‘The White Lotus’ is back and in Sicily
Get ready to binge another season of The White Lotus! The hit series is back for season 2 and will include at least one of the most beloved characters from season 1.
Thus far, Jennifer Coolidge is the only series regular we know of that’s returning (clearly Armond is not). Coolidge will reprise her role as socialite Tanya McQuoid, who is likely still seeking the ultimate zen she’d been longing for in the first season.
Joining Coolidge will be cast members F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Tom Hollander, Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe, and Leo Woodall, who will be the next set of guests to vacation at the famed hotel, The White Lotus.
Creator Mike White will return as writer and director.
The HBO hit followed rich and highly irritable resort-goers as they attempted to find inner peace and love, and formed unlikely friendships, leading to an accidental murder as the season ended. The original series, which premiered last summer, drew audiences into its shenanigans with a most unlikeable cast of characters, and we couldn’t help but love watching them self-implode during every show.
This series is shifting away from Hawaii to Sicily, where new hotel staffers and guests will (hopefully) have an equally difficult time managing their lives at a new White Lotus property. “The fun part about leaving the U.S., White told EW, is that the writers “could get into culture clash ideas and stuff like that.”
White seems to have the magic formula, so whatever he comes up with for season 2 will surely have viewers tuning in. Francesca Orsi, the network’s executive vice president, wrote in a September 2021 statement that she and others at the network “were thrilled to hear where he wanted to go next” and “can’t wait to keep following him wherever he takes us.”
Season 2 of The White Lotus will premiere in October, just a month after the Sept. 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, where the show is being nominated for 20 awards, including outstanding limited series, writing and directing for White, and supporting mentions for eight cast members, including Coolidge.
