EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake) has joined Season 3 of HBO‘s The White Lotus in a role that is being recast. She is replacing Francesca Corney who had been originally tapped for the part, sources close to production tell Deadline. HBO would not comment but we hear that the producers felt they needed someone who played older. Details regarding the character are being kept under wraps.
This is the second recasting on White Lotus‘ upcoming third season. Previously, HBO parted ways with Serbian actor Miloš Biković who had voiced support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bulgarian Julian Kostov was cast as his replacement, as Deadline reported exclusively.
Season 3 of Mike White’s hit anthology series The White Lotus is currently in production in various parts of Thailand including Bangkok and the island of Koh Samui and Phuket. Not many details are available regarding the new chapter’s plot beyond that it follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus property including a multigenerational gang with a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi.
Previously announced cast also include Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Scott Glenn, Season 1’s Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jason Isaacs, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Tayme Thapthimthong, Nicholas Duvernay and Arnas Fedaravičius.
Created, written and directed by White, The White Lotus is executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine. On the filming and promotion of the third installment, HBO has partnered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Canadian actor-director Le Bon voiced Joy in the French and Quebec French dub of Inside Out. Her feature directorial debut, Falcon Lake, premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and also screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. She is repped by UTA, Agence Adequat in France and Agence RBL in Canada.