The White Lotus Season 3 Cast and Location REVEALED! _ E! News

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00:00 Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time. Always.

00:05 The cast of season 3 of the award-winning series The White Lotus has

00:10 been announced. Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrical, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Moynihan and

00:15 Parker Posey will be joining the cast in the third installment of the Emmy

00:19 winning HBO original series. Writer and director Mike White previously announced

00:24 that season 1 fan favorite Belinda, played by Natasha Rothwell, will also be

00:28 returning for season 3. And just in case you need a quick trip down memory lane,

00:32 during the show's first season Natasha's character served as a companion to

00:36 Jennifer Coolidge's unpredictable heiress, Tanya McQuid, who ultimately

00:40 backtracked on her promise of helping Belinda open up her very own Wellness

00:44 Center, opting to leave her with a large amount of cash instead. And though

00:48 Natasha may not have played a part in season 2, which took place in Italy, where

00:51 Tanya sadly checked out for good, she teased that fans can't expect their

00:55 jaws to drop during season 3, just as hers did after going through the latest

01:00 scripts. Telling Vanity Fair last month, "I gasped out loud a minimum of five

01:05 times and this was just me reading them. The scripts are a testament to creator

01:09 Mike White's skill and ability to tell the most smart and entertaining stories.

01:13 Everyone needs to buckle up because it's going to get real." Now to the most

01:18 important question, where will the new group of White Lotus guests be checking

01:22 in this time? If you guessed Thailand, you'd be right. HBO shares that the

01:27 series is set to begin production in and around Koh Sui Mai, Phuket and Bangkok

01:31 next month. And as for the theme of season 3, creator Mike White previously

01:35 hinted that he wanted the next installment in the series to explore

01:38 death and religion. "The first season kind of highlighted money and then the second

01:46 season is sex and I think the third season it would be maybe a kind of

01:50 satirical and funny look at death in Eastern religion and spirituality and it

01:55 feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus." All we

02:02 can say is we're ready to check back in now more than ever.

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