Woody Harrelson didn’t test into “The White Lotus” for good purpose.
The actor, 63, revealed he was going to star within the third season of the HBO drama however in the end needed to flip it down.
“I was set to do ‘White Lotus’ and very excited,” Harrelson informed The Each day Beast on Friday. “Unfortunately, their production schedule shifted and conflicted with a pre-planned family vacation, forcing me to make an extremely hard decision.”
“He was set to do the show and they moved the date,” his reps added.
Harrelson’s feedback come on the heels of HBO executives revealing to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday that the actor was up for 2 specific roles in Thailand.
One being the principle character Rick, performed by Walton Goggins, whereas the opposite possibility was for a visitor function as Rick’s buddy, Frank, portrayed by Sam Rockwell.
THR says two sources shared with them that Harrelson met with Warner Brothers CEO David Zaslav to attempt to up his wage.
As one of many present’s producers, David Bernard, defined to the outlet, salaries are “not negotiable.”
“Everyone is treated the same on ‘The White Lotus,’” the producer continued. “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.’ It’s a system we developed in the first season because there was no money to make the show.”
The present season takes place in Thailand and stars Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
The pay system has been applied because the present’s first season in 2021, when the star-studded solid included Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario and Sydney Sweeney.
THR reported that the collection regulars make round $40,000 an episode, which equals $320,000 for your complete eight-episode season.
Casting director Meredith Tucker confessed to the outlet that “it makes it so much easier.”
“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.”
“I think people love this show so much that they’re willing to audition,” Tucker famous.
Together with non-negotiable pay, there have additionally been inventive variations between the present’s creator, Mike White and composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer.
Throughout an interview with the New York Occasions, the Emmy winner shared he and the filmmaker, 54, had completely different concepts for the enduring “White Lotus” theme music.
Tapia de Veer mentioned that regardless of utilizing the identical eerie music for season one and two, this yr, White needed extra of “background music … a song that is more like something you would listen to in Ibiza, in some clubby place with a chill, sexy vibe.”
“I texted the producer and I told him that it would be great to, at some point, give them the longer version with the ooh-loo-loo-loos, because people will explode if they realize that it was going there anyway,” he expressed. “He thought it was a good idea. But then Mike cut that — he wasn’t happy about that.”
Tapia de Veer added, “I mean, at that point, we already had our last fight forever, I think. So he was just saying no to anything.”
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“I announced to the team a few months ago that I was not coming back, that I was leaving,” he said. “I didn’t tell Mike for various reasons; I wanted to tell him just at the end for the shock and whatever. Except I told the whole editorial team and music editor and producer and all that, but I didn’t think that they were going to tell him. At some point he heard about that.”
“The White Lotus” Season 3 finale airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO and Max.
