The White Lotus viewers are watching Walton Goggins and Sam Rockwell play Season 3 roles that Woody Harrelson initially circled, and now Harrelson is explaining why he dropped out of the mission.
Harrelson’s Season 3 near-miss got here to mild in a latest Hollywood Reporter story as White Lotus producers mentioned paying all members of the present’s ensemble the identical charge. The Hollywood Reporter famous that Harrelson was going to play Rick Hatchett, now performed by Goggins, and reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav to see if his wage might be negotiated. He came upon it couldn’t, THR added.
The unique report did notice that Harrelson signed on to seem in Season 3 anyway however then needed to drop out attributable to scheduling points. Nonetheless, onlookers have speculated that Harrelson dropped out due to cash, based on The Each day Beast, which bought an announcement on the contrary from the actor himself.
“I used to be set to do White Lotus and really excited,” Harrelson advised the positioning. “Sadly, their manufacturing schedule shifted, and conflicted with a pre-planned household trip, forcing me to make a particularly exhausting choice.”
The Each day Beast stories Harrelson was booked to play Rick’s pal Frank, now performed by Rockwell, by the point he bailed. “Issues have to be meant to be although, as a result of I couldn’t have carried out as unbelievable a job as Sam, who’s killing it,” Harrelson added in his assertion.
Representatives for Harrelson reiterated that the choice was “not about cash” in their very own assertion to The Each day Beast. “He was set to do the present they usually moved the date,” the reps mentioned. “And since they moved to this point, he was now not out there, so that they recast. That half was the Sam half.”
Harrelson has had roles in two motion pictures launched this yr, The Electrical State and Final Breath. He’s additionally teaming up with True Detective costar Michael McConaughey in an upcoming Apple TV+comedy collection titled Brother From One other Mom, and he’ll star within the upcoming movie Ella McCay and the forthcoming Now You See Me sequel titled Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.
The White Lotus, Season 3 Finale, Sunday, April 6, 9/8c, HBO & Max