Walton Goggins Reveals His Reaction to Landing 'The White Lotus' Role, Teases Upcoming Third Season
Walton Goggins is dishing on his role in the upcoming third season of The White Lotus!
The 52-year-old actor will be one of the many faces on the next season of the hit HBO series, which serves as an anthology of sorts.
In a new interview, Walton shared how he reacted when his agents told him about the role, which was an offer, and he teased what to expect from the new season.
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“They said, ‘Before we do anything, we have to tell you something,” he said of his agents. “You just got an offer for The White Lotus, and it’s a very good role.’ I said, ‘Could you say that again?’ They said, ‘Mike [White] wants you.’”
“I said, ‘Could you excuse me a minute?’ I walked outside and I start bawling. Crying uncontrollably,” Walton added. “I called my wife (Nadia Conners), shaking, and she said, ‘I f–king knew it!’ When we were watching it one time, she had said, ‘Why don’t you do The White Lotus? You’d be perfect for it.’”
Of the new season, Walton says it’s “all very meta.”
“We’re guests checking into a hotel playing guests checking into a hotel. We spend all this time together, whether we like it or not, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. We work where we stay,” he said.
He even recalled previously visiting where they filmed in Thailand 18 years prior.
“I went to a lot of the places where we’re filming now, the same streets and sandy beaches,” Walton shared. “I have come so far in my life and been healed on a number of levels. I am so grateful for this moment and the path I’ve been walking.”
In addition to The White Lotus, Walton also stars on Prime Video’s Fallout, which has been renewed for a second season, and he is on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, which just started filming season four.