Woody Harrelson reveals why he eventually refused white lotus

Woody Harrelson explained why he rejected a role in HBO’s popular series The white lotus.

“I was about to do White lotus and very excited, ”said Harrelson, 63 The daily beast In a statement on Friday, April 4.

Harrelson representatives further denied that the actor’s decision was “about money.”

HBO executives revealed earlier this week in a Hollywood reporter Profile that Harrelson is in discussions to play either Walter Goggins or sFor a rockwellRick and Frank friends’ respective roles in season 3. The outlet, noting two sources, claimed that Harrelson personally met with the CEO of Warner Bros. David Zaslav to try to increase his salary.

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According to the producer David BernardActors’ salaries are not “open to discussion.”

“Everybody is treated the same The white lotus,”Says Bernard Through. “They are paid the same, and we make bills in alphabetical order, so you get people who want to do the project For the correct reasonsnot to quote The Bachelor. It’s a system we developed in the first season because there was no money to make the show. “

The Daily beast He further reported that Harrelson had signed to play Frank former Rockwell, 56, was cast in the role. (Longtime Rockwell Partner, Leslie bibbAlso found in season 3.)

“He was about to make the show and they moved the date,” Harrelson representatives told the Daily beast in their statement. “And because they moved so far, it was no longer available, so they re -draw. That part was Sam’s part.”

Harrelson emphasized himself to the Daily beast That Rockwell is “killed” on the series.

“Things must be supposed to be, though, because I couldn’t have done a job as great as Sam, who killed her,” added Harrelson in his statement.

While Rockwell has not addressed the casting switchhe said by Through How he prepared to address the role.

“I was afraid I didn’t have enough time to prepare and get into the space of this character,” he admitted. “I set some ideas for Mike (Gwyn), and we read it through, and it was in line with the take I got on this guy. We wanted to make him feel possibly a hail, extremely masculine and a kind of nonchalant, who worked in contrast to Mike’s writing in the scene.”

The white lotus Season 3 ending tunes on Max Sunday, April 6, at 9pm