I'm going to vote even more juicy…… Someone should package and sell the behind the scenes drama (and footage of the wild nights).
White Lotus season 3
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Gaitok and Mook banged.
1200 posts, for a single 8 episode season of what is essentially a character study show with mostly second tier actors.
It really is amazing how unique this show is.
It really is amazing how unique this show is.
Diabolical Mike White man.Quote:
1200 posts, for a single 8 episode season of what is essentially a character study show with mostly second tier actors.
It really is amazing how unique this show is.
What's truly great is pretty much all of those 1200 posts were from people who watched the show, had thoughts/crticisms/whatever, but every one of those is from people who watched the show. You can count on less than 2 hands the number of shows over the past decade that get good discord.
Meanwhile, you can go check in on the Snow White thread, and it would have way more posts (if you included the many many many deleted ones, it would be way higher) on something where exactly 8 people who commented actually saw the product.
I'll just boil it down to this - I've rewatched each of the first 2 seasons and still really enjoyed them. I have no desire to rewatch this one, partly because I realized what kept me interested was just wanting to see how the story/stories turned out. The characters just weren't that fun outside of Posey's. 3 catty women. Boring Belinda. Xanax Tiiiiim. And brooding "my life was ruined but we don't really know what is so bad" Rick. Boring AF Gaitok.
100% agree.
Goggins' talent was so underutilized it hurts
Goggins' talent was so underutilized it hurts
I still don't know how they got Goggins for 6 months.
Like he probably shot Gemstones in 2 months, for the same number of episodes, and got paid more.
Now, Lotus gets exponentially more attention than Gemstones, so that's how they got him.
But, when the Goggins role was originally supposed to be Woody Harrelson, and Woody is like uh "a family vacation got in the way", he really means "I ain't got time to go shoot something for 6 months for $320K."
Like he probably shot Gemstones in 2 months, for the same number of episodes, and got paid more.
Now, Lotus gets exponentially more attention than Gemstones, so that's how they got him.
But, when the Goggins role was originally supposed to be Woody Harrelson, and Woody is like uh "a family vacation got in the way", he really means "I ain't got time to go shoot something for 6 months for $320K."
This popped up on my feed. A bit of BTS...
Jason Isaacs shares how he perfected Timothy Ratliff’s southern accent in #TheWhiteLotus! #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/Dmxroo8agF
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) April 10, 2025
Based on what he's hearing from sources, Sneider thinks the season four destination could be Austria or Switzerland...
TONIGHT on THE INSNEIDER: My reaction to THE WHITE LOTUS finale, the beef between Mike White & the show's composer, and the European countries being eyed for Season 4. Plus, Robert Pattinson is set to join DUNE 3 before he shoots BATMAN 2 later this year.https://t.co/Fpt6bCudZB pic.twitter.com/MnhLgyevkK
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) April 10, 2025
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As soon as the credits rolled on Season 3, the internet immediately began speculating as to where the show could go for Season 4.
HBO programming executive Francesca Orsi previously told Deadline that "Chances are somewhere in Europe," calling a return to the continent "likely."
Somewhere like Sweden or Iceland?
Next, EP David Bernad went on The Bill Simmons Podcast and revealed that White "does not like the cold. I feel confident we'll never do a season in the cold. He's a California guy, he's not built for the cold. Never say never, but I would be surprised."
OK, so no Sweden or Iceland. And probably not Finland or Norway, either.
Parade Magazine evidently spoke to someone who suggested that Season 4 would be shot in Egypt or Mexico. I suppose both would be strong possibilities, but White has also said that he'd like to get away from "crashing waves," and most people vacation in Mexico to be closer to the ocean. Plus, I'm not sure that Mexico is "exotic" enough for this series.
So yes, Egypt is a possibility, and I would think that an African safari would be on the table at some point - or perhaps a trip to the rainforests of South Africa.
But I suspect we'll be going to a landlocked European country next.
As it so happens, I've heard about two possibilities…
I've heard that the White Lotus team was gearing up to scout locations in Austria and Switzerland.
Now, both of those countries make a lot of sense, but one makes more sense than the other.
See, ahead of Season 3, HBO formalized its partnership with The Four Seasons hotel chain.
I don't think that White is necessarily limited to countries that have a Four Seasons hotel, but I suspect that choosing from said list is strongly encouraged, given the cost of housing the massive cast and crew of this series for six-plus months.
The Four Seasons has hotels in the following European cities: London (England); Paris (France); Athens (Greece); Budapest (Hungary); Lisbon (Portugal); Madrid (Spain); and finally, Geneva, which is in (drumroll please) Switzerland!
