To examine into “The White Lotus” you need to play by the principles.
Regardless of the forged of the HBO drama starting from veteran actors to rising stars, the paycheck is equal for every individual.
“Everyone is treated the same on ‘The White Lotus,’” one of many present’s producers, David Bernad, informed The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “They get paid the same, and we do alphabetical billing, so you’re getting people who want to do the project for the right reasons, not to quote ‘The Bachelor.’”
This pay system has been in place since Season 1 of the present in 2021, when the forged included Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario and Sydney Sweeney.
The present season takes place in Thailand and stars Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
THR reported that the sequence regulars make round $40,000 an episode, which equals $320,000 for your complete eight-episode season.
Bernad and “The White Lotus” casting director, Meredith Tucker, defined that having a set and equal wage for his or her regulars evens the enjoying subject.
“It makes it so much easier,” Tucker said. “You tell people this is what it is. And some won’t do it — and honestly, you can’t hold it against people who need to make a living. Our series regulars are pretty much doing this for scale.”
Bernad chimed in: “And it’s not negotiable.”
“I think people love this show so much that they’re willing to audition,” Tucker added.
Regardless of auditioning, not each actor really wished to observe by with the present’s third season after listening to concerning the incest storyline between brothers Lochlan and Saxon Ratliff.
Tucker shared that actors who auditioned for the roles of Lochlan and Saxon ended up dropping out as a result of they had been “uncomfortable” with the fabric.
“For that stuff with the brothers, we had to tell people beforehand,” she revealed to the outlet. “We said, ‘There is going to be some same-sex kissing and stuff. Are you comfortable with that?’”
“I think maybe one kid for Sam’s role dropped out,” Tucker continued, “but some of these kids were barely 18, so I could understand.”
Sam Nivola, 21, and Schwarzenegger, 31, took on the respective roles of Lochlan and Saxon, however there have been nonetheless issues early on if they’d exit early after studying the scripts for the incest scenes.
“When we sent the scripts to Patrick and Sam, Mike and I were both like, ‘I hope they don’t drop out,’” Bernad stated of himself and “The White Lotus” creator Mike White. “Mike made me text Patrick. We were anxious.”
Nivola ended up having no drawback with the hookup even when he was “not expecting” it at first.
“When they sent me my contract, it was like, ‘You have to be comfortable with sexually explicit scenes or whatever,’” the younger star informed THR. “And I was like, ‘Sure, yeah, I’ve never really done anything like that on camera — first time for everything.’ But I was not expecting that!”
“The White Lotus” Season 3 finale airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO and Max.
