After more than a year of waiting, season 2 of The White Lotus is nevertheless here.
Originally written as a limited series, author Mike White chose to turn the series into an anthology show, filled with degrees of drama, intrigue, betrayal, love, and loss even higher than the first release.
Season 2 of The White Lotus introduces a host of new characters along with some familiar faces. This time, the characters remain at the White Lotus complex in Sicily, Italy. What can go wrong?
Newsweek has everything you want to know about the cast and characters in The White Lotus Season 2.
Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation stars in The White Lotus as Harper Spiller.
Harper visits Sicily with her husband Ethan and their two wealthy friends, Cameron and Daphne Sullivan.
Speaking to Newsweek, Plaza described Harper as a “no-frills” person embarking on a “psychological” journey.
She shared, “Harper is kind of a professional and difficult woman on the outside, with a comfortable, pasty interior. Her affair is with her husband played through Will Sharpe and it’s just about marriage and the kind of ups and downs of marriage and I think the adventure she’s taking is mental kind and it’s about someone’s concepts about how they feel about their relationship. “
Giri/Haji Will Sharpe takes on the role of Ethan, Aubrey’s reserved and respectful husband.
Ethan invited Aubrey with his schoolmate, Cameron, a friendship that surprises Aubrey.
Sharpe told Newsweek that his character, Ethan, is “hard to read,” adding, “He’s been making a lot of money in the tech industry lately. So, Ethan and Harper have made a lot of money recently, this is something new for them. “, I guess they wouldn’t be on vacation like that.
“Ethan is a pretty internal character, he can be quite impenetrable and in spaces quite difficult to read and he’s a submissive guy. When you first meet him, he takes guesses from all sides about a way to absorb things. “
Theo James plays Cameron Sullivan, a nasty businessman who is Ethan’s college roommate.
Audiences will likely recognize James from his role as Tobias “Four” Eaton in The Divergent film series.
Most recently, he played Henry DeTamble in The Time Traveler’s Wife and Sidney Parker in Sanditon.
Meghann Fahy plays Daphne Sullivan, Cameron in The White Lotus.
Daphne and Cameron have a very close relationship and seem to be madly in love, but as the series progresses, the cracks begin to show.
Fahy is known for betting on Sutton on the Freeform series The Bold Type.
Jennifer Coolidge of The Watcher is one of two returning cast members in Season 1’s The White Lotus.
Coolidge is back as Tanya McQuoid Hunt, a wealthy and troubled woman. In season 1, she grieves the loss of her mother and in season 2, she tries to save her relationship with her husband, Greg.
Speaking to Newsweek, Coolidge teased that the death of Tanya’s mother in season 1 could have been “the tip of the iceberg” for Tanya.
She shared, “Someone like Tanya, is hiding her grief and in the first White Lotus, and she was kind of like someone who had such a heavy burden to carry for a long time, in connection with her mother’s death.
“Sometimes you think that when you take that away, things are fine. I [Tanya] met a guy I really like, pain. . . I scattered my mother’s ashes and I can get over that and then you realize this is just the tip of the iceberg for something totally new. I mean, other people are unpredictable, and dating is so unpredictable and you, the chances of you running out of dates are very slim.
Seinfeld Jon Gries reprised his role as Greg in The White Lotus Season 2.
By the end of Season 1, Greg had been diagnosed with cancer and had no idea he would survive. However, in season 2, the audience learns of the remedy Tanya paid for the paintings and, as a result, Greg has a new vision. attitude to life.
Greis shared that it was an “incredible feeling” to come back as he thought about his character’s story.
He said, “I don’t forget I had a verbal exchange with Mike [White, creator] the first season, when we were filming and he said, you know, Tanya, and maybe Greg will have to come back for season 2. “and I said, ‘How can Greg come back for season 2?’I was literally betting he was dying because Mike didn’t tell me anything. So, I thought, he’s going to be dead. “
Gries joked, “It’s an amazing feeling to be back with my wife. “
Hayley Lu Richardson Portia in season 2 of The White Lotus.
Portia is Tanya’s assistant who traveled to Sicily to be told they don’t need her anymore, at least for a while.
Audiences can see Richardson for her role as Krista in The Edge of Seventeen, Tess in Ravenswood and Claire in Split.
Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham plays Bert Di Grasso in Dominic’s Father, The White Lotus Season 2.
Bert took his son and grandson to Sicily to explore his family heritage circle, which only increased tensions between the 3 generations of men.
Abraham is known for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus and Dar Adal in Homeland.
Other well-known credits come with Scarface, Isle of Dogs, and All the President’s Men.
Michael Imperioli plays the role of Dominic in The White Lotus Season 2.
It is revealed at the beginning of the series that Dominic has cheated on his wife and that she is leaving him. As a result, Dominic turned to alcohol and sex, and crossed paths with a young Italian sex worker.
Imperioli is known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos. His other credits come with Project Blue Book, Escape at Dannemora and Lucifer.
Up-and-coming actor Adam DiMarco plays Albie, Dominic’s picky son who begins an affair with Portia.
DiMarco’s credits come with The Order, The Magicians and Radio Rebel.
Italian actress and comedian Sabrina Impacciatore plays Valentina, the one at the White Lotus Hotel in Sicily.
Impacciatore told Newsweek that for the last general manager of the White Lotus Hotel, played by Murray Bartlett in season 1, Valentina is more “implosive” than her “explosive” character.
She said: “What I like about Valentina is her complexity because she’s very tough, very aggressive, very disgusting in a way, but then we can see her replaced depending on the other people she needs. She resonates with the other people she meets, and anything opens up inside her and shows a side of her that we couldn’t expect. “
Newcomer Beatrice Grannò plays the role of Mia in The White Lotus, a young Italian woman hanging out at the White Lotus Hotel.
Speaking to Newsweek, Grannò gave a small glimpse of his character.
She joked, “My character, her calling is Mia and she dreams of being a musician. He starts with this very blameless attitude, but he realizes that he has to do everything in his power to be a musician. “
Lucia — Simona Tabasco
Rising Italian actress Simona Tabasco plays Lucia in The White Lotus.
Lucia is a young sex worker who makes a deal with Dominic. In a verbal exchange with Newsweek, Tabasco described Lucia as “very strong,” adding, “In the end she takes what she needs, it seems you can’t catch her. “”
Quentin – Tom Hollander
Tom Hollander plays Quentin, an English expat who travels with his friends and nephew in The White Lotus Season 2.
Hollander is known for his roles as Corky in The Night Manager, Reverend Adam Smallbone in Rev. , Major Dalby in The Ipcress File and Jim Beach in Bohemian Rhapsody.
White Lotus season 2 airs Sundays at nine p. m. m. en HBO and HBO Maax
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