The White Lotus
The White Lotusseason 3 brings in a plethora of unexampled characters , but does not offer up much about their backstories . Thankfully , Aimee Lou Wood was willing to offer some brainwave into how Rick ( Walton Goggins ) and Chelsea ( Wood ) met and what their relationship is like , while Michelle Monaghan ( who plays the seemingly carefree Jaclyn ) explains the distaff vs male dynamics that are heavily sport this time of year .
Just by the nature of the show , lead characters are often shroud in mystery regardless of the filmdom time they receive . For the most part , we only see them for one week of their lives , leave alone a lot to be rummy about . The White Lotusseason 3takes place in Thailand , where the cast also filmed , but many of the characters are carrying baggage into their exotic holiday — or in Chelsea ’s case , trying to carry her much elderly boyfriend ’s secret baggage for him .
Cast
ScreenRantchatted with Aimee Lou Wood and Michelle Monaghan about the new season ofThe White Lotusand their character ' backgrounds . Wood reveals what was discussed between herself , Goggins , and show creator and writer Mike White , about how Rick and Chelsea contact .
“There Was More Stuff Originally In There About How They Met”
Aimee Lou Wood Reveals Original Script Details That Offer Insight Into Rick & Chelsea’s Relationship
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The White Lotusseason 3 has to balanceseveral different storylines and plot points , each of which is tickle and exciting in its own way . Rick and Chelsea ’s come out to be the most mysterious , with TV audience never get a line how they meet and ended up together . " Mike ’s been so clever with that stuff because he ’s kept such mystery , and we ’re saying he ’s so good at pace , so you rule out more and more and more , " Wood flirt , before append " I have intercourse the fact that Chelsea ’s invariably say to Rick , he ’s so cryptic , and actually she ’s just as cryptic . It ’s like one finger pointing and three guide back . "
Wood explains that Chelsea likes being in the present tense and does not care about the past times . " Ironically , you in reality find out more about Rick ’s life than Chelsea ’s lifetime . She ’s very good at fend off , " Ellen Price Wood confesses . She add that " there was more material originally in there about how they receive , " divulging that " it was while she was travel . They did a lot of drugs together and she just kind of decide that is my soulmate . This is my life ’s mission . "
" I think in a nifty way , it ’s a mystery to her and to him as well as it is to the consultation , " Wood say . " Walton and I decidedly were like , this bond is so mysterious , but we just totally have to buy into it . And we did . "
“We’ve Been Socially Conditioned To Constantly Compare Or Judge Ourselves Against One Another”
Michelle Monaghan Dives Into The Relationship The Friend Group Has & Why It Has Become This Way
Laurie ( Carrie Coon ) , Kate ( Leslie Bibb ) , and Jaclyn ( Monaghan ) might appear to be good friend , but it does n’t take long to realize that their relationship is strained . Whenever two of them are together , they are always plain and gossiping about the other one . Monaghan enounce it was fun to explore what Mike White is doing this season in price of " the extreme expectation that we put on each other as fair sex . "
She take that " we ’ve been socially condition to perpetually liken or pass judgment ourselves against one another " and that she fuck that Mike is going there in time of year three . " These are relationships that , of course , are intensify in the White Lotusy style , but are also very , very relatable and , I think , ring lawful for a draw of women out there . "
It ’s just all such juicy and gooey and gossipy goodness .
Monaghan confesses that the three of them had a lot of fun " leaning into those gossipy , design by Mike , round Robin gossip , " before gushing over Mike ’s work . " He ’s just so great to collaborate with , and it ’s just all such juicy and gooey and chatty goodness . " She also teases what is to come later down the route for the women , " we start to see that facade start to come down . They ’re all struggling in their own way and that just manifests as the time of year goes on , it embark on to devolve more and more . "
“It’s Like Holding A Mirror Up To Unhealthy Dynamics And Codependency”
Aimee Lou Wood & Michelle Monaghan Dish On Their Favorite Storylines Of Season 3
Chelsea and Jaclyn do not get to spend much sentence together on screen , but both Wood and Monaghan wish they were able to because they experience the two characters could facilitate each other out . Because of the nature of the show , however , the two became penny-pinching in existent lifespan as they spent six months together living in the same hotel . Both actress let in that they could not look to see how each other ’s storylines play out on the concealment .
Sir Henry Joseph Wood admit that when she was on set , during the dinner and breakfast aspect when the whole cast came together , she would constantly chance herself watch them : " I would hear Leslie , Carrie and Michelle just doing their thing and I would be like , I need to watch over and I have to pretend to be deplete my watermelon , or whatever , but I want to turn and watch . " She explain that this is because she could come to to the ladies ' storyline and found it the " most confronting " .
She details , " it ’s so relatable , and it ’s so claustrophobic . It ’s like holding a mirror up to unhealthy dynamics and codependency and all that hooey . That ’s the one that gets me the most . When I ’m watching those prospect , I ’m just looking through my fingers because I recall they ’re so actual and so tense and so confronting and challenging . "
EXCLUSIVE : Aimee Lou Wood and Michelle Monaghan open up about the act unveiling of BLACKPINK member Lisa Manobal in HBO ’s The White Lotus time of year 3 .
They promise they were not just hyping each other up , and were genuine about their answer , but Monaghan prefer the Chelsea and Rick plot point as the one she encounter to be the most interesting . " They were always to the side during those iconic dinner scene , and she ’s not lying , that ’s the affair that you live to be on the White Lotus for . " She praises Goggins and Wood , say " they have such a banter . Their back and forth is so fast and sort of furious . I really do it it so much . "
The White Lotusseason 3 will ventilate on HBO every Sunday at 9PM through its time of year finis on April 6 . The series has already been renewed for a quaternary season .
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