" First installment of The Idol was so bad … only entertaining part was watching Jennie dance bc everything else was trash . "
On Sunday, Jennie Ruby Jane — perhaps better recognized as Jennie fromBlackpink— made her acting debut in HBO’sThe Idol, which follows the complex relationship between Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), an aspiring pop idol, and Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye), a self-help guru and cult leader.
Despitewidespread criticismof the series for its graphic sexual content and themes, viewers and critics alike praised Jennie for her performance as Dyanne, one of Jocelyn’s backup dancers and friends. After the series premiere, Jennie became the top Twitter trend in the US, which included hashtags such as #JennieOnTheIdolPremiere and #Jennie.
If you haven’t watchedThe Idol, Jennie makes her on-screen appearance as Dyanne when she expertly demonstrates the choreography for Jocelyn’s latest single (“World Class Sinner”) for a struggling Jocelyn, who watches while silently crying behind opaque sunglasses. In an effort to comfort her, Dyanne tells Jocelyn, “You’ve got this. We’re all here because of you.”
Throughout the episode, Dyanne and Jocelyn hit the sauna together, go out to a nightclub that Dyanne had suggested earlier, ride in a top-down convertible with characters played byTroye SivanandRachel Sennott, and do shots with a cameo-makingAlexa Demie(who stars as Maddy inEuphoria). The last we see of Dyanne, she and Jocelyn find themselves in Tedros’s club.
While atCannes Film Festivalthis year forThe Idol, Jennieattributedthe reason behind her interest in the series to the similarities between her own experience growing up in the music industry (she began training to become a K-pop idol at 14) and the series’s exploration of the music industry and fame. “It was an opportunity to just be myself and be brave,” she revealed.
“I trusted Sam to be collaborative with all the scenes that we would be working on together because it was about the industry. The fact that it was about the music industry fascinated me, and I thought I could bring something to the role,” Jennie elaborated,explainingthat she didn’t train or prepare for the role because series creatorSam Levinsonwanted the K-pop idol to be herself.
Between Jennie’s actual acting debut and flawless dance scene — which Jennieadmittedshe “didn’t have a lot of time to learn the choreography for” — viewers had a lot (of good things) to say about her performance:
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the idol is ass like idgaf sam levinson and the weeknd should give thanks jennie for making people tune up inpic.twitter.com/Ld0KljTHXv
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she ’s so raging oh god . catch the idol for the plotThe plot of land : pic.twitter.com/7Yrek3u3so
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dyanne is in reality the hot lineament on tv right nowpic.twitter.com/TIALpW7xT5
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first instalment of the idol was so bad , the dialogues are so 2015 overdone tumblr template … only entertaining part was look out jennie dancing bc everything else was trashpic.twitter.com/FvrLO5RvWl
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watching#theidolonly for jenniepic.twitter.com/JeD7KJaUqN
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a summary of my thoughts about the discussion around Jennie on the idolpic.twitter.com/oO8FbhoZzz
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A lot can be allege about#THEIDOLpremiere , but one thing is for sure … Jennie Ruby Jane slayed . ( 📷 : Warner Bros./Max)pic.twitter.com/98VofTlgYt
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The amount of metre they are station Jennie one would think she ’s a main character in this show . 😭 That ’s how you have sex she made the most racket even with her 3 - 4 Min dialect . screentime.https://t.co/ck3WF5Ev2Z
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JENNIE RUBY JANE YOU NAILED THIS scenery OMG SO PROUD OF YOUpic.twitter.com/l2siDcf1fQ
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Dyanne 5 min appearing carry the showpic.twitter.com/jSK71BZfuX
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.@BLACKPINK’s#JennieATE this scene in ‘ The Idol.’pic.twitter.com/VsdPMXPqFT
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the director yelled " action ! " but she discover " perfection " and revolve with itpic.twitter.com/ywUWE4Ah4r
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We ’re all here because of you Dyanne . 😚 JENNIE RUBY JANE IS DYANNE#JennieOnTheIdolPremiere#JENNIEActressDebuthttps://t.co / Kk9ThZ8R1k
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just finished see a 52min sequence in just 20minsJENNIE RUBY JANE IS DYANNE#JennieOnTheIdolPremiere#JENNIEActressDebutpic.twitter.com / GNSa6Qg2Wh
