Jason Isaacs got a good whiff of some of his The White Lotus costars while they filmed season three in Thailand. “We’re doing intimate scenes, and you stink,” Isaacs, 61, said of the conditions on set for the anthology series in an interview with TIME published on January 24. “By the end of each day, we’re just caked in sweat and makeup.
You can peel your clothes off with a trowel. It melts your fillings.” Isaacs acknowledged that he and his costars were blessed to be filming a TV series at a resort in Southeast Asia, but the heat had started to get to them.
“It would be churlish to complain, there are terrible things going on in the world,” he said. “But we’ve all had enough.” Isaacs wasn’t the only person on set to notice the conditions.
Michelle Monaghan noted that the rising heat in Thailand was unlike anything she ever experienced before. “It’s the hottest I’ve ever felt,” Monaghan, 48, told the outlet. “So we’ve definitely endured a lot.
” Sam Nivola added that the rising temperatures made it “hard to drink or do anything” since it would just make you “feel dehydrated.” Creator Mike White , who had been on location for all three seasons, agreed with the stars of his show, sharing that it was “really f—ing hot” and joked it was a good thing he “got in shape” before filming began. Production for The White Lotus season 3 kicked off in Thailand in February 2024.
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