Le Bon replaces Francesca Corney, who was originally tapped for the role, sources close to the production said. HBO declined to comment, but it is said that the producers felt they needed someone to play a parent. Details about the character are being kept secret.
This is the second time for the third season of The White Lotus that a character has been recast. HBO previously said goodbye to Serbian actor Miloš Biković, who had expressed his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bulgarian Julian Kostov was cast as his replacement.
Canadian actor-director Le Bon's (pictured) directorial debut, Falcon Lake, premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and also screened at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival. As an actress, she can be seen in, among others, the films The Promise, with Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale and Bastille Day, with Idris Elba.
Season three of Mike White's hit anthology series is currently in production in various parts of Thailand, including Bangkok and the islands of Koh Samui and Phuket. Not many details are known yet about the plot of the new season, other than that it follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus hotel, including a multi-generational group with a patriarch, a female director, an actress, a pair of mothers , a country club woman, a maverick and a yoga fanatic.
The previously announced cast also includes Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Scott Glenn, season one's Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jason Isaacs, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Morgana O'Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Tayme Thapthimthong, Nicholas Duvernay and Arnas Fedaravičius.
The White Lotus was created, written and directed by White and is produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine. HBO is working with the Tourism Authority of Thailand for the filming and promotion of the third season.