Str iming / Streaming 58 | Beli lotos » TheWhite Lotus T he Wh i t e Lot us , season two A holiday to die for TheWhite Lotus gave us an ominous tropical holiday that we didn’t even knowwe needed, as well as some of 2021’s best roles. The new season has now arrived, the first episode of which we watched on 30th October When season one of The White Lotus was released on HBO, viewers flocked to social media to dub it “amazing”, “iconic”, “amust-binge”. It was seriously that good. Is it a mystery? Yes. Is it also a comedy? Absolutely. Does it confront the harsh realities of the American class divide by scrutinising a range of topics at both ends of the social spectrum? Yes, that’s also there. And here we are with season two, finally! We will follow a new group of tourists as they spend their summer holiday at the White Lotus estate in San Domenico Palace in Taormina, Sicily. What did we see in the trailer? The first trailer for season two was released in early October 2022. HBO shared the trailer on Twitter with the caption “A vacation to die for”. The trailer opens with Jennifer Coolidge, aka Tanya, saying, “Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time. Always,” before we are given insight into an Italian holiday filled with adultery, drugs and potential death, i.e., classic White Lotus. Can you watch the second season without having seen the first? Season two feels like it could be completely separated from the first season, given that the characters are mostly new, the location has changed and there’s no connection between the stories. However, watching the first season provides context to the chain’s hotels and the relationship between Tanya and Greg. Who stars in the series? “I don’t think you can credibly have all the Season 1 guests on the same vacation again. But maybe it could be a Marvel Universe type thing, where some of them would come back,” said the show’s creator Mike White. Two guests that are definitely returning for season two are Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya and her lover Greg, played by Jon Gries. The trailer showed the couple enjoying a ride on a Vespa, realising their Italian holiday dream. Michael Imperioli plays Dominic Di Grasso, aman travelling with his elderly father and his son, a recent college graduate. The team is also joined by Aubrey Plaza in the role of a lady calledHarper Spiller, who is holidaying with her family and friends. Also appearing in the series are Tom Hollander, Haley Lu Richardson, F, Murray Abraham and Adam DiMarco, LeoWoodall,Theo James andMeghann Fahy as Daphne Babcock, who is holidaying with her husband Cameron (James) and another couple. What will we see? White revealed that the main conflicts in the second season are between lovers and friends, in particular the rival characters ofMegan Fahey and Aubrey Plaza, who are jealous of other ladies’ husbands and bank accounts. White described the season as “a bedroom farce with teeth". He shifted away fromconfronting colonialism, which he said was the theme of season one. “I didn’t know that I had the gumption to wade into those waters again, knowing I was going to get sniper fire fromevery direction,” saidWhite. "Maybe the classic sexual politics, the naughty subversive stuff we’re getting into, will take the edge off a little bit from that.” “It’s still The White Lotus, but now it’s in Italy, so it has a totally different vibe and so, I think people are going to be surprised. So, buckle up for a bumpy ride of twists, turns, and more than a few titillating surprises,” said Aubrey Plaza. Mysterious nightmares Interestingly, during shooting for season two, the cast had recurring nightmares about a baldman standing at the foot of their beds at the Four Seasons San Domenico Palace in Sicily. The hotel was built within the scope of a renovated convent near a Greek amphitheatre, so this murder mystery series had a very real supernatural element during production. Foto: Profimedia.rs / LANDMARK MEDIA / Alamy
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