For those dearly missing murder mysteries set within the most luxe locations, The White Lotus Season 3 is next bringing some Thailand-set twists to HBO, even if it won’t show up within the 2024 TV schedule proper. It’s the kind of show that pretty much anyone would want to be in, and not just randos like myself, but Hollywood faves like Conan O’Brien. In fact, while interviewing new Season 3 cast member Walton Goggins on his A+ podcast Conan Needs a Friend , the former late night mainstay revealed that he met up with creator Mike White in the months after filming in Thailand for his binge-worthy travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go , and before White Lotus started filming again.
O’Brien apparently pitched himself for a Season 3 appearance, with White having...
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a pretty specific idea in mind. As the host put it: I said, ‘Hey, so the next season of White Lotus, you're going down to Thailand, right?’ And I said, ‘I was there. I had a great time.
I made a lot of friends. And then I said, ‘If there’s a part for me, you know, I'm available.’ And he looked at me, and he said, ‘You know, there's a lot of sex work there.
’ And I said, ‘I could do that. I could play a part where I'm a sex [worker], a male gigolo.' As it usually goes with Conan O’Brien, it’s nearly impossible to tell exactly how much of this exchange was legitimate, though I’d lean into the belief that it happened as is.
I mean, I’m sure Mike White said other things before bringing up.