The appeal ofThe White Lotuscomes from the messy interpersonal drama of the wealthy elite struggling to deal with basic human interactions. And now it seems that’s also true of the cast themselves. Since theHBOshow’s blistering finale, the drama has rumbled on, with rumours of fall outs and poor behaviour abound. But what exactly has happened?
The main drama stems from Walt Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood, who play on-screen couple Rick and Chelsea in season three. The pair had good on screen chemistry and seemed friendly enough while promoting the show, but with the finale aired (and possible contractual promotion stipulations expired), there seems to have been a fall out.
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For starters, the pair no longer follow each other on Instagram, the only platform where both are active. In fact, Goggins may have blocked Wood, given her comments no longer appear on his page, but remain on her own page. Goggins also posted a tribute to the cast and crew of The White Lotus, tagging many of them, but leaving out Wood - who had the most scenes with him of anyone.
There were whispers of an on-set affair, and whispers of whispers of this being Goggins and Wood, but there seems to be nothing but empty speculation and the idle minds of fandom shippers fuelling that particular fire. Wood did say she felt she had been “a little bit accidentally method” in her scenes with Goggins, while Goggins said “we both became enmeshed in each other the way that Rick and Chelsea are”, but that does not feel like the red-handed confession to an affair that many paint it as.
However, the plot does thicken regardless.Speaking to Variety, co-star Jason Isaacs said filming the show was like “a cross between summer camp and Lord of the Flies but in a gilded cage”, noting that friendships were both “made” and “lost” on set. “All the things you would imagine with a group of people unanchored from their home lives on the other side of the world, in the intense pressure cooker of the working environment with eye-melting heat and insects and late nights," he said.
“They say in the show, ‘What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand,’ but there’s an off-screen White Lotus as well, with fewer deaths but just as much drama." No elaboration on the ‘drama’ in question was forthcoming, with Isaacs stating “there’s a certain level of discretion required” when it comes to this sort of thing. That attitude will only fuel further speculation, and it may be that this drama gets renewed for another season in the near future.
