‘The White Lotus’ EP David Bernad Teases Asian Season 3 Setting & Reveals Evan Peters Was Set To Star In Season 2 – Berlinale Series Market
deadline.comThe White Lotus is almost certainly checking into an Asian hotel for its third season — and it’s been revealed Netflix’s Dahmer star Evan Peters nearly starred in the second run.
Rumors the Mike White-created comedy-drama would be set in Asia have abounded for several weeks and the HBO series’ executive producer David Bernad all but confirmed the news here at the Berlinale Series Market in Germany this morning. “We’ve tried to work in Asia a lot and hopefully season three will be our chance to make something happen there,” he said during a keynote chat.
Notably, Emmy winner Bernad said himself and White almost filmed in Asia on another project for Amazon Prime Video back in 2016.
He said the pair still harbour ambitions to work in the continent on future projects. Season one of The White Lotus was filmed during Covid and set at a hotel in Maui, Hawaii, while season two was filmed on the island of Sicily in Italy. “We were looking for a country in Europe with a production rebate, and Knives Out had just gone to Greece so it was down to France to Italy,” Bernad joked.
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