The White Lotus boss Mike White has revealed which season 3 complaints provoked him to push back.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the season three finale on Monday (April 7), White opened up about some of the feedback he had received from audiences about this season.
According to White, viewers complained about the pace of this season, saying that not much is happening and calling it "slow".
"People are already like, 'It’s too slow! Let’s go, let’s go! Nothing’s happening!'" White said.
"But nothing happened in the first season," White said. "Literally. It was basically people sitting around eating meals, but the music gave this tension, and you knew something bad was going to happen."
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Elsewhere in the interview, White touched on another complaint the show has been receiving, explaining how people expect it to follow a specific formula.
"People now come into the show thinking it needs to be about hotel employees getting stepped on by rich people every season," he said.
"Then there’s the criticism that the show has become the thing it was supposed to satirize. At this point, people want The White Lotus to be different things. But I’m just one random writer trying to figure out how to get through the day."
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Meanwhile, Lochlan actor Sam Nivola opened up about filming those controversial incest scenes that saw him kissing his on-screen brother Saxon, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger.
Nivola said: "When they sent me my contract, it was like, 'You have to be comfortable with sexually explicit scenes or whatever,' and I was like, 'Sure, yeah, I’ve never really done anything like that on camera — first time for everything.' But I was not expecting that!"
The White Lotus season 3 finale will air this Sunday (April 6) on HBO in the US, and stream on Max. It will be available via Sky/NOW on Monday (April 7) in the UK, and air on Sky Atlantic.
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