The White Lotus creator Mike White made a rare appearance at HBO Max\u2019s Nominee Celebration on Sunday to celebrate season three\u2019s 23 Emmy nominations<\/a> and shed some light on his unique process.<\/p>\n Joined by stars Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Rockwell, casting director Meredith Tucker and a virtual Carrie Coon, White explained that when he\u2019s putting together<\/a> the group of actors for a new season, \u201cIt feels like it works best when it\u2019s sort of like an orchestra, and you want different voices and you want a whole variety. I also feel like that when it comes to casting, it\u2019s fun to have actors who have different processes and different kinds of different vibes. It\u2019s like if you\u2019re a connoisseur of taste, you want a little a taste of this, a little taste of that.\u201d<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n He pointed to Posey and Isaacs as a prime example of that, as \u201cthey are so different in their approach. On the first day, I was like, OK, this is gonna be fun because they bring so many different kinds of methods to how they work. I don\u2019t need to tell them anything, they just do it and it\u2019s fun to just watch the chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n Posey teased, \u201cI learn my lines front, back, left, right, up and down, and then Jason doesn\u2019t learn his lines at all. So it really was two different ways of working.\u201d Tucker added that they don\u2019t do chemistry reads during the casting process but, when putting together the Ratliff family, did consider physical appearance \u201cto a degree.\u201d<\/p>\n White explained that it is important to him that actors playing family members look alike, and recalled how \u201cthe first season, we did this family with Sydney Sweeney and Fred Hechinger and then Steve Zahn and we put them all together for the camera test and I was like, \u2018Oh, these people look exactly alike. This looks like a family.\u2019 And then I was like, \u2018We\u2019ve got to do this with this Ratliff family.\u2019 I was like, \u2018We\u2019ve got to make them look alike, maybe the brunette version of that family.\u2019 I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re as perfectly dwarfy cute blondes like that season, but they\u2019re amazing, I think they do [look related]. You want to buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n The cast also joked that it was such a unique experience working on The White Lotus<\/a> that when it comes to meeting actors from past seasons, \u201cIt\u2019s like being an astronaut,\u201d Coon said. \u201cLike you\u2019ve seen Earth from space and the only other people who\u2019ve seen Earth from space are other astronauts. And so forever, the people who did these seasons will be like, \u2018I see you over there.’\u201d<\/p>\n White concluded the conversation on an emotional note, tearfully telling his cast, \u201cCan I just say, because I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever get a chance to say this again with all y\u2019all here \u2014 thank you so much for being so amazing. I was thinking about who\u2019s on this panel and how much you brought to this show and how much I learned from each one of you guys. I\u2019m so grateful and I love you all, thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The White Lotus creator Mike White made a rare appearance at HBO Max\u2019s Nominee Celebration on Sunday to celebrate season three\u2019s 23 Emmy nominations and shed some light on his unique process. 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