Carrie Coon added to cast of third season of The White Lotus

Carrie Coon, known for HBO's period drama The Gilded Age, has been added to the cast of Mike White's anthology series The White Lotus. Season three, which begins filming in February in and around Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus hotel.



Coon (pictured) is the latest big name in the cast of the new upcoming season set in Thailand, joining Leslie Bibb (Jupiter's Legacy), Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery), Michelle Monaghan (Echoes), Parker Posey (Lost in Space (2018)), Dom Hetrakul and Tayme Thapthimthong and the returning Natasha Rothwell (Insecure) from the first season.

The actress plays the steely Bertha Russell in Julian Fellowes' The Gilded Age. She previously starred in two other anthology series, Fargo, for which she received an Emmy nomination, and The Sinner.

As usual, no details about the guests are shared, but as became clear in November, the group consists of several generations, including a patriarch, a female director, an actress, a few mothers, including a country club woman, a maverick and a yoga fanatic.

Casting for season three began hours after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and continued through the holidays, with several more actor deals currently under negotiation.

HBO is working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand for the filming and promotion of the third episode.

Season three was originally scheduled for 2024 but will "likely be pushed to 2025" due to the strikes, Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max, said in November.

The White Lotus was created, written and directed by White and is produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.