‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Woody Harrelson On Reason He Left Key Role

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Woody Harrelson is explaining why he left a key role in The White Lotus Season 3 after being cast in the hit HBO/Max series — and it had nothing to do with his salary.
The White Lotus, of course, is the smash hit dark satire that concludes its third season Sunday night with the reveal of which character in the ensemble cast will die and who is responsible for the murder.
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This year’s vast ensemble includes Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Parkey Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lalisa Manobal, Tayme Thapthimthong, Jon Gries, Sam Nivola, Sarah Catherine Hook, Charlotte Le Bon and Walton Goggins.
Goggins plays Rick, who travels with his girlfriend Chelsea (Wood) to the Thailand location of The White Lotus luxury resort. Rick’s motivation, however, is not to rest and relax at the posh spread, but to travel to Bangkok to confront Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn) for murdering his father decades ago.
To get to Jim, Rick constructs a ruse to convince the resort’s owner, Sritala Hollinger (Patravadi Mejudhon), that he’s a movie producer and he’d like to meet with her and her husband at their Bangkok estate.