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22.02.2023 - 13:41 / deadline.com
The White Lotus is almost certainly checking into an Asian hotel for its third season — and it’s been revealed Netflix’s Dahmer star Evan Peters nearly starred in the second run.
Rumors the Mike White-created comedy-drama would be set in Asia have abounded for several weeks and the HBO series’ executive producer David Bernad all but confirmed the news here at the Berlinale Series Market in Germany this morning.
“We’ve tried to work in Asia a lot and hopefully season three will be our chance to make something happen there,” he said during a keynote chat.
Notably, Emmy winner Bernad said himself and White almost filmed in Asia on another project for Amazon Prime Video back in 2016. He said the pair still harbour ambitions to work in the continent on future projects.
Season one of The White Lotus was filmed during Covid and set at a hotel in Maui, Hawaii, while season two was filmed on the island of Sicily in Italy. “We were looking for a country in Europe with a production rebate, and Knives Out had just gone to Greece so it was down to France to Italy,” Bernad joked.
During a talk hosted by Deadline, he also revealed Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story star Evan Peters was originally set to play the role of Ethan that ultimately went to Giri/Haji’s Will Sharpe.
In season two, Sharpe’s workaholic Ethan Spiller has an awkward vacation with his wife Harper (Audrey Plaza), brash former college buddy Cameron Sullivan (Theo James) and his wife Daphne (Meghan Fahy).
“That part was the last part we cast in the season, and originally it was supposed to be Evan Peters, but for whatever reason – scheduling or timing – it didn’t work out,” said Bernad.
“We were really trying to figure how to cast that part so it
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could have looked a little different in season 2. Executive producer David Bernad revealed Dahmer star Evan Peters was originally set to play the character of Ethan Spiller, a role that eventually went to 's Will Sharpe. «That part was the last part we cast in the season, and originally it was supposed to be Evan Peters, but for whatever reason — scheduling or timing — it didn’t work out,” Bernad revealed recently at the Berlinale Series Market in Germany, according to Deadline.In the sophomore season of HBO's Emmy-winning series, tech entrepreneur and workaholic Ethan (Spiller) goes on a couples' vacation with his wife, Harper (Aubrey Plaza); and his college friend, Cameron (Theo James), and his wife, Daphne (Meghann Fahy).Even though Peters' casting didn't work out on , Bernad shared that a late-night online search seeking fresh faces led him to Sharpe.“We were really trying to figure how to cast that part so it didn’t feel like familiar casting,” he explained.
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