'The White Lotus' Heads to Italy: Everything We Know About Season 2
L'OFFICIEL breaks down the cast and other Season 2 details.
Before the Season 1 finale of The White Lotus aired, fans were gifted some surprising news—the series would return for a second season. And it's no wonder why. The show has been a huge success. Over 1.9 million overall viewers tuned in to the season finale back in the summer of 2021 and it was announced a year later that the show was nominated for 20 Emmys.
And after more than a year, we finally know when fans can expect to see the next installment of vacationers. L'OFFICIEL has all the details below.
The Cast
Despite the first season's massive success, with the depiction of dysfunctional family dynamics and complicated relationships, only two members of the original cast will be returning. The anthology series will feature a new plot and a different set of characters each season. (Think: American Horror Story.) Even though Sydney Sweeney and Alexandra Daddario fans (and fans of the others, too) are crying, there is a glimmer of hope. Season 1 star Jennifer Coolidge, who played Tanya McQuoid, will be returning for the second season alongside her character's love interest Greg (Jon Gries). In a short HBO Max teaser, fans can see the two riding along a scenic route on a Vespa.
Because of the switch to the anthology format, new faces will be joining the cast.
Will there be more trouble in paradise? Divergent actor Theo James and The Bold Type's Meghann Fahy are coupled up, and so are Will Sharpe and Aubrey Plaza. Perhaps, one of these couples will be the next Rachel and Shane.
Other cast additions? F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, and Adam DiMarco. And looks like there will be more family drama this season because the three will be playing a father, son, and grandson, respectively. Other resort attendees include Tom Hollander, Haley Lu Richardson, and Leo Woodall. Despite traveling for different reasons, all of them will find themselves at The White Lotus.
And while the new season features a new set of actors and actresses, there's a possibility that some original cast members could return later on. Creator Mike White told Deadline, "Definitely, it would be really fun to take a character or couple of characters from the first season and have them come into the third season. That’s something I’m trying to figure out.”
And Jake Lacy and Alexandra Daddario, who played married couple Shane and Rachel, have already been made aware of this. Daddario previously told Deadline, “Shane and I would be on a boat, talking about other people, annoying everyone around us.”
The Plot
While not much is known about the plot of the upcoming season, there are a few details that we already know. The second season focuses on "a different group of vacationers as they jet to another White Lotus property and settle in temporarily amongst its inhabitants.” And instead of Hawaii, the visitors will be located in Sicily, Italy. The name of the show has also been changed to The White Lotus: Sicily to reflect this.
And looks like fans will get to see the real Sicily in the show because filming has been taking place in the city, specifically at the San Domenico Palace in Taormina.
The Release Date
The White Lotus Season 2 premieres on HBO on October 30.
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