May perhaps well Karl Glusman’s Rob on the The Idol Be Per Robert Pattinson? Maybe?

The following yarn contains minor spoilers for The Idol Episode 4.

THE IDOL is a abnormal set. Thru its first four episodes—80% of the Season 1 period—it extra or much less feels love a lot has came about. Tedros (The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye) and his friends are in actuality living in Jocelyn’s (Lily-Rose Depp) condo, for instance. Nonetheless at the identical time, nothing has in actuality came about. Characters know folks they did not know at the begin of the set, sure, but, in actuality, fair correct about every thing about these characters has stayed stagnant. Nothing on the within has modified. And so or no longer it is extra or much less felt love four episodes of a bunch announcing and showing the identical ingredient—toxic character traits and attempts at being tantalizing to audiences—persistently.

So something loosely referenced early on in the set nearly feels extra support in the previous than it in actuality is. Nonetheless that is the put apart Episode 4, “Stars Belong to the World,” takes things, bringing “Hearthrob Rob,” a persona referred to support in Episode 1 as having cheated on Jocelyn, dumped her, and broken her heart, into the set for the well-known time in the flesh.

The Idol isn’t any longer timid about or no longer it is valid-world parallels. When a yarn about a pop megastar who went via a mental destroy after which has varied events attempting to grab vitality and control in her existence, or no longer it is simple to take into memoir one person, and difficulty, namely: Britney Spears and her conservatorship. Given how eager about the making of the set The Weekend is, quite lots of the song enterprise/story mark stuff also shall be seemingly essentially based in reality; his producer/fair correct friend Mike Dean even seemed in essentially the most unusual episode taking half in himself.

So, then, once we hear about a renowned, A-list actor character in the set, or no longer it is handiest natural to commence eager about who The Idol could well well be drawing affect from. Let’s no longer think too considerable about this, but Rob mentions a superhero role in “Stars Belong to the World,” and there does happen to be a major hearthrob actor named Rob who plays a superhero in the valid world, too.

Who’s Rob on The Idol?

Rob is referred to in the very first episode of The Idol as “Hearthrob Rob,” by Leia (Rachel Sennott), who says that he cheated on Jocelyn and dumped her, breaking her heart. No longer chilly! Jeez, Rob.

Nonetheless we be taught in Episode 4 that this is capable of perchance perchance furthermore no longer beget in actuality been the case. After Jocelyn discovers that Dyanne (Jennie Kim) has seemingly situation up her entire difficulty with Tedros and also been handed her summer season banger tune “World Class Sinner” by the story mark, she texts Rob to attain over—and he comes over with the quickness.

When Rob exhibits up, Tedros before every thing tries to safe him trusty into a shot-taking contest. Rob obliges, and without considerations outlasts Tedros, who it sounds as if is good as pathetic at spicy as he’s at every thing else. Tedros tries to make spend of kung-fu moves on Rob for some motive, but Rob gets upstairs to Jocelyn’s room, the put apart they’ve a sexual detect—Jocelyn very considerable utilizing this to safe support at Tedros for… something? I’m no longer entirely sure, to be fair correct.

We then be taught the truth of Rob and Jocelyn’s outdated relationship; she’s the one who advised they be non-monogamous, he regrets leaving her to switch movie his superhero movie (which he unearths has a dressing up the put apart his face is hardly ever viewed), and he feels unsuitable for having a relationship along with his co-megastar and breaking Jocelyn’s heart (even supposing, again, the total commence relationship ingredient appears to be like to beget been her conception). Rob also shall be nice to Jocelyn about her abusive mother. Rob—ravishing guy.

As the episode closes, Rob tells Jocelyn that he’s obtained to switch lift out press for his movie, and invites her to tag up for him in his non-public jet; she declines. On his manner out, Xander (Troye Sivan), now for some motive trusty to Tedros after being tortured with a dog shock collar, items Rob as much as snatch photography with a scantily-dressed fan who poses with him in suggestive poses, considerable towards his will. Clearly Tedros will leak these to grab a mark at to safe Rob unsuitable press/fired. Dull!

Is Rob on The Idol in step with Robert Pattinson?

Who in actuality knows, honestly, but quite lots of the pieces appear to be there.

First off: a chilly guy/heartthrob actor named Rob who’s taking half in a superhero? That isn’t any longer precisely subtle. Actor Karl Glusman isn’t any longer precisely a RPatz lookalike, however the vibe in this episode is shut passable. And the total co-megastar ingredient could well well be severely paying homage to a renowned rumored affair between Pattinson’s girlfriend at the time, Kristen Stewart, and Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.

Rob is performed by actor Karl Glusman

Actor Karl Glusman became once doubtlessly someone that The Idol writer/director Sam Levinson had on his want list for a truly very long time. Glusman became once the lead in 2015’s Fancy, a movie mentioned to incorporate sequences of unsimulated intercourse, from writer/director Gaspar Noé. Noé is identified as a provocateur, and appears to be extra a success across the board in the extra or much less erotic/raunchy/button-pushing reviews that Levinson must make.

As effectively as to Fancy, Glusman also starred in The Neon Demon (from director Nicolas Winding Refn), Nocturnal Animals (from Tom Ford), and final year’s stunning fright movie Watcher, among others. He also seemed alongside Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup in Netflix’s Gypsy and a key role in Alex Garland‘s Devs on the diminutive display cloak.

Glusman will next be viewed in Garland’s upcoming movie Civil War (alongside Kirsten Dunst) and Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders (alongside Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Boyd Holbrook, and Michael Shannon).

He became once also married to Zoe Kravitz between 2019 and 2021.