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Get ready to check in for thesecond seasonofThe White Lotus.
HBO revealed on Friday that the Emmy-winning series would return on Oct. 30. According to the network, the show’s second installment will leave Hawaii and follow “the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week” at an exclusive Sicilian resort.
Jennifer Coolidgewill reprise her role as Tanya McQuoid, who was trying to find herself after the death of her husband in season one. Jon Gries is also back as her character’s lover, Greg, as seen in the upcoming season’steaser trailer.
TheLegally Blondestar previouslytold PEOPLEthat she almost turned down the role over concerns about her weight. She recalled how creator Mike White contacted her, saying that “he’d written a part for me” but at the time, she felt uncomfortable in her body after gaining weight during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I tried to get out of it because I was too fat,” she said in November 2021. “During COVID, I just let everything go. I let everything go most of my life but I really let everything go during COVID.”
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Luckily for Coolidge, “I had a smart girlfriend who talked me off the ledge,” she said.
Coolidge then agreed to take on the role. She’s since received nominations for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role. Additionally, shetook home the Emmy this monthfor outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie.
Joining Coolidge and Gries is a new set of guests. F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli and Adam DiMarco areplaying a three-generational familywho are all traveling together.
Additionally, Tom Hollander is playing an English man named Quentin, who is vacationing with his friends and his nephew;Haley Lu Richardsonis playing Portia, a young woman traveling with her boss; and Leo Woodall is playing a man named Jack, who is a guest at the White Lotus.
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Sabrina Impacciatore takes on the role of Valentina,the dedicated manager in charge of the White Lotus resort in Taormina.
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Season 2 ofThe White Lotuspremieres Oct. 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max.
source: people.com
