tedros Follower
	Patrick Sanderson	...	Hot Dude
Produced by
	Heidi Bivens	...	co-producer
	David Davoli	...	co-executive producer
	Joe Epstein	...	executive producer
	Reza Fahim	...	executive producer
	Chris Gabo	...	consulting producer
	Aaron L. Gilbert	...	executive producer
	Harrison Kreiss	...	producer
	Ashley Levinson	...	executive producer
	Sam Levinson	...	executive producer
	Robert Parigi	...	co-producer
	Julio C. Perez IV	...	co-producer
	Lauren Salvia	...	associate producer
	Amy J Schmidt	...	co-producer
	Wassim Sal Slaiby	...	co-executive producer
	La Mar Taylor	...	co-executive producer
	Kevin Turen	...	executive producer
	The Weeknd	...	executive producer
	Sara E. White	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Mike Dean
	Sam Levinson
	The Weeknd
Special Effects by
	Ashley-Dawn Byrd	...	special effects technician / special effects
	Taylor Estevez	...	special effects
	Joshua Rasmussen	...	special effects supervisor
	Chad Van Baalbergen	...	special effects coordinator
Visual Effects by
	Stefano Argenziano	...	digital compositor: MAS Effects
	Sabin Bajracharya	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Bryan Binder	...	virtual production producer
	Marlon Victor Bondoc	...	visual effects artist
	Gyanon Chitrakar	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Rojesh Dangol	...	vfx i/o: Incessant Rain Studios
	Shishir Dangol	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Salman Farist	...	Compositing Artist: Ingenuity Studios
	Sam Frickleton	...	virtual production vfx
	Marco Geracitano	...	visual effects supervisor: Frame by Frame
	Roser Gurung	...	visual effects assistant production manager: Incessant Rain Studios
	Deepa Chipalu Joshi	...	visual effects producer: Incessant Rain Studios
	Kiran Bhakta Joshi	...	visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios
	Dmitry Kovalev	...	virtual production vfx
	Jacob Kuhne	...	digital compositor
	Ram Lama	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	David Lebensfeld	...	visual effects supervisor
	Ishor Maharjan	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Nikesh Maharjan	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Grant Miller	...	visual effects supervisor
	Sam Nicholson	...	virtual production supervisor
	Jeremy Paige	...	visual effects photographer
	Rabindra Maharjan Patan	...	digital compositor: Incessant Rain Studios
	Diego Rojas	...	Visual Effects Executive Producer: Ingenuity Studios
	Martin Rushworth	...	Virtual Production
	Mayush Shilpakar	...	visual effects lead: Incessant Rain Studios
	Shane Strickman	...	visual effects producer
	David Van Dyke	...	visual effects supervisor
	Nawadoln Siributr	...	compositing supervisor
	Kollen Wasylean	...	digital compositor: Stargate Studios
Stunts
	Donny Bailey	...	stunt driver
	Gregory J. Barnett	...	stunt coordinator
	Jeffrey G. Barnett	...	stunt coordinator
	Erik Betts	...	stunt driver
	Brooke Coleman	...	stunt double: Lily Rose Depp
	Katherine Klosterman	...	Stunt double: Lily-Rose Depp
	Vincent Piemonte	...	stunt driver
	Corey Weber	...	stunts

Additional Info
Premiere:	June 04, 2023
Country:
Distributor:	HBO Studios
Websites:

Ratings
4.4 / 10

Production Companies
A24 Television
A24
BRON Studios
HBO Entertainment
Home Box Office (HBO)
Little Lamb
Manic Phase
The Reasonable Bunch

Distributors
Home Box Office (HBO) (2023) (United States) (TV)
Max (2023) (United States) (VOD) (video)

Filming Locations
9231 Doheny drive, Los Angeles, California, USA (Jocelyn's arrival to club, passing location.)
Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA (Jocelyn's home)
Los Angeles, California, USA (Location)
Southern California, California, USA (Location)
Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Jocelyn's convertible drive through city.)
Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, USA (Jocelyn's convertible drive through city.)