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\n Grab your sunscreen and your best poolside fashion: Laura Dern is heading to \u201cThe White Lotus<\/a>,\u201d a move that amounts to the ultimate phone-a-friend flex.\n <\/p>\n \n The Oscar-winning actress is checking into Season 4 of the acclaimed HBO show following the sudden departure of actress Helena Bonham Carter last week. The streamer confirmed the new casting to celebrity.land on Tuesday. (HBO and celebrity.land are owned by the same parent company.)\n <\/p>\n \n There are few details yet about her role on the show, but expectations will be high as she dives into the world of the luxurious White Lotus hotel chain and the sometimes deadly antics of its spoiled guests and exasperated staff. The latest season is already in production in the south of France, with much of the action due to take place during the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.\n <\/p>\n \n HBO said<\/a> last week that Bonham Carter left when it became clear during filming that the character written for her \u201cdid not align once on set.\u201d Bonham Carter\u2019s representatives had no additional comment when reached by celebrity.land.\n <\/p>\n \n Now, Dern will reunite with her longtime collaborator Mike White, the mastermind creator of \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Over a decade ago, the two worked together to create and act in the cult HBO series \u201cEnlightened,\u201d where they established the blueprint for difficult-to-like characters nonetheless winning the hearts and minds of the audience \u2014 something White would carry to \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n In \u201cEnlightened,\u201d Dern played Amy Jellicoe, a somewhat deluded professional who suffers a mental break at work and tries to mend fences after a spiritual retreat. The show ran for two seasons beginning in 2011 and was nominated for two Emmys. Even before that, the pair worked together on the 2007 film \u201cYear of the Dog.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cShe\u2019s definitely unlike most actresses I\u2019ve worked with in the sense that she\u2019s not consumed with the likeability of the character,\u201d Mike White said of Dern in an interview<\/a> with Kate Aurthur for BuzzFeed in 2013. \u201cIn fact, she wants to play the edges and is completely fearless about being unpleasant or unappealing in moments.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n If anyone knows unlikeable characters, it\u2019s White. From Jennifer Coolidge parading around and cringing it up<\/a> in Hawaii and Sicily in Seasons 1 and 2 to Jason Isaacs creating an entitled finance bro in hot water<\/a> in Season 3, White has managed to make the rich and obnoxious guests at the \u201cLotus\u201d endlessly fascinating, and sometimes even a little sympathetic.\n <\/p>\n \n Another of White\u2019s signature touches is his habit of repeatedly working with favorite actors. Molly Shannon, who appeared in several episodes of the first season of \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d and had an Emmy-nominated role in \u201cEnlightened,\u201d was featured in a starring role in \u201cYear of the Dog,\u201d which White directed.\n <\/p>\n \n This won\u2019t even be Dern\u2019s first appearance on \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d \u2014 technically.\n <\/p>\n \n In Season 2, the star provided her voice for an uncredited phone cameo<\/a> as Dominic Di Grasso\u2019s (Michael Imperioli) enraged wife Abby. She told Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> about recording the role back in 2023. \u201cIt was amazing and I just loved doing it,\u201d she said at the time, adding that she and White were \u201cold friends.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI loved, you know, literally recording into my phone and him saying, \u2018Just \u2014 go to town, be as angry as you want.\u2019\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Other confirmed cast members for \u201cWhite Lotus\u201c Season 4, which does not yet have a premiere date, include Rosie Perez, Heather Graham, Kumail Nanjiani, Chris Messina and Sandra Bernhard.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grab your sunscreen and your best poolside fashion: Laura Dern is heading to \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d a move that amounts to the ultimate phone-a-friend flex. 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