The series' creator felt like he was trying to do much narratively on Sunday’s already extended episode.
“She decides to lose her virginity in the script in the last episode.
And she actually has sex with Zion, which is Belinda’s son.
‘The White Lotus’ cut a sex scene between Nicholas Duvernay and Sarah Catherine Hook.Credit:Fabio Lovino/HBO (2)
Saxon’s right about this one thing.
I need to get this over with.'
And she’s scoping the restaurant in the end.”
Mike White created, writes, and produces ‘The White Lotus’ on HBO.Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
The reason it didn’t make into the extended finale was a simple case of timing.
“It’s an hour and a half already.
And it would have added, like, 10 minutes to the thing,” White said.
It just felt like I was trying to do too much narratively."
He and Piper weren’t even close to a sexual encounter in the final version of the Emmy-winning series.
And he’s reading his self-help book, and it’s this kind of reversal."
Mike White created, writes, and produces ‘The White Lotus’ on HBO.Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Hook revealed additional cuts.
She’s like, ‘Ew.'"
Jon Gries, the actor who played Greg/Gary, reminded her that it was always a bald guy.
“Always a bald guy checking her out.
And I just thought it was funny, because it was just, ‘Is it in her head?
Is it real?'”
All episodes of the third season ofThe White Lotusare available on Max.
