As HBO moves forward with a new season of creator Mike White’s satire The White Lotus, the network has announced the queer actor set to step into the leading role.
Bisexual actress Aubrey Plaza, known for her turns in Happiest Season, Parks & Recreation and the upcoming Operation Fortune will play the role of Harper Spiller, a woman vacationing with her husband and friends.
Actor Michael Imperioli of The Sopranos will join Plaza in the series as Dominic Di Grasso, a middle-aged man traveling with his college aged-son and ailing father.
The Hollywood Reporter further reports that Season 1 favorite Jennifer Coolidge will return as well for a supporting or cameo role. That gives us one more reason to celebrate.
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The White Lotus debuted on HBO last year to an overwhelmingly positive response for its mix of uncomfortable satire of American consumerism and outright hilarity. Though HBO had only green-lit the show for a single, limited season, the public response prompted the network to develop further seasons of the show per creator Mike White’s request.
As White told Queerty in a rare interview, he envisions the show set at a series of White Lotus hotels across the world, with each season focusing on unique characters and a new location.
HBO has not yet announced a release date for The White Lotus Season 2, which is further rumored to be set in Italy.
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Cam
Will anybody still be working at that hotel? After last season I would guess most of the employees were gone! lol
Heywood Jablowme
Mike White “envisions the show set at a series of White Lotus hotels across the world, with each season focusing on unique characters and a new location.”
gregg2010
If you look at “White Lotus,” what could be more homophobic and racist? The gay character dies, the poor Hawaiian boy is sent to jail, and all the monied White entitled characters get off scott free, particularly the girl who encouraged her Hawaiian boyfriend to commit the crime.
Kangol2
I commented about this on one of the prior threads about the series (and there’s more to say) but hey, it was popular, so unfortunately I don’t think the writers, producers or most fans care.
Heywood Jablowme
It was a critique of the “monied White entitled characters” who look absurd and amoral to us in the audience, even when they’re unpunished by the legal system. Next you’ll be complaining that Tony Soprano never went to prison?
inbama
@Heywood Jablowme
This generation is so busy virtue-signaling that irony totally escapes them.
ScottOnEarth
Jesus HC….not everything is a political statement. Life is just life.
HankHarris
The creator is gay, but you’re right. I also think he has issues with gay sex because the two shock moments of the series involve eating ass and shitting in the guy’s suitcase.
But yeah, its super racist.
Heywood Jablowme
@HankHarris: The kanaka maoli (native) characters are all presented extremely sympathetically. The fact that the white characters mistreat them doesn’t make the show itself “racist.”