Though Jennifer Coolidge isn’t returning to The White Lotus anytime quickly, she appears to be simply as invested as the remainder of the present’s devoted viewers.
The Golden Globe winner informed Deadline she’s “praying there’s justice for Tanya” in Season 3 of the Mike White-created HBO sequence following her fan-favorite character’s weird dying within the Season 2 finale.
“I don’t have a tackle this. Nobody is giving me any details about how that is gonna go down,” she admitted. “I imply, I’m praying there’s some justice for Tanya. You already know, Greg was a creep. He must go down. However I simply suppose it continues to be actually fascinating, actually darkish after which all of us have to speak about it afterwards. I feel it’s a extremely good signal.”
After Tanya McQuoid discovered herself on the mercy of some probably murderous gays that occurred to be buddies together with her husband Greg Hunt (Jon Gries), the mysterious widower made a chilling return within the Season 3 premiere.
In the meantime, Tanya’s former good friend and wellness guru Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) seems to be on Greg’s path.
Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya Mcquiud-Hunt in Season 2 of ‘The White Lotus’
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“I used to be simply saying to somebody in the present day that Mike White continues to shock me, and all these things that’s occurred to this point — I gained’t spoil it, I do know persons are catching up, so I gained’t spoil it — Mike White has no apologies, he goes for what he needs to do. He doesn’t test with anybody else. He writes a narrative that he needs to inform, and I simply suppose he’s a genius,” she added.
“You understand how I do know he’s a genius? As a result of I get telephone calls from buddies that each one wanna watch the weekly episodes,” defined Coolidge. “I don’t actually have that, I can’t consider one other present the place persons are calling me up and going like, ‘All of us have to look at this.’ I imply, I used to be in White Lotus, after all, earlier than that horrible factor occurred. However what I’m saying is, folks wish to get collectively and watch it. I feel that’s so cool. I’ve a home in New Orleans and my New Orleans buddies at all times need to get collectively and watch it. And right here in LA, folks need to watch it, and I feel that speaks to Mike White. He writes this actually fascinating stuff, and the characters this 12 months are actually good, and it’s received some actually darkish creepy stuff.”
New episodes of The White Lotus arrive Sunday nights on Max at 9pm ET/6pm PT, airing on HBO at 9pm ET/10pm PT.
