Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella and Pekka Strang are saying bonjour to “The White Lotus” in what HBO is calling the final casting announcement for Season 4.
Mike White’s beloved dramedy about a luxury resort chain and the insufferable and suffering people that visit and work there is heading to France. The season will follow a new group of hotel guests and employees over the span of a week at the Cannes Film Festival. Variety reported that the cast will be split into two rival film teams competing at the prestigious fest; one camps out at a flashy, palatial hotel on the Croisette and the other at a luxurious hilltop hideaway. The season will take aim at French customer service.
Kingsley (“Gandhi”), Minghella (“Industry”) and Strang (“Tom of Finland”) each play recurring characters, joining the previously announced Season 4 cast (in alphabetical order): Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Laura Dern, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Dylan Ennis, Corentin Fila, Ari Graynor, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Kumail Nanjiani, and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. Additional cast includes Chloe Bennet, Sandra Bernhard, Heather Graham, Max Greenfield, Frida Gustavsson, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul, Rosie Perez, Ben Schnetzer and Laura Smet.
Dern, who starred in White’s HBO comedy “Enlightened,” stepped in as a late addition to “The White Lotus” after Helena Bonham Carter exited her role over creative differences. While each previous season of “The White Lotus” has a casting throughline (Jennifer Coolidge starred in the first two seasons, Natasha Rothwell in the first and third and Jon Gries in all three), it’s unclear whether there will be any surprise returners in Season 4.
“The White Lotus” is created, written and directed by White, who executive produces with David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
