Though Jennifer Coolidge‘s Tanya McQuoid has checked out of The White Lotus, one other acquainted face is again for Season 3 of the HBO sequence.
Natasha Rothwell just lately mentioned her return with “primary character power” as spa supervisor Belinda Lindsey for the upcoming season, which premieres Feb. 16, after beforehand showing within the Hawaii-based Season 1 of Mike White‘s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning anthology sequence.
“She’s nonetheless working on the White Lotus, and she or he’s in Thailand doing type of an change program to study extra in regards to the wellness applications that the Thailand White Lotus provides,” she defined to Entertainment Weekly. “She’s going to be a visitor for the primary time, regardless that she’s taking lessons and it’s a piece journey. She’s staying on the lodge, which is one thing that she hasn’t completed earlier than, and so we get to see her actually dip her toe within the different aspect of lifetime of the upstairs/downstairs of White Lotus.”
Rothwell continued, “She’s like, ‘Oh, somebody’s going to come back in and clear my room and I don’t know them?’ She will get a firsthand take a look at among the issues that I feel went unnoticed by her [in] season 1. It’s a extremely cool exploration of standing and her journey and reconciling the truth that her goals of proudly owning the spa by no means got here to fruition, so what do you do? ‘I’m going to choose myself up and study one thing new,’ and nonetheless develop in her personal manner.”
In Season 1, the rich Tanya (Coolidge) took a shine to Belinda’s expertise as a healer and the consolation she supplied after the dying of her mom. After offhandedly floating the thought of investing in her personal spa, Tanya rescinded the supply on the finish of the season, leaving her heartbroken.
Natasha Rothwell and Jennifer Coolidge in Season 1 of ‘The White Lotus’
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“She was so devastated by Tanya taking what little hope she had and shattering it,” added Rothwell. “Over the course of the Italy season of White Lotus on the earth that we’ve created, she’s been attempting to dig herself out of that disappointment and actually be impressed once more. Her objective for coming to Thailand is to have a dream once more.”
As for whether or not Belinda is aware of about Tanya’s unlucky destiny on the finish of the Sicily-set sophomore season, Rothwell mentioned, “I can’t affirm or deny.”
And though Belinda is the one returning character, Rothwell notes that her son is launched this season, which “raises the stakes” for her character.
“We’re desirous to root for her, however we’re additionally desirous to root for her and her son,” Rothwell instructed EW. “I can’t get into particulars, however her son is older. He’s ending up faculty. It’s that bizarre a part of life whenever you understand your dad and mom are human and also you’re an grownup, and there’s this sort of friendship that develops. I’m excited for audiences to see Belinda in relationship to her son and the way they develop collectively over the course of the season.”
Season 3 of The White Lotus additionally options Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wooden.
