While not a ton is known about HBO‘s upcoming The White Lotus Season 3, star Carrie Coon says the central theme of the show is one of death.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Coon said she couldn’t say much about the series, but praised its “international cast,” and said the show is playing with a lot of interesting dynamics. One specifically, as the show has touched on prior, is death.
“It’s a huge cast. It’s an international cast. And I think he’s playing with some really interesting dynamics,” said Coon. “I think it’s something he would continue to do if they let him, because I think he would like to get bigger and more international and put together weirder groups of people — that’s what he’s passionate about. And I think that’s important in this world, to see people banging up against each other in this way.”
Coon said that show is continuing to satirize the world of the ultra-wealthy, and while the past two seasons have been about money and sex, this one fully focuses on death.
“Of course, he’s satirizing rich white people, and he’s doing it very well. He’s really speaking to people who need to be spoken to in a really interesting way,” Coon said. “He had a season about money; he had a season about sex. And this is his season about death. So here we are in this Buddhist country. It bumps up against some things in my own life right now that are really interesting to think about, and so I’m feeling incredibly gratified. And my family is incredibly stressed.”
Alongside Coon, The White Lotus Season 3 will also star Leslie Bibb, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Walton Goggins, Scott Glenn, Sarah Catherine Hook, and more.
Who is in The White Lotus Season 3?
Other details about the third season of Mike White’s hit anthology series remain a secret. According to previous reports, “a multigenerational gang” will be checking into the White Lotus property, including “a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, a country club wife, a misfit, and a yogi.”
Charlotte Le Bon will portray a role previously attached to Francesca Corney. Julian Kostov will also star in the series in a still-undisclosed role after HBO severed its ties with Miloš Biković.
The show, which is currently in production in Thailand, will also welcome new cast members, including Jason Isaacs, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Tayme Thapthimthong, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, and BLACKPINK’s Lisa.
