But yeah, there wasn’t a lot of talk outside of the moment of what we were playing with. And so then it was just a matter of on set playing with that - playing with the different levels, playing with who this character was, seeing what happened when it was fully expressed or bigger and what happened when we made it a bit more intimate, always trying to keep it grounded in something that felt real even when he was losing his shit or being very fully expressed.
This character was fully realized and complicated and had all these aspects that I don’t think they needed explanation. I think partly because it was just there it was just written in the script. Honestly, we didn’t have a lot of conversations outside of just working on the scenes at the time. What were your conversations with Mike like about Armond and his sexuality? There’s that shocking rimming scene between Armond and Dillon in the latest episode. But yeah, it was an odd sort of theater camp/bootcamp with this incredible group of people.
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It was surreal because we’d come from the pandemic, so we felt so full of gratitude and joy to be suddenly thrust into this amazing place in Hawaii. We were locked in that high-end resort with a beach for two and a half months, which was a bizarre experience in some ways. We obviously tested multiple times before we went and then we quarantined when we got there. And then we got there in October and then we shot through until December, and we were in a complete COVID pod for that time.
Well, first of all, Mike started writing the show in August, and we started shooting in October, which is crazy because those scripts when we got them were so polished and just complicated and amazing. The show was filmed during the pandemic in a bubble. And I had read the first script before I got there, or I think I read the other scripts on the way, so I was just so thrilled to work with him, and the first script was so amazing so I was just so excited to dive in. So I auditioned once, then I had a phone call with Mike, and then I was in Hawaii. I, like you, am a huge Mike White fan, so when the audition came up, I was like, “Oh my God.” And it was the middle of the pandemic. How did you become involved with the project? So I was super excited for The White Lotus, and then even more excited when I saw the cast, which included you. Enlightened is one of my favorite shows of all time. So I feel like I’ve had such a charmed year. I had a surprising pandemic because I got to shoot this show in Hawaii, which I would never have imagined. Mario Perez/HBO Hi Murray! The last time I talked to you was for Tales of the City.