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Laura Dern Replaces Helena Bonham Carter in The White Lotus
- Oscar and Emmy winner Laura Dern has joined HBO's "The White Lotus" Season 4, replacing Helena Bonham Carter following the actress's sudden departure from the production.
- Carter exited production just nine days after filming began in France, with HBO stating the character Mike White created for her did "not align once on set."
- Instead of assuming the original part, Dern will play a new character written specifically for her by White, with whom she previously co-created the 2011 HBO drama "Enlightened."
- Filming for the upcoming season is underway in France during the Cannes Film Festival, with a star-studded cast including Rosie Perez, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sandra Bernhard.
- The series has won 16 Emmys across its first two seasons, with previous installments set in Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand before this France-based chapter.
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Laura Dern is packing her bags for The White Lotus . The 59-year-old actor has joined season 4 of the HBO series after Helena Bonham Carter's sudden departure last week, but she isn't inheriting Carter's role; creator Mike White instead wrote a new character specifically for Dern, People reports. It marks...
Laura Dern has joined the cast of the new season of The White Lotus, taking over the role that Helena Bonham Carter had left just days earlier due to "creative differences."
Laura Dern joins ‘The White Lotus’ cast for season four
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