Laura Dern has replaced Helena Bonham Carter on season four of HBO series The White Lotus.
The 59-year-old US actress was revealed as the latest addition to the hit series in a post on Instagram. She will be joined in the star-studded cast by the likes of Steve Coogan, Chris Messina and Marissa Long.
Details on her character are yet to be announced.
It comes after Carter, 59, left production for the upcoming series earlier this week, just months after it was revealed she had joined the cast.
In a statement at the time, HBO said: “With filming just underway on season four of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set.”
The network said the role would be “rewritten” and “recast,”
Dern will reunite with the show’s creator Mike White for the new role, having previously worked with him on rom-com film Year Of The Dog (2007) and comedy series Enlightened (2011).
The American black comedy anthology series follows the exploits of the guests and staff during a week at a fictional luxury global resort hotel chain called The White Lotus.
Its fourth series began filming in the French Riviera, in Saint-Tropez last week, following a new group of wealthy hotel guests during the Cannes Film Festival.
Production is taking place in Cannes, St Tropez and Monaco, with five-star hotel Airelles Château de la Messardière becoming the White Lotus du Cap.
The show’s last series saw it move the action to a luxury hotel in Thailand, having previously been set in resorts in Hawaii and Sicily.
The White Lotus has previously featured the likes of Aimee Lou Wood, Jason Isaacs, Walton Goggins, Sydney Sweeney, Aubrey Plaza, and the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger.
Dern is best known for films including Jurassic Park (1993) and her Oscar-winning role in Marriage Story (2019), as well as her starring role as Renata Klein in HBO drama Big Little Lies.
The award-winning actress is also regarded for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet (1986), Wild At Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991).
