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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: The White Lotus Just Emergency Cast a Legend to Replace Helena Bonham Carter · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: When news broke recently that Helena Bottom Carter was exiting
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  Speaker 2: season four of White Loadus after the show had already
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  Speaker 2: started filming, fans watered what creator Mike White would do
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  Speaker 2: to replace her. That's how big headache. The answer move
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  Speaker 2: fast yep.
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  Speaker 3: Less than a week after the story broke, White cassed
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  Speaker 3: Laura Dern to step into the role, and it's.
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  Speaker 1: Also confirmed that, like he did for Helena, he'll be
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  Speaker 1: rewriting the character specifically for Laura Dern.
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  Speaker 2: It's still unclear what transpired on the set. Don't know
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  Speaker 2: that led Helena to leave the series so abruptly, but
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  Speaker 2: it obviously created a bit of chaos and a serious
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  Speaker 2: time crunch. So it's not a surprise he casts somebody
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  Speaker 2: he has a lot of experience working with in Laura exactly.
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  Speaker 3: They actually co created a show together, Enlightened, which she
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  Speaker 3: starred in and he wrote and appeared in, so there's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of history there. They trust each other.
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  Speaker 1: I love this choice, and they're lucky she was available.
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  Speaker 2: We can assume Laura is likely already in France, jumping
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  Speaker 2: right into the shoot with a story that takes place
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  Speaker 2: in and around the can Film Festival, White Load as
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  Speaker 2: HBO next year's thet From Hollywood