The White Lotus: Sicily is in full swing, and although we’re only midway through the season, fans of the HBO series have been dream-casting the third season.
Ranging from fictional characters from movies and scripted television shows to whole casts of reality shows, fans have been voicing their opinions about who should check into The White Lotus next year.
From popular choices like the casts of Succession, and Hacks, to movie characters from films like Bodies Bodies Bodies, to reality stars like those of Jersey Shore and Vanderpump Rules, the running theme was generally that the characters that people want to check into the White Lotus are deliciously awful.
It’s in keeping with the themes of The White Lotus. The first season of the series was set in Hawaii and explored themes of imperialism and classism, while the second season is more focused on gender roles and jealousy. Creator Mike White told Vulture that the second season is written to be “a bedroom farce with teeth.”
The first season of the show swept the 2022 Emmys, winning 10 of its 20 nominations, including a win for Jennifer Coolidge, who plays fan favourite character Tanya McQuoid and is the only returning character for The White Lotus: Sicily.
HBO recently confirmed that there is a third season of The White Lotus in the works, but details about its location, plot and themes are, of course, pretty scant right now (although White has hinted that it could possibly be set in Japan).
While Twitter users have been tweeting their picks for a couple of weeks, it picked up steam after actor Ben McKenzie replied to a user’s tweet suggesting they send the cast of The O.C. to a White Lotus that the trend really took off.
“Let’s do this,” McKenzie, who played Ryan Atwood on the early 00s drama, replied to @realnorireed.
https://twitter.com/ben_mckenzie/status/1597353906342088704
The OC was a smash hit series when it premiered in 2003. It follows Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, as he moves in with the wealthy, upperclass Cohen family in Newport Beach, California and becomes entangled in the lives of the rich folk around him. In another world, the Coopers, Roberts’ and Cohens could definitely be checking into a White Lotus any day now, and we’d be interested to see how it all played out.
In the meantime, though, let’s look at Twitter’s best suggestions for characters they’d like to see check into a White Lotus resort.
Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) from Absolutely Fabulous
https://twitter.com/matthewsuber/status/1597264571412406273
The Cast of Arrested Development
https://twitter.com/oocsitcoms/status/1595270628218920960
Sophie (Amandla Stenberg), Bea (Maria Bakalova), Emma (Chase Sui Wonders) and Alice (Rachel Sennott) from Bodies Bodies Bodies
https://twitter.com/tired_butwoke/status/1597399362820517889?s=46&t=2x4zgrsGeTj1f1UUAx9_uw
Kelly Hyland and Christi Lukasiak from Dance Moms
https://twitter.com/molllllusk/status/1597467049789620224
The Cast of Desperate Housewives
https://twitter.com/kresnxk/status/1597403218925191168
The Cast of Girls
https://twitter.com/douwanturpickle/status/1597660796699676672
The Cast of Girls Trip
https://twitter.com/soneall89/status/1597685504702836738
The Cast of Gossip Girl
https://twitter.com/alex_abads/status/1597228083681296384
Kayla (Megan Stalter) from Hacks
https://twitter.com/Brocklesnitch/status/1597577416524062721
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), also from Hacks
https://twitter.com/sepiesfahlani/status/1596756140666236928?s=46&t=2x4zgrsGeTj1f1UUAx9_uw
Madison and Alex Stewart (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) from Holiday in the Sun
https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/1596966950545915905
Destiny (Constance Wu) and Ramona (Jennifer Lopez) from Hustlers
https://twitter.com/maxwellkayton/status/1597714891628236800
The Cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
https://twitter.com/haley__online/status/1597438636928430080
The Cast of Jersey Shore
https://twitter.com/notgwendalupe/status/1597675700240396288
The Cast of The Nanny
https://twitter.com/neodie/status/1597621725830983681
The Cast of Ocean’s 8
https://twitter.com/mathewrodriguez/status/1597715327722610688
The Cast of Ozark
https://twitter.com/wendybyrde00/status/1597247264199610369
Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) and Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe) from Revenge
https://twitter.com/OhItsRyan/status/1597307767743983617
The Cast of Schitt’s Creek
https://twitter.com/romyandjuliet/status/1597636591497154560
The Cast of Scream Queens
https://twitter.com/vrajas3kar/status/1597701189399085056
Portia Davenport (Meredith Hagner) and Elliott Goss (John Early) from Search Party
https://twitter.com/JMayLAX/status/1595444653888790533
Gerri Kelman (J. Smith-Cameron) and Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) from Succession
https://twitter.com/sarahburhans_/status/1595197372052766726
The Cast of Vanderpump Rules
https://twitter.com/blndhairblckhrt/status/1597290289336418304
Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Dan Egan (Reid Scott) from Veep
https://twitter.com/ee7hand/status/1597728231867547649
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