The White Lotus Cast’s Surprising Salaries Revealed

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It pays to beryllium successful the White Lotus.

The HBO bid has their characters unwinding (and raising incestuous havoc) successful the most stunning resorts around the world. That shared comfortableness carries implicit to the actors’ real-life salaries, wherever 1 of the show’s producers David Bernard revealed the cast—which presently includes Parker PoseyCarrie CoonMichelle MonaghanPatrick SchwarzeneggerJason IsaacsBlackpink’s Lisa and Natasha Rothwell—gets adjacent pay.

“Everyone is treated the aforesaid on White Lotus,” David elaborate successful an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter on April 2. “They get paid the same, and we bash alphabetical billing, truthful you’re getting radical who privation to bash the task for the close reasons.”

According to THR, who besides cited aggregate sources, the show’s regular actors marque “roughly $40,000 an episode.”  

David noted this wage is “not negotiable,” and the squad utilized their billing system—which they created to assistance money the show’s archetypal play successful 2021—to make this terms point. THR reports that season one’s halt successful Hawaii cost “$4 cardinal an episode,” portion its current 3rd season’s fund successful Thailand raised betwixt “$6 cardinal and $7 million.”

And truthful far, this astonishing fixed complaint has worked for the fashionable series. The show’s casting director, Meredith Tucker, explained this attack has leveled the playing field.

“It makes it truthful overmuch easier,” she continued. “You archer radical this is what it is. And immoderate won’t bash it — and honestly, you can’t clasp it against radical who request to marque a living. Our bid regulars are beauteous overmuch doing this for scale.” 

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Elsewhere successful the interview, White Lotus creator Mike White shared that Thailand wasn’t his imagination determination prime for play three. In fact, helium had his oculus connected different spot successful Asia. 

“Originally, I wanted to sprout successful Japan,” the 54-year-old manager added. “I was successful Thailand erstwhile my dada and I got eliminated from The Amazing Race — 2 weeks successful an elimination presumption with each these different bitter world contestants, I was conscionable like, “I don’t ever privation to travel backmost here.”

But contempt his apprehension, Mike noted HBO pushed for the state due to the fact that they “had bully taxation incentives,” and the squad visited Thailand soon after. 

Keep speechmaking to autumn successful emotion with the show’s erstwhile filming locations…

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Season 3: Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui

Many of the scenes for The White Lotus play 3 were filmed astatine the Four Seasons Resort successful Koh Samui, Thailand.

As HBO revealed, the edifice provided the mounting for the Ratliff Family Villa (where the characters played by Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola and Sarah Catherine Hook stayed); the Ladies’ Villa for Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan), Kate (Leslie Bibb) and Laurie (Carrie Coon); arsenic good arsenic the country for Walton Goggins' Rick and Aimee Lee Wood's Chelsea.

In addition, the web said the pool, beach, communal areas, paths, h2o hammocks, gym, boxing ring, Spirit House and luncheon and meal restaurants were each filmed astatine the resort.

Opened successful 2007, the edifice offers 60 villas and 11 backstage residence rentals—with each impermanent villas sitting hillside and containing backstage infinity pools arsenic good arsenic views of the Gulf of Thailand. As for the design, the Four Seasons states it's "based connected accepted confederate Thai architecture, with thatched roofts, indoor/outdoor spaces and colours of the sea."

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Season 3: Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok  

Sam Rockwell's monologue from occurrence five? Turns out, that was filmed astatine The Bamboo Bar successful the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.

Established successful 1953, the barroom is described by the edifice arsenic a "celebrated Bangkok institution, drafting jazz enthusiasts from astir the world." In fact, it touts itself arsenic the city's first-ever jazz venue.

As for the edifice itself—with its existent operation dating backmost to 1876—it's acceptable alongside the Chao Phraya River and features 331 rooms, including 60 suites. Guests tin besides question crossed the stream by backstage teakwood shuttle vessel to find the hotel's fittingness and wellness halfway arsenic good arsenic its spa, which boasts itself arsenic the archetypal luxurious edifice spa successful Thailand. And if visitors are hungry, they tin dine astatine 1 of its 12 restaurants and bars. 

According to the hotel, the wide starting complaint is $750+ per night.

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Season 3: Anantara Mai Khao Phuket 

Wanna abrogation similar Natasha Rothwell's quality Belinda (you know, without each the White Lotus drama)? Well, you tin enactment successful the villa utilized for her country astatine the Anantara Mai Khao Phuket.

Aptly named the "Lotus Villa," the abstraction is 2,001 quadrate feet and features a backstage pool, sundeck, outdoor sunken tub and lagoon views. But if you're looking for thing else, determination are 83 excavation villas, 30 pavilions and 70 suites guests tin take from.

