By the time we got out of quarantine, HBO white lotus, Wrapped in its mystery of murder and lonely imperfect people, it made us want to go to Hawaii. Even though we had booked in the wrong room and everyone around us advised us.
Mike White’s comedy about class splitting, abuse of privileges and late medieval melancholy in Paradise won 20 Emmy nominations, second more than any other series this year behind HBO. inheritance (25) and connected to AppleTV + ted lasso. White will only receive three Emmy Awards, including Director, Writing and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
“What I originally wanted to do was a show about a couple on their honeymoon,” White said of the first project, “You don’t know a person until he’s in that situation (on vacation).
He also sought to explore “how money affects intimate relationships as well; The idea was built with the rest of the plot lines. Those with money can influence all kinds of relationships, from colleagues to guests. “
In the second season, White promises a “new mystery” like the joke that got us out of the beginning of the first episode (boarding the plane in a coffin), and we see a greater “evolution” of the sophisticated character of Jennifer Coolidge, named to the Emmys. . Tanya McQuaid, who was busy with her mother’s ashes in season one, was adorable. As we saw in the HBO teaser, her lover, who she met in Hawaii, Greg (John Grice) will be with her. white lotus’ 2 seasons resort in Sicily. The second season will premiere in October. Tanya also travels with her young colleague Portia, played by Haley Lou Richardson. The series was shot at the Four Seasons Hotel in Taormina, Palazzo San Domenico.
White adds of the second season: “It really looks like white lotus; The theme is different. It’s not about power dynamics, more men and women and sexual politics. “
When we spoke to the Emmy-nominated cast in July, they revealed that White teased them about his possible return in future seasons.
“Shane and I would be in a boat, talking about other people, annoying everyone around us,” Alexandra Daddario, who stars in the limited series as a secondary character, told us. “Mike’s brain always works. This is all his commentary on the world around him: he always watches.
Jake Lacey, who is nominated for a supporting role, said, “Mike sent Alex and me this idea for an episode where we talked for half an hour; It’s just the banality of the rich on a ship. “
White says of all this: “It would certainly be a lot of fun to take a character or two from the first season and bring them into the third. That’s what I’m trying to find out. “
Here’s our conversation with White:
Source: Deadline
