Laura Dern arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
Preview:
- Laura Dern will replace Helena Bonham Carter in the ‘White Lotus’ Season 4 cast.
- Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan and Kumail Nanjiani are among the ensemble.
- The new season will be set at two French resorts.
Like a last-minute reservation swap at a fancy hotel, things are changing at ‘The White Lotus’. While Helena Bonham Carter had been among the higher-profile hires for the fourth season of Mike White’s successful HBO satirical series, she has now departed the show after her character reportedly “didn’t align” with the story once filming got underway.
To replace her –– and to play a new character the showrunner is quickly writing in –– Deadline brings word that White has turned to an old friend and regular collaborator, Laura Dern, who has joined the season.
“Same luxury. New reservations.”
Air Date: July 11th, 2021
Dern and White’s creative partnership stretches back to ‘Year of the Dog’ and also his previous HBO series ‘Enlightened’, which they co-created and Dern starred in.
Related Article: TV Review: ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3
What’s the story of ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4?
(L to R) Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3. Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO.
The latest season follows a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and employees over a week during the Cannes Film Festival.
Expect White to turn his eye once more on privilege, art and, if previous seasons are anything to go by, death.
Who else is in the cast for ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4?
Kumail Nanjiani presents the Oscar® for Live Action Short Film during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
Season 4 will also welcome the likes of Sandra Bernhard, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Kumail Nanjiani, Ari Graynor, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Dylan Ennis, Vincent Cassel, Corentin Fila, Chloe Bennet, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul and Nadia Tereszkiewicz.
Michelle Monaghan in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3. Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO.
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