The unequivocal star of the first and second seasons of The White Lotus, Jennifer Coolidge, has expressed her dismay at not being a part of its upcoming third season.
‘I’m jealous of everyone that’s going. I just want to stress I’m not a good sport about it, but there’s nothing I can do,’ the Golden Globe winner told Today this week.
Coolidge’s fan-favourite character, Tanya, was one of the only characters to appear in both the first and second season, and so convincing was Coolidge’s performance, that she won Emmys for both performances. Heartbreakingly for fans of the show, and Tanya’s unique storyline in particular, the character met a tragic end at the end of the sophomoric season ruling her out as a potential character for The White Lotus’ third season.
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In June 2023, in a one-on-one conversation with Jeremy Allen White for Variety, Coolidge suggested how she could ‘return’ in the next season. ‘If Tanya could come back in any form, maybe she could come back as a seagull and poke Greg’s eyes out,’ she joked.
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The third season of The White Lotus will follow a new group of hotel guests and it is believed that production will begin later this month in Koh Samui, Thailand. In a post-finale interview on HBO, the show’s creator Mike White teased that the third season will focus on death.
‘The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex, and I think the third season, it would be a satirical and funny look at death and eastern religion and spirituality. And it feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round of The White Lotus,’ he said.
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