The resort—which is situated connected the bluish extremity of Phuket—also served arsenic the mounting for the White Lotus' Wellness Sanctuary and Spa. And yes, you tin sojourn the hotel’s existent spa successful real-life, wherever it offers treatments similar massages, facials, crystal chakra balancing, assemblage therapies and nail services.

In presumption of cost, the edifice notes a deluxe Mai Khao suite tin scope from 13,000 to 38,200 Thai baht per nighttime (around $385 to $1,130) portion the terms of a excavation villa tin spell from 30,000 to 65,000 THB per nighttime (near $$885 to $1,925), some depending connected the clip of twelvemonth and not including work charges and taxes.

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Season 3: Cape Panwa Hotel

In occurrence three, Parker Posey's Victoria has a imagination successful which she's lasting successful beforehand of a achromatic location connected a beach. While she says the location is the Ratliffs' location successful North Carolina, it's really a edifice astatine the Cape Panwa Hotel called Panwa House successful Phuket.

Described by the edifice arsenic a "magnificent Sino-Portuguese mansion,” the eating constitution serves a scope of Thai dishes and offers a paper that's "inspired by the lukewarm evening ambiance of the sea."

The outgo to dine? According to the hotel, it's mostly betwixt 210 and 450 THB (approximately $6 to $13) for a la carte items and much than $1,500 THB (around $45) for a chef's acceptable paper with aggregate courses (plus tax).

And if you marque it an overnight, accomodations astatine the Cape Panwa Hotel commencement astatine astir 3,500 THB (a small much than $100) and spell up to astir 53,000 THB (roughly $1,570), depending connected the country benignant and season.

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Season 3: Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort

When Belinda and Fabian (Christian Friedel) person that treatment astir Jon Gries' Greg (or Gary arsenic helium goes by this season), they're really lasting successful the lobby of the Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort.

In fact, HBO revealed the edifice besides served arsenic the backdrop for the White Lotus' jewelry store (where Chelsea witnessed a robbery), information station, edifice driveway and worker parking lot, wherever Mook (Blackpink's Lisa) and Gaitok (Tayme Thapthimthong) had immoderate of their scenes. 

The Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort features 106 rooms and suites that place its gardens, pools and beaches, with rooms starting astatine $250+ per night. There's besides a spa stretching much than 3,000 quadrate meters among lotus ponds and gardens, arsenic good arsenic a formation club, kids club, array of bars and restaurants and activities, including yoga, Pilates, and kayaking.

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Season 3: Villa Amaravida

While fans person a batch of questions astir Greg/Gary successful play three, wherever helium and Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) lived connected The White Lotus isn't 1 of them.

The HBO amusement filmed his luxurious abode astatine Villa Amaravida successful Phuket. Spanning crossed 4,000 quadrate meters, the location features 8 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms.

"The villa’s wide motif is inspired by Scandinavian architecture incorporated with Thai’s accepted roots," the villa's website reads. "Out front, the Thai-gabled extortion gives it distant portion the interiors shriek minimalism with its cleanable lines and marble and woody details."

Inside, guests volition besides find a cinema room, crippled room, gym, spa room, sauna, squash tribunal and vino cellar. Outside, they'll find a hoops court, tennis court, playground, beach, three pools, 2 jacuzzis and a rooftop bar.

And portion visitors tin sojourn adjacent restaurants oregon whip up a repast successful the kitchen, they tin besides bask having a backstage cook hole their meals.

But if you privation to enactment here, it volition outgo you a beauteous penny—between $5,698 and $13,650 per night, according to the rates listed connected the website.

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Season 3: Village 12 astatine Samujana

According to HBO, Village 12 astatine Samujana successful Koh Samui was besides utilized to picture Greg/Gary and Chloe's location up connected the hills.

In existent life, the villa consists of 7 bedrooms (five of which incorporate jacuzzis), 11 bathrooms and 3 lounges. There is besides a backstage gym, cinema room, games room, hoops court, outdoor trampoline and some a saltwater excavation and a kids' pool.

For food, guests tin bid in-villa dining, navigator up a repast successful the room oregon publication a backstage chef. There is besides a scope of wellness and sports activities offered connected the property, including yoga, in-villa massages and sailing connected the resort's 13-meter catamaran.

According to Samujana, the terms for Villa 12 starts astatine $4,020 per night.

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Season 3: Am Samui Resort Taling Ngam

For the beachside BBQ and occurrence amusement successful occurrence three, HBO said it turned to the Am Samui Resort Taling Ngam.

According to the hotel's website, it has 32 rooms that connection either views of the formation oregon garden. There is besides a restaurant, lounge bar, excavation and activities offered similar horseback riding.

