The White Lotus
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for The White Lotus season 3 .
While details forThe White Lotusseason 4are still very much under wrapper , there ’s still a prospect that some of season 3 ’s cast could revert in the future , perhaps even in an " all - whiz " season inspired by the popular reality competitor serial format . AlthoughThe White Lotus’stime in Thailand is formally over , hopefully White and HBO will release some of the various deleted scenesto satisfy viewers ' curiosity .
7Piper & Zion’s “Rom-Com” Scenes In The White Lotus Season 3 Finale
White Felt These Scenes Didn’t Tonally Match The Finale’s Dramatic Tone
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fit in to Mike White and Sarah Catherine Hook , who played Piper inThe White Lotusseason 3 , an total storyline between Piper and Zion , Belinda ’s son ( play by Nicholas Duvernay ) , was cut from the prolonged finale . Hook revealed that as many as eight scenes between her and Duvernay werecut because they did n’t agree the spectacular tone of the finale , playing out more like a find - good rom - com . One of these scenes was a sex prospect , which was film but not release .
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White state onThe White Lotusofficial podcast , " It had a little bit of a romantic read-only storage - com vibration in the heart of , you know , trying to kill the category with the pong pong fruits …. It just felt like I was endeavor to do too much narratively . " White noted that Piper choosing to have sex with Zion would have made her decision not to stay in Thailand and study Buddhism more apparent . It would also have touch on to Saxon and Lochlan ’s clumsy inquiriesabout whether their sister had lost her virginity . White added , " You lie with , it ’s an hour and a one-half already , and it would have added like 10 minute to the thing . "
6Kate’s Dinner Scene Monologue In The White Lotus Season 3 Finale
A Lot Of Kate & Laurie Material Was Left On The Table
In an interview withThe Wrapon their Unwrapped Podcast , Carrie Coon , who meet Laurie inThe White Lotusseason 3 , revealed several deleted scenes between her , Kate ( played by Leslie Bibb ) , and Jaclyn ( played by Michelle Monaghan).These scenes were edit from several episodes , not just the season 3 closing curtain . " A lot of our material has been disregard . One of the scenes from [ Episode 7 ] was literally tailor in half . So much of the material is gone , and that ’s just what happens when you ’re making TV . "
The White Lotus season 3 ’s last monologue turn up why Mike White ’s show is so popular , as Laurie ’s decision flips the script on common expectations .
These emasculated picture might explicate why Jaclyn , Kate , and Laurie did n’t have much of a dramatic fate in the conclusion like other part . One of those scenes include Kate cook a speech at dinner party on their final dark in Thailand , much like Laurie did , which brought the friend radical nigher together . Coon uncover that Bibb ’s Kate has " an entire monologue about pickleball " , which voice distressingly hilarious . Coon also touch to " a pile of plenteous character stuff " between Laurie , Jaclyn , and Kate not get it into the series .
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5Kate’s Ping-Pong Dream Sequence
Kate Had A Truly Bizarre Dream Scene
Coon also mentions on the Unwrapped Podcast that " a whole dream sequence of Kate " failed to make it to air . This would have been interesting to analyze with the recurring tsunami dreaming that Parker Posey ’s Victoria Ratliff had throughout The White Lotus time of year 3 . concord to Leslie Bibb , in an interview withHarper ’s Bazaar , Kate ’s dream was quite an unforgettable scenethat may have taken breathing in from a Stanley Kubrick classic . " [ There were ] ladyboys and ping - pong and everything was glow . It was also kind of like The polishing . There just was n’t elbow room for it . ”
4Kate, Jaclyn & Laurie’s “Bean Scene” Was Originally Way Longer
White Inspired An Improv Session For Coon, Bibb & Monaghan
The notable " bean scene " between Kate , Jaclyn , and Laurie in one of the other episodes ofThe White Lotusseason 3 seemingly the consequence of a screaming improv session between White , Coon , Bibb , and Monaghan . As the " victory tour " trio lounge on the recourse beach , Bibb ’s fiber , Kate , discusses how she start force herself to eat beansuntil she learn to like them since they ’re part of a well - balanced dieting .
