Rick and Chelsea perpetually.
Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wooden spoke out on social media after their characters had been killed in “The White Lotus” Season 3 finale Sunday evening.
Goggins, 53, shared an Instagram with behind-the-scenes photographs of him and Wooden, 31, on the present’s set in Thailand, alongside a heartfelt message about Rick and Chelsea.
“With the heaviest of hearts… To me, ours was a love story,” Goggins wrote. “It was only ever a love story, hindered by unresolved, childhood trauma. We all have them… but can we move past them.”
He continued, “In the depths of our despair there is always beauty around us. If we can sit with our pain, just sit with it… not react… not be defined by it…It’s there… the love the world is constantly giving in any given moment is there. Always waiting for us to see it… Trust me I know.”
Goggins went on to thank creator Mike White “for your imagination, your tender heart, for the privilege of giving us the opportunity to tell it.” He additionally thanked Wooden “for being my partner…a journey I will never forget.”
Sam Rockwell, who performed Rick’s pal Frank, additionally obtained a shoutout from Goggins, who referred to as his co-star “the best wing man a fella could ask for.”
“And every stellar f***ing actor in this cast. You’re just incredible to watch,” Goggins added. “Bernad, John, Ben, Kamine … and this whole crew. I love you. We’ll always have Thailand. And to all of you … thank you for going on this journey with us. WG Those first 5 are photos, some taken on those fateful days, are by our incredible stills photographer @fabio_lovino_ Gifts. Thank you friend.”
The “Fallout” star concluded his submit with a quote from the traditional Greek tragedian Aeschylus: “Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
Wooden, in the meantime, shared a photograph on Instagram of a white storage with the phrases, “I love you. R+C Forever,” written on it in inexperienced paint.
“I only went home once whilst filming White Lotus. This is what I saw on the first day back there. R and C forever 💘,” the British actress stated in her caption.
Wooden additionally addressed Chelsea and Rick’s deaths at a forged panel on the 4 Seasons Resort in Westlake Village, California on Sunday evening.
“Obviously, being the one that dies, this whole time I’ve been like, ‘So sad, Mike kills hope. Because Chelsea is hope, and he kills her,’” Wooden stated, per CNN.
“And it’s like, yeah, but then what I saw just then was like, there was so much love in it!” she added. “That’s why it’s so much more painful, because you have to hold it all at the same time.”
Wooden additionally described the finale as having “a lot of hope” and “very, very moving.”
She added of her loss of life scene, “It was weird because for two weeks before we shot it, I felt super weird. It felt like this odd, ominous thing. It was the hottest day ever and Walton had to carry me so many times. It looked exactly how it felt, which is really strange. There’s a lot in that episode that made me f—ing sob. I feel ache-y.”
Patrick Schwarzenegger (Saxon), Jason Isaacs (Tim), Sam Nivola (Lochlan), Sarah Catherine Hook (Piper), Jon Gries (Greg/Gary), Leslie Bibb (Kate), Charlotte Le Bon (Chloe), Tayme Thapthimthong (Gaitok) and Nicholas Duvernay (Zion) joined Wooden on the panel. Goggins was not there.
Within the finale, Rick murders resort proprietor Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn) — who seems to be his actual father — which ends up in a shootout on the resort. Whereas Rick kills two safety guards, Chelsea tragically catches a stray bullet in her chest and dies.
Whereas strolling away with Chelsea’s physique, Rick is shot and killed by Gaitok.
Earlier than the ultimate episode, Wooden instructed The Sunday Occasions that she’s sick of the discuss her distinctive tooth.
“It’s, like, cool, and now I want to stop f***ing talking about it. Can I talk about my character? Why am I talking about my gnashers?” the actress stated. “It’s like now I’m just a pair of front teeth.”
She added: “I understand what it represents. People feel more confident about their imperfections. It does feel a bit weird that the thing I got bullied for is now the thing that everyone’s, like, ‘Woo!’ It’s still the thing that’s defining me.”