Rosewood Phuket

Season 3: Rosewood Phuket

As for wherever guests of the White Lotus ate, the scenes astatine the meal edifice were changeable astatine Rosewood Phuket's eatery Ta Khai.

Ta Khai, which the edifice notes means "fishing net" successful Thai, offers a scope of Southern Thai cuisine, with a acceptable paper starting astatine 1,820 THB (about $65 erstwhile you origin successful tax).

And if you privation to enactment astatine the hotel, determination are 71 villas and pavilions.

"Every constituent of Rosewood Phuket accommodations immerses the impermanent successful the soothing ambiance of a beachside retreat," the website reads, "with floor-to-ceiling windows opening to the sanctuary of a verdant plot terrace featuring a backstage plunge pool, relaxed outdoor seating and a daybed."

During the lowest season, prices for the lowest level pavilions commencement astatine 22,000 THB (around $650) per nighttime and 44,000 THB (roughly $1,300) per nighttime for the lowest level villas (plus tax).

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Season 3: Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort

And if you're thirsting to cognize much astir the White Lotus' edifice barroom featured successful occurrence one, that would beryllium The Singing Bird Lounge astatine the Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort.

Described by the edifice arsenic a "treehouse-style barroom nestled wrong the branches of a 120-year-old tree," the lounge gives guests the accidental to sip connected beverages named aft section birds and instrumentality successful the water views.

Settled successful the northbound of Chaweng Beach, the Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort besides provides a assortment of rooms and suites starting astatine $300+ per night—with immoderate offering plot views and others providing entree to their ain oregon communal pools.

Cape & Kantary Hotels

Season 3: Cape Fahn Hotel

Ever wonderment what it would beryllium similar to enactment connected a backstage island? Well, 1 of the filming locations offers that precise opportunity.

The Cape Fahn Hotel is located connected 2 backstage islands disconnected the eastbound seashore of Koh Samui. HBO revealed the spot provided immoderate of the exterior for a Buddhist monastery scene, and the determination tin besides beryllium spotted successful a changeable of a vessel circling the hotel's backstage islands.

Guests looking to sojourn the Cape Fahn Hotel tin take to enactment successful a scope of villas oregon an water cottage, each with its ain backstage pool. And if they privation adjacent much privacy, they tin publication a villa connected a secluded islet.

According to the hotel, rates commencement from astir 13,860 THB per nighttime (around $410) and spell up to 107,100 THB per nighttime (near $3,175) depending connected the country benignant and seasons.

San Domenico Palace, a Four Seasons Hotel

Season 2: San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel

The White Lotus tin accidental "grazie" to the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel for serving arsenic the main mounting for play two, which featured Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Michael Imperioli, Haley Lu Richardson, Sabrina Impacciatore and more.

Offering 68 rooms and 43 suites, this Four Seasons Hotel is, according to its website, "composed of the Ancient Convent Wing built connected the tract of a 14th-century convent, and the Grand Hotel Wing, a Liberty-style operation added successful 1896."

The spot features a 69-foot infinity excavation overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, spa, gym, restaurants, bars, Italian gardens and a show of artifacts dating from the 16th to 18th centuries. And whether you privation to bash a chopper circuit oregon a pasta-making class, determination are a clump of activities travelers tin book.

According to the hotel, the starting terms for a country during the debased play is 1,500 Euros (around $1,630) per nighttime portion the outgo during the precocious play is 2,500 Euros per nighttime (roughly $2,720)—plus tax.

Four Seasons Resort Maui astatine Wailea

Season 1: Four Seasons Resort Maui astatine Wailea

The Four Seasons Resort Maui astatine Wailea successful Hawaii was the mounting for the archetypal play of The White Lotus with Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Brittany O'Grady and Natasha Rothwell and others.

Its Elite Suite (which was called the "Palm Suite" connected the show) and its Lokelani Presidential Suite (a.k.a. "The Pineapple Suite") were among the galore spaces featured connected The White Lotus—though the edifice notes accumulation redecorated the suites for the series. The resort's big excavation and adjacent 1 of the hotel's erstwhile edifice managers besides appeared connected the show.

Sitting connected 15 oceanfront acres, the edifice consists of 307 rooms and 76 suites that connection views of the water, gardens and mountains. On the property, guests tin find 3 saltwater pools, 2 tennis courts, a spa, formation access, fittingness facilities and respective restaurants and bars.

Just marque definite to battalion your wallet. According to the hotel, the starting complaint is $1,025 per night. And if you privation to enactment successful 1 of the 2 statesmanlike suites, those commencement astatine $29,000 per night. 

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