‘White Lotus'’ Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola React to Incestuous Kissing Scene
The White Lotus welcomed a caller guest, but helium checked successful each connected his own.
Although Leslie Bibb, who plays Kate Bohr connected play 3 of the HBO show, has been dating spouse Sam Rockwell since 2007, the Palm Royale actress confessed she had thing to bash with the Oscar winner’s astonishment cameo connected the March 16 episode.
"No, they came to maine and they were like, 'We're going to connection this to Sam,'" Leslie told Entertainment Weekly in an interrogation published March 17. "I was connected the treadmill and [producer] Dave Bernad came to me.”
But fixed his engaged schedule, she warned the show’s originative squad that Sam whitethorn not beryllium escaped to articulation the cast’s trek to Thailand.
“I was like, 'Sam is chaotic arsenic a buck,’” she continued. “‘I don't cognize what he's going to do. He's doing a movie successful South Africa, helium likes clip to prep.' And helium was precise tense astir that prep time."
Leslie adjacent petitioned White Lotus creator Mike White that helium “can't get huffy astatine maine if helium says no.” But intelligibly Sam signed connected to play Frank, overmuch to Leslie’s delight.
"It was truly fun," she shared. "We don't person immoderate scenes together, and helium did each of his worldly successful 8 days. We were determination for six months, Sam was determination for 8 days—Sam did not person the aforesaid acquisition successful 8 days. He got The White Lotus lite. But it's bully to beryllium capable to person a discourse to share.”
She besides praised his performance, adding, “He's a large actor, and we're fortunate to person him, and I deliberation helium chewed up that character. Mike was truly blessed to person him too."
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And Leslie and Mike weren’t the lone ones grateful to person Sam, who appeared successful 1 of the episode’s most talked astir scenes (and we’re not talking astir that incestuous kissing scene, either). In fact, his country spouse Walton Goggins was excited to stock the acquisition with his real-life friend.
“Two Kings of symptom connected a way to enlightenment,” Walton wrote successful a March 16 Instagram post, alongside immoderate BTS pics with Sam connected set. “Now that’s a conversation. See.. Rick’s got friends too. This 1 happens to beryllium 1 of my idiosyncratic best. The 1 and lone Sam Rockwell. RICK and FRANK. Bangkok style.”
Read connected to spot the remainder of The White Lotus cast and wherever you’ve seen them before.
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Lalisa Manobal
How you similar that? The vocalist known mononymously arsenic Lisa went from being a rockstar connected satellite stages arsenic portion of K-pop radical Blackpink—alongside Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé—to donning the White Lotus unit azygous for her large debut arsenic Mook.
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Jason Isaacs
Looks similar Lucius Malfoy missed the bid to Hogwarts and alternatively landed astatine The White Lotus. That's right: He whitethorn look antithetic without the luscious blond hair, but the Harry Potter prima is returning to the surface arsenic different uppity begetter figure, playing Timothy Ratliff, described arsenic a "wealthy businessman vacationing with his woman and 3 children."
Isaacs has besides made much caller appearances connected TV shows similar Robot Chicken, The Great and Sex Education (alongside his White Lotus costar Aimee Lou Wood.)
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Parker Posey
Don't shriek erstwhile you spot it, but Posey—who plays Timothy's woman Victoria Ratliff—may look acquainted from her movies Superman Returns, Blade: Trinity, Scream 3 and Dazed and Confused. She's besides had little stints connected specified TV shows arsenic Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Portlandia and Search Party.
But the existent rom-com fans volition cognize her from the 1998 classical You've Got Mail, successful which she played Joe Fox's (Tom Hanks) woman Patricia Eden.
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Patrick Schwarzenegger
While you whitethorn cognize him champion from household photos arsenic the lad of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, he has already made a sanction for himself acting successful Gen V, The Terminal List and The Staircase before playing Saxon Ratliff successful play three.
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Sarah Catherine Hook
Prior to taking connected the portion of the Ratliffs' girl Piper, Hook got her feet bedewed successful the fearfulness and phantasy genres, portraying Debbie Glatzel successful The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Juliette Fairmont successful First Kill and Elena Milak successful Monsterland.
You whitethorn besides cognize her from the 2024 Cruel Intentions remake arsenic Caroline Merteuil oregon from the Ryan Murphy cinematic universe, successful which she played Catherine Allday Davis successful Impeachment: American Crime Story astir the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky scandal.
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Sam Nivola
Nivola—who is dating Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann's girl Iris Apatow—rounds retired the Ratliff household arsenic young Lochlan. But earlier hitting the shores of Thailand, helium was successful different amusement astir a affluent household astatine the beach: The Perfect Couple, playing Will Winbury, the lad of Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber's Greer and Tag Winbury. He adjacent costarred connected the Netflix play with White Lotus alum Meghann Fahy, who appeared arsenic Daphne Sullivan connected play 2 of the HBO amusement earlier playing Merritt Monaco connected The Perfect Couple.
Nivola has besides acted successful White Noise with Adam Driver, Maestro with Bradley Cooper and With/In with Anne Hathaway.
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Natasha Rothwell
Of course, White Lotus fans volition admit Rothwell from play one, successful which she played spa guru Belinda successful Maui. Not lone is she reprising the portion for play three, but the histrion has besides graced the surface successful Insecure, Wonka, A Year and Change and Love, Simon. Plus, she lent her drama chops to Saturday Night Live as a writer from 2014 to 2015.
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Leslie Bibb
The Iron Man alum is assembling to play Kate successful The White Lotus aft portraying Christine Everhart successful the Marvel franchise. More recently, she starred successful Palm Royale arsenic Dinah Donahue and Jupiter’s Legacy arsenic Grace Kennedy-Sampson.
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Carrie Coon
The Gilded Age star—who whitethorn besides look acquainted from The Sinner, Fargo and The Leftovers—steps into the relation of Laurie, who joins pals Kate and Jaclyn for a girls' travel successful Thailand this season.
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Michelle Monaghan
While Monaghan plays TV prima Jaclyn connected The White Lotus, she’s besides a TV prima IRL, having been connected True Detective, Bad Monkey, Messiah and The Path. On the large screen, she's starred arsenic Julia successful Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Angie Genaro successful Gone Baby Gone.
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Walton Goggins
You'll consciousness justified successful knowing that it's not each successful your head—Goggins truly does look familiar. In summation to starring successful 2 Quentin Tarantino movies (playing Billy Crash successful Django Unchained and Sheriff Chris Mannix successful The Hateful Eight), helium is besides known for being Boyd Crowder successful Justified from 2010 to 2015.
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Aimee Lou Wood
The English histrion joins the formed successful play 3 arsenic free-spirited Chelsea, who has an age-gap romance with Goggins' quality Rick Hatchett. Yet, she is champion known for her relation arsenic Aimee Gibbs connected Netflix’s Sex Education and also appeared successful Seize Them! and Daddy Issues.
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Lek Patravadi
Her acting credits whitethorn hint backmost 50 years—starting with Grounded God successful 1975—but she astir precocious portrayed Prani Chiraanan connected In Family We Trust successful 2018.
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Tayme Thapthimthong
The vocalist and erstwhile subject antheral has acting credits that see Mechanic: Resurrection, Skin Trade and Paradox, arsenic good arsenic playing Pao connected the TV bid Farang.
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Christian Friedel
If 13 minutes wasn't capable clip to fig retired wherever you admit the German actor, let america to refresh your memory. He played Rudolf Höss successful The Zone of Interest, Reinhold Gräf successful Babylon Berlin and Georg Elser successful 13 Minutes.
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