What else is in Switzerland?
Well, for starters, there are plenty of Swiss banks - banks that are renowned for their secrecy and the protection they offer to depositors' identities.
There's some built-in drama right there. Perhaps someone involved in illicit activities could be traveling to Switzerland to retrieve a large sum of money. Maybe Belinda goes there to open an account herself, not wanting too many questions from the IRS about where that $5 million came from.
Maybe Timothy Ratliff's unseen business partner, Kenny - voiced by Ke Huy Quan, who would be a great actor to build Season 4 around - has money socked away in a Swiss bank account. Maybe it's Greg/Gary, played by Jon Gries, the only actor to appear in all three seasons of the show.
The possibilities are literally endless…
Austria and Switzerland aren't necessarily "hot" temperature-wise, but they aren't necessarily known for being cold, either, and there aren't any crashing waves, as far as I know.
What may be more important than a country's temperature and topography is its tax credits, for if White chose a country that didn't offer any tax rebate, the show would, obviously, be much more expensive.
Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav isn't a fan of expensive, no matter how many Emmys a show wins.
Per Google, Switzerland doesn't have a traditional film tax credit system, though it has a program that refunds 20 percent to 40 percent of eligible production expenses. Those are primarily reserved for Swiss-international co-productions, but I'm willing to bet that Switzerland would make an exception for The White Lotus, given the amount of money HBO would spend in the country and the subsequent attention that the show would provide. There's also no service tax levied on foreign companies purchasing filmmaking services in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Austria's current incentive program is designed to attract international productions with a competitive 30-35 percent tax rebate. And to be fair, Egypt offers a 30 percent tax credit as well.
Movies that have been filmed in Austria include Quantum of Solace, Knight and Day, and The Sound of Music, while Switzerland has welcomed productions such as GoldenEye, The Bourne Identity, and Phantom Thread.
So, if I had to place a bet right now, it would be on one of those two countries - not Japan, as some have speculated.
They need to get away from water/beaches for a season for sure and I'm very excited about that, but when they return to it, Croatia should be in the mix.
I read somewhere that they have a contract with four seasons hotels and someone sleuthed down to either England or French alps as the location by eliminating all locations near water.
Not sure how that works with Mike White's aversion to cold weather
Not sure how that works with Mike White's aversion to cold weather
The report above dives into exactly that.
Tell me you didn't read the post above yours without telling me you didn't read it.
Ain't nobody got time for dat
Murder Hornet said:
Ain't nobody got time for dat
I read it then read yours.
I don't trust any of these people at this point.
ANY OF THEM.
And good for them.
At this point between s2 and s3, you'd have thought s3 was Japan.
They negotiate *publicly* in the press.
I'm pretty sure Mike White is on a rehab bed, I'm pretty sure Francesca Orci is running around on cruise ships with people are fighting to do this show.
They weren't putting ANYTHING out in the press that isn't carefully coordinated.
And it has escalated.'
ANY OF THEM.
And good for them.
At this point between s2 and s3, you'd have thought s3 was Japan.
They negotiate *publicly* in the press.
I'm pretty sure Mike White is on a rehab bed, I'm pretty sure Francesca Orci is running around on cruise ships with people are fighting to do this show.
They weren't putting ANYTHING out in the press that isn't carefully coordinated.
And it has escalated.'
Really wish this is a show that would stop at 3 seasons. Not everything needs 7 seasons and a movie.
ChipFTAC01 said:
Really wish this is a show that would stop at 3 seasons. Not everything needs 7 seasons and a movie.
The show is an exotic resort world of Seinfeld. Give me every season until he decides to quit it.
ChipFTAC01 said:
Really wish this is a show that would stop at 3 seasons. Not everything needs 7 seasons and a movie.
lol.
Stop watching and it is a 3 season show.
Dexter ended to me with the Trinity Killer.
Just came here to say how much I loved Parker Posey's character.
We all know that woman in real life and it's easy to be a caricature of that person but she played it oh so well.
The scene at dinner where Piper realizes she's a spoiled kid and wouldn't last a week in that commune was greatness. The relief in her face. Nodding and smiling but trying to soothe her.
The thumbs up when she hugged her. lol.
That had me rolling because we all know that's such a real life situation in today's society.
Mike White is up there with Trey stone and Matt Parker on societal dark satire.
We all know that woman in real life and it's easy to be a caricature of that person but she played it oh so well.
The scene at dinner where Piper realizes she's a spoiled kid and wouldn't last a week in that commune was greatness. The relief in her face. Nodding and smiling but trying to soothe her.
