As The White Lotus returns with out one fan favourite, one other struggled together with her absence as effectively.
Following the surprising loss of life of Jennifer Coolidge‘s Tanya McQuoid within the Season 2 finale, Natasha Rothwell recalled her response to the scene and what she texted Coolidge afterward.
“I used to be in all probability probably the most rabid fan of Season 2,” she mentioned on the Right this moment present. “(I) keep in mind the second Jennifer died. I screamed and, like, threw my cellphone throughout the room, grabbed my cellphone, texted Jennifer. I’m like, ‘Holy … what?’
“After which, yeah, she was identical to, ‘I couldn’t let you know,’” added Rothwell, who reprises her Season 1 function as spa supervisor Belinda Lindsey within the upcoming third season, premiering Sunday at 8pm ET on HBO.
Creator Mike White beforehand teased some performances “I really feel rival” Coolidge’s “so far as hopefully iconic performances,” citing Rothwell as one such portrayal.
Natasha Rothwell and Jennifer Coolidge in Season 1 of ‘The White Lotus’
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“How do you go about changing Jennifer?” he requested Time. “It’s not simply the artistic half, however she’s an excellent good friend, and in addition an enormous a part of the present simply as an individual. I’m not mates with the solid the best way that I’m mates with Jennifer.”
Season 3 of The White Lotus additionally options Parker Posey, Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wooden.
Following her first Golden Globe and second Emmy win for taking part in Tanya, Coolidge admitted she’s “jealous of everybody” showing in Season 3 of The White Lotus.
“I simply need to stress I’m not a very good sport about it, however there’s nothing I can do. Once they kill you, it’s important to settle for it. As a result of it means they’re not calling to your costume sizes or something. It’s over! I’ve to get one other factor. I’ve to make one other factor occur, I assume,” she mentioned on Right this moment final February. “However am I unhappy? I simply need to say in all honesty, I’m very unhappy I’m not in it.”
Coolidge added, “I had a blast. I feel [Season 3] goes to be good. There’s going to be all kinds of fine stuff in it, in all probability nice intercourse stuff. You understand how Mike White writes — it’s by no means, by no means a uninteresting second. I feel he’s going to slay with this one.”
