The White Lotus has become one of the biggest hits on HBO. While the ensemble cast changes every year along with the locale, audiences have hungrily tuned in year after year for all of the mystery, sex, class disparity and murder that each story has provided. Three seasons of the award-winning series have served fans with all kinds of wildness, and it’s fun that the whole television experience can be tied back to a special two week trip that creator Mike White took with Season 1 and star Jennifer Coolidge.
Season 4 of the show is now in the works, with the action set to move to southern France, but White reflected on White Lotus’ origins during a recent guest appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. The host asked about the initial inspiration for the hit premium cable dramedy, and the filmmaker recalled how it came together via observing one of his close friends. Said White.