The thumbs up when she hugged her. lol.
That had me rolling because we all know that's such a real life situation in today's society.
Mike White is up there with Trey stone and Matt Parker on societal dark satire.
This is goldYouBet said:
the teeth/dentures for Chelsea.
ChoppinDs40 said:
Just came here to say how much I loved Parker Posey's character.
We all know that woman in real life and it's easy to be a caricature of that person but she played it oh so well.
The scene at dinner where Piper realizes she's a spoiled kid and wouldn't last a week in that commune was greatness. The relief in her face. Nodding and smiling but trying to soothe her.
The thumbs up when she hugged her. lol.
That had me rolling because we all know that's such a real life situation in today's society.
Mike White is up there with Trey stone and Matt Parker on societal dark satire.
That scene kinda confused me. Because when Piper was talking to Lochlan, my impression was she wanted to do the commune thing but she wanted to do it without anyone else in the family being there.
Then she breaks down to her mom and says she didn't like it bc she's too attached to her worldly comforts. My initial thought was she was lying to her mom for some reason? I dunno.
I think she was lying to herself earlier and deep down she didn't want to do it anymore.
The give-away was that she was looking around her dirty ass buggy room
Gotcha. I guess my problem is I'm trying to find "deeper meaning" behind all of the character conversations and interactions. And sometimes it's truly just superficial and shallow. (I guess both of those words are the same thing, so that's redundant)
Like when her mom said she had no memory of meeting that woman at the baby shower years ago. I figured there was something we'd find out later about it, but in reality.....she just honestly had no idea who that woman was.
Like when her mom said she had no memory of meeting that woman at the baby shower years ago. I figured there was something we'd find out later about it, but in reality.....she just honestly had no idea who that woman was.
AJ02 said:ChoppinDs40 said:
Just came here to say how much I loved Parker Posey's character.
We all know that woman in real life and it's easy to be a caricature of that person but she played it oh so well.
The scene at dinner where Piper realizes she's a spoiled kid and wouldn't last a week in that commune was greatness. The relief in her face. Nodding and smiling but trying to soothe her.
The thumbs up when she hugged her. lol.
That had me rolling because we all know that's such a real life situation in today's society.
Mike White is up there with Trey stone and Matt Parker on societal dark satire.
That scene kinda confused me. Because when Piper was talking to Lochlan, my impression was she wanted to do the commune thing but she wanted to do it without anyone else in the family being there.
I took it as incredulity on Piper's part as if she's disappointed in herself and cannot believe that Lochlan is willing to do what she couldn't.
Good call. A bit of this too I'm sure.
AJ02 said:
Gotcha. I guess my problem is I'm trying to find "deeper meaning" behind all of the character conversations and interactions. And sometimes it's truly just superficial and shallow. (I guess both of those words are the same thing, so that's redundant)
Like when her mom said she had no memory of meeting that woman at the baby shower years ago. I figured there was something we'd find out later about it, but in reality.....she just honestly had no idea who that woman was.
She knew exactly who she was - she just didn't want to engage and gave her the brush off. Nothing more there it just demonstrated her self centered personality.
Saw an interview with Jason Isaacs (Tim) where he said basically that and that this was almost a low rent vacation for them (because Piper wanted to go there) and mingling with riff raff was not in Victoria's mindset.
Yeah, I don't understand why people expected more from it.Zombie Jon Snow said:AJ02 said:
Gotcha. I guess my problem is I'm trying to find "deeper meaning" behind all of the character conversations and interactions. And sometimes it's truly just superficial and shallow. (I guess both of those words are the same thing, so that's redundant)
Like when her mom said she had no memory of meeting that woman at the baby shower years ago. I figured there was something we'd find out later about it, but in reality.....she just honestly had no idea who that woman was.
She knew exactly who she was - she just didn't want to engage and gave her the brush off. Nothing more there it just demonstrated her self centered personality.
Saw an interview with Jason Isaacs (Tim) where he said basically that and that this was almost a low rent vacation for them (because Piper wanted to go there) and mingling with riff raff was not in Victoria's mindset.
She had no interest in interacting with that woman and it told a lot about her.
Lololol this press tour will never die, and I love it. It is a case study in how to do a press tour *for sure*.
I know some people (mostly from a certain forum), think we aren't allowed to laugh at SNL, but this is NAILS. And a well-used pop-in of ScarJo will NEVER be a complaint (luckiest thing that ever happened to that show).
Genius.
Go post on f16 and see if they dox you.
Go post on f16 and see if they dox you.
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