Laura Dern has joined the cast The white lotus season 4, stepping in after Helena Bonham Carter left the series shortly after filming began, though crucially, Dern is not taking over Bonham Carter’s role, but playing an entirely new character created by showrunner Mike White.
The casting brings White and Dern back together under the HBO banner.
The couple previously helped create the HBO series Enlightenedin which Dern also starred, and collaborated on White’s film Year of the Dog.
Dern also provided an uncredited voice White Lotus season 2.
Dern joins an already substantial ensemble that includes Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Kumail Nanjiani, Chris Messina, Alexander Ludwig, Rosie Perez, Heather Graham, Sandra Bernhard, AJ Michalka, Chloe Bennet, Max Greenfield and many others.
Season 4 is set against the glamor of the Cannes Film Festival on the Côte d’Azur, with locations such as St. Tropez, Monaco and Paris.
The hotels referred to are Airelles Château de la Messardière and Hôtel Martinez, renamed as White Lotus properties for the show.
White serves as writer, director and executive producer, while David Bernad and Mark Kamine also produce.
Dern is one of Hollywood’s most decorated performers.
She is a nine-time Emmy nominee and won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series in 2017 for Big Little Liesand three-time Oscar nominee, taking home Best Supporting Actress in 2020 for Marriage history.
Her wider credits span Jurassic Park franchise, Little Women and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
