Elizabeth Banks Lobbies For Role On ‘The White Lotus’ As Casting For Season 3 Heats Up
deadline.comElizabeth Banks wants to play a murder victim on HBO‘s The White Lotus. The actress-producer spoke about her dream role on Live With Kelly and Mark Friday while promoting the new animated movie Migration she stars in, which was written by The White Lotus writer, director and executive producer Mike White four years ago, before he embarked on the hit HBO murder mystery series. “I want to be murdered so badly on The White Lotus,” she said. “Kill me.
Please, kill me. I don’t know how it happens but…,” Banks said before getting interrupted by Ripa who implored her that she had to do it, prompting Banks to say, “Tell him!,” referring to While.
Ripa obliged, turning to the camera to say, “Mike White, please put your friend Elizabeth Banks in White Lotus season 3 or 4.
We’ll take either one.” (You can watch the exchange below. For the record, the series has been renewed through Season 3.) As Deadline reported last month, The White Lotus started casting for its upcoming third installment immediately after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Nov.
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