Carrie Coon's The White Lotus Season 3 Character Brings Back The Best Part Of Meghann Fahy's Season 2 Role
In just the first episode of The White Lotus season 3, Carrie Coon’s role is already repeating the best part of Meghann Fahy’s performance from the show’s second season. Mike White’s acclaimed anthology series is back on HBO’s airwaves for another go-around, this time set at the lavish resort chain’s Thai location. In The White Lotus season 3, episode 1, “Same Spirits, New Forms,” another ensemble of flawed yet fascinating one-percenters showed up at another White Lotus resort and their interpersonal problems started bubbling to the surface.
Coon plays Laurie, one of the new characters in the cast of The White Lotus season 3. Laurie is on vacation with her two lifelong best friends: TV star Jaclyn Lemon, played by Michelle Monaghan, and Kate, played by Leslie Bibb. Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate all grew up together, but they’ve since moved to different cities and gotten busy with their personal and professional lives. They’ve come to Thailand to reconnect, but there’s clearly a lot of tension simmering under the surface.
Carrie Coon's Incredible Face Acting In The White Lotus Season 3 Is Very Reminiscent Of Meghann Fahy In Season 2
Coon's Use Of Non-Verbal Communication Is Masterful
Coon’s incredible facial acting and body language in the season 3 premiere are reminiscent of Fahy’s acclaimed performance in season 2. In season 2, Fahy played Daphne Sullivan, who went to the White Lotus in Sicily with her husband, her husband’s college friend, and the college friend’s wife. Fahy was phenomenal in this role, and a lot of the praise for her performance was centered around how fantastic she is at just pure facial reactions and emotions. In just the first episode of season 3, Coon has exhibited her ability to do the same.
The White Lotus season 3 will air episodes weekly and is set to conclude on April 6, 2025.
In most of Laurie’s scenes with Jaclyn and Kate, she’s oddly quiet. Jaclyn and Kate are constantly trying to one-up each other with compliments about how great they look, but Laurie is completely left out of these complimentary back-and-forths. She’s clearly resentful of the fact that her friends don’t seem to notice her, but the only way to see that is to pay close attention to Coon’s masterful use of non-verbal communication.
The White Lotus' Season 3 Premiere Hints At A Much Bigger Fallout For Carrie Coon's Character Than Meghann Fahy
Laurie Could Have The Big Blowup That Daphne Never Had
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Coon’s role in The White Lotus season 3 is setting up the scene that Fahy never got in season 2. After all the buildup and all the unspoken resentment, Daphne never ended up really having a big confrontation scene in season 2. But even from the first episode of The White Lotus season 3, it seems like Laurie’s story is building up toward a big blowup with her friends. Laurie is last seen crying alone in her room; she’ll only be able to hold in those emotions for so long.
The White Lotus
- Release Date
- July 11, 2021
- Network
- HBO
- Showrunner
- Mike White
- Directors
- Mike White
- Writers
- Mike White
Cast
Jon GriesGreg Hunt
Natasha RothwellBelinda Lindsey
- Creator(s)
- Mike White
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