A slip of the tongue? Johnny Knoxville probably revealed the following location for the third season of The White Lotus due to his friendship with the present’s creator Mike White.
“Mike White is a very close friend of mine,” the Jackass star, 51, shared in an interview with Vulture printed on Thursday, February 16. “He and I had been in Tokyo together. I think that’s where the next … oh, I’m not giving anything away. I might call him again as soon as this is over.”
The anthology sequence follows the visitors and workers at a fictional resort chain named the White Lotus. Each season is ready in a special location with a brand new solid. The first season was shot in Hawaii whereas the second season was filmed in Italy.
In November 2022, TVLine confirmed that the HBO present was renewed for a 3rd season. Ahead of the renewal announcement, White, 52, was already brainstorming concepts for the following filming location.
“I think it’d be fun to maybe go to a whole different continent. You know, we did Europe, and maybe Asia, something crazy like that, that would be fun,” the Survivor alum advised Deadline in October 2022. Two months later, White elaborated extra on the potential location through the HBO Max Unpacking S2 E7 particular.
“The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex,” he teased in December 2022. “I think the third season would be maybe a satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality. It feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus.”
The dramedy gained important acclaim with its first season — which premiered in July 2021 — and had a star-studded solid. It featured Connie Britton, Sydney Sweeney, Murray Bartlett, Jennifer Coolidge and extra. The Legally Blonde actress went on to win an Emmy in 2022 for her position as Tanya McQuoid within the first season. Coolidge, 61, was the one authentic solid member to reprise her position for the second season, incomes her a Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
“Because the seasons are so thematically different, the locations are different, the cast is generally different, it felt like it would make sense to have somebody be the connective tissue between the two seasons. And if we went to Italy without Jennifer, she would be so mad,” White advised Variety in November 2022 of why he selected to maintain Coolidge on. “Obviously people loved her, and she’s my friend. So, it just made sense that it would be Jennifer.”
However — spoiler alert — Coolidge’s character met her demise in Italy and was killed off within the season finale.
“I was thinking, it’d be so fun to bring Tanya back because she’s such a great character, but maybe that’s the journey for her, a journey to death,” White recalled in December 2022 about his determination to homicide the beloved character. “Not that I really wanted to kill Tanya because I love her as a character and obviously love Jennifer, but I just felt like, we’re going to Italy, she’s such a diva — a larger than life female archetype — it felt like we could devise our own operatic conclusion to Tanya’s life and her story.”
While the season 3 location has been seemingly determined, followers are uncertain who will return for the following season because the solid has but to be introduced. Coolidge, for her half, is uncertain of a possible resurrection.
“He’s an amazing friend, but I think he made his decision,” the A Cinderella Story star mentioned to E! News in January. “He wanted a big, dramatic, Italian, you know, operatic ending for White Lotus 2, and he wanted to sacrifice Tanya.”
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