The White Lotus season 3 ’s close include several twist and turns , with many moments throughout the season provide hint for each one .
spade revealed on the Unwrapped Podcast , " Mike just countenance the noggin stuff — he was like , ‘ And now Laurie , say you love medium beans ! ’ He just wanted more beans in prestige TV . ” She noted that there werea pot , potentially an entire episode ’s Charles Frederick Worth , of lengthy scenes that White ’s script originally called for . " Most of the conniption with the woman were some of the long in the playscript . Mike loves these char , and we would just sit around the table and speak and talk . " Coon also stated that the dinner party scene between Jaclyn , Kate , and Laurie in the finale was earlier " twice as long as what you see in the show . "
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3Piper Confronts Lochlan About Their Family Being A “Cult”
Lochlan Thought Piper Discovered What Went Down With Saxon
In an interview withTV Insider , Sarah Catherine Hook unwrap that there was more to her disappointment about Lochlan wanting to link her in Thailand than her character lets on in the show . Based on a deleted scene fromThe White Lotusseason 3 , part of Piper ’s frustration with her family is that she views them as a"cult " who are stuck in their toxic views and dysfunctional dynamics .
In the vista , Piper confronts Lochlan about how they have to fix their menage from the inside out , call in their family " borderline incestuous . " Lochlan react to those words with fear , think that Piper is alluding tothatunsettling exchangebetween him and Saxon on the yacht .
2Chelsea & Rick Had Another Sweet Scene In Their Room
More Of Their Shared Backstory Was In The Original Script
Although Chelsea and Rick were apart during roughly half ofThe White Lotusseason 3,they tragically reunited in the finale as they were both shot and killed . Aimee Lou Wood , who played Chelsea , revealed toThe Hollywood Reporter , " There was a scene where they ’re back in the bedroom , and she asks him if he did anything bad [ while he was away ] , and he says no … then he picks her up and he snog her and he puts her on the layer . "
A abbreviated line from Chelsea in The White Lotus ' season 3 premiere subtly bode the circumstances of Rick ’s gloomy end in the finale .
Grant Wood notes that this sentimental scene would have deflate some of the impactof Rick tell Chelsea " that ’s the programme " when she asks him if he mean they will be together forever . " I recognise why it had to go . There was lots of Rick and Chelsea stuff that did n’t make it … " Wood also revealed that there were several scenes in which Chelsea and Rick got into heated fights that failed to make the final slice , as well as a second of their backstory of how they fill in " Cancun " on " ice " . " There was manner more like that , but it was rationalise because we ca n’t have anyone doubt , even for a second , that Chelsea loves Rick . "
1Laurie Had A Scene Talking About Her Nonbinary Child
This Would Have Added A New Layer To Her Disapproval Of Kate’s Politics
In Carrie Coon ’s interview withHarper ’s Bazaar , she reveals more of the encroachment of Kate ’s conservative sight on her persona , Laurie , deal she has a girl who name as nonbinary . Kate had quietly gossiped about Laurie ’s girl to Jaclyn inThe White Lotusseason 3 , episode 2 , give away that there were some behavioral issue resulting in multiple school change .
Coon reveals , " You in the beginning found out that her girl was actually nonbinary , perhaps trans , and going by they / them . You see Laurie struggling to explain it to her friends , shin to use they / them pronouns , shinny with the language , which was all interesting . "
This extra context of use would have add more personal weight to Laurie ’s disdain for Kate having maybe vote for Trump . Coon also reveals thatMike White intentionally chose not to keep that part of Laurie ’s news report in the show . " When the time come to cut the episode down , Mike feel that the scene was so small and the topic so big that it was n’t the right room to operate in that conversation . " With all the cut Laurie , Kate , and Jaclyn material inThe White Lotusseason 3 , perhaps a flick spin - off is in order .
Sources : The White Lotusofficial podcast , The Wrap , Harper ’s Bazaar , TV Insider , The Hollywood Reporter , Harper ’s Bazaar
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