Ever since we heard that Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda could be the widespread thread in The White Lotus Season 3, we’ve been anticipating how the spa supervisor’s storyline may develop in Thailand. However when CinemaBlend acquired the possibility to speak to the actress about being a part of the collection persevering with on the 2025 TV schedule, after all we needed to ask concerning the mark that Jennifer Coolidge left on her.
As followers who’re caught up on the collection (streaming for these with a Max subscription) know, Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid died tragically on the finish of Season 2 whereas being pursued by a homicide of fabulous gays. So, whereas Natasha Rothwell didn’t have the pleasure of teaming up with Coolidge once more, she did have a reasonably nice response to attending to name herself pals with the actress. In her phrases:
I imply, she’s a legend, proper? If I may return in a time machine and inform my youthful self that I might be pals with Stiffler’s mother, I imply, I might freak out. I might be like, what? So cool. However she’s simply so beneficiant of coronary heart and spirit and, and he or she’s a vibe, you already know, she is a vibe. Simply unapologetically herself and I really like that.
After all Rothwell is referring to the American Pie motion pictures the place Coolidge performed Jeanine, the mother of Seann William Scott’s Stifler, within the comedy film collection’ first 4 movies. That’s the wild factor about being an actor who will get to work with actors you watched rising up.
However maybe the very best half about speaking to Natasha Rothwell was what she mentioned subsequent after I requested if she discovered something particular from Coolidge. Right here’s what she mentioned:
I imply, tips on how to order a superb pink wine? And, additionally she’s so fabulous and he or she would stroll round with these like superb robes with feathers on the tip and there is one thing decadent about the way in which she approaches life and simply unapologetically. So I feel if you’re round somebody that is so fiercely themselves, it actually provokes you to be the identical approach.
Might this reply be extra on model for Jennifer Coolidge’s persona? It’s simply too on model that Natasha Rothwell acquired to get some dialog in concerning the finer issues like wine with the long-lasting actor, as she was in lots of well-known movies like Legally Blonde and Finest In Present within the early ’00s.
Whereas Coolidge by no means actually left Hollywood, her fame has actually skyrocketed since enjoying the position of Tanya in The White Lotus Season 1. Throughout our interview, Rothwell spoke to how the Maui season was like this “little tiny bubble of inventive arts” at first. Years later, when she returned for the Thailand season, after all it grew to become one of many greatest exhibits on TV.
Whereas Rothwell and Coolidge don’t get to work collectively for The White Lotus Season 3, there’s one other connection to unpack. Tanya’s husband Greg Hunt is on the Thai resort concurrently Belinda, however with a brand new girl. After we’ve theorized prior to now that Greg might need been the one that tried to kill Tanya, maybe Belinda will likely be concerned in having him put away for his crimes! You possibly can watch extra of Natasha Rothwell on The White Lotus on HBO and Max on Sundays.