Laura Dern has replaced Helena Bonham Carter in the fourth season of ‘The White Lotus,’ HBO Max announced Tuesday.
Dern’s entry into the series comes after Bonham Carter dropped out of her role last week due to differences over the script when filming had already begun on the French Côte d’Azur.
However, Dern will not play the role Bonham Carter had, but a new character created for her by Mark White, according to the specialized media Variety.
It will be the third collaboration for Dern and White, who worked together on the film ‘Year of the Dog’ (‘Year of the Dog’, 2007) and the series ‘Enlightened’ (‘Enlightened’, 2011-2013).
The new season of this social satire, set over the course of a week at a vacation resort, follows a new group of guests and employees of the exclusive White Lotus hotels over the course of a week, coinciding with the Cannes Film Festival.
Among the hotels appearing this season are the Airelles Château de la Messardière, which doubles as the White Lotus du Cap, and the Hotel Martinez, the most emblematic hotel on the Croisette – the seafront promenade of Cannes – which becomes the White Lotus Cannes.
Bonham Carter was to have one of the central characters of a season that will also feature Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Alexander Ludwig, Kumail Nanjiani and Nadia Tereszkiewicz, among others. In addition to Chloe Bennet, Heather Graham, Rosie Perez and Max Greenfield.
In its first two seasons, ‘The White Lotus’ racked up 15 Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, while its third installment garnered 23 nominations at the 77th Emmy Awards, reaffirming its impact on both critics and audiences.
Previous seasons have been set against the backdrop of international tourist destinations such as the island of Maui in Hawaii, Sicily in Italy and areas of Thailand such as Chiang Mai and Koh Samui, reported Agencia EFE, reinforcing the series’ hallmark of setting its narrative in paradisiacal enclaves crossed by social tensions.
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