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It’s very rare that an actor gets to return to the world of Mike White’s The White Lotus<\/em><\/strong>, so Natasha Rothwell<\/strong> made the most of it when she reprized her role as Belinda in the upcoming third season. Rothwell will be just the second actor to make a sophomore appearance in the hit anthology series. Jennifer Coolidge returned as Tanya McQuoid in Season 2, and was dramatically killed off in the finale. Rothwell sat out the second season, which saw the new cast members fly to Italy. But Season 3 is taking them even further abroad to Thailand, although Rothwell still can’t reveal why.<\/p>\n

“I would be on set, even when it wasn’t my day shooting, just to watch the magic unfold,”<\/strong> Natasha Rothwell told Entertainment Weekly during a recent interview. Rothwell is joined in Season 3 by series newcomers Jason Isaacs, Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Walton Goggins, Michelle Monaghan, and Aimee Lou Wood, to name a few. Full plot details have yet to be revealed for Season 3, but Rothwell promises it will feature all the shocking twists and turns fans have come to love from the hit HBO series. She teased:<\/p>\n

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“And I would be gagged<\/strong> \u2014 as if I hadn’t already read all the scripts! I’d be like, ‘Oh, sh*t.’ I really do think that this season is magic. That’s the only word.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the new characters are still a mystery, Rothwell’s Belinda is an established face in the White Lotus hotel chain. The first trailer for Season 3 teased why the character moved from Hawaii (the location of Season 1) to Thailand.<\/p>\n

“She’s still working at the White Lotus, and she’s in Thailand doing sort of an exchange program to learn more about the wellness programs that the Thailand White Lotus offers,” Rothwell revealed. “She’s going to be a guest for the first time, even though she’s taking classes and it’s a work trip. She’s staying at the hotel, which is something that she hasn’t done before, and so we get to see her really dip her toe in the other side of life of the upstairs\/downstairs of White Lotus.”<\/p>\n

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It’s a good thing Rothwell is an actress, because earning a starring role in The White Lotus<\/em> means keeping closely-guarded secrets from her friends and family. “The tension has been unbearable, honestly,” she said of keeping the plot secretive from her loved ones. “My hairdresser, the cab driver, people have been shaking me down for information, and I’m just like, ‘I’ve signed my life away. I can’t tell you anything.'”<\/p>\n

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Season 3 of The White Lotus<\/em> will premiere on HBO on February 16, 2025.<\/strong> While plot details have been kept under wraps until the show’s premiere, the theme of the new season has already been revealed. While Season 1 dealt with success, and Season 2 focused on sex and love, Season 3 of The White Lotus<\/em> is all about “death,” according to Coon.<\/p>\n

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