First look at Season 3 of The White Lotus featuring mega pop star in debut acting role

A global pop star undergoes a serious makeunder to star in her debut acting role on award-winning series The White Lotus.

Get ready to check into The White Lotus Hotel for the third time with Season 3 of the award-winning series set to premiere on February 17, which stars a global pop star in her debut acting role.

Fans of The White Lotus were given a first look on Tuesday when HBO dropped a 90-second teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Season 3, showing the anthology series moving to Thailand after pit stops in Hawaii and Sicily for Seasons 1 and 2, respectively.

Season 3 of The White Lotus features (from left to right) Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine and Sam Nivola. Picture: Binge

The first-look trailer suggests the eight-episode season promises to be just as chaotic for the guests at the hotel this time on the beaches of Thailand, where their wellness journeys turn into a murder mystery filled with secrets and intrigue.

“Everyone runs from pain towards pleasure,” a Buddhist monk could be heard saying in the trailer. “But they get there only to find more pain.”

Stream The White Lotus Seasons 1 and 2 now and Season 3 from February 17 on BINGE, available on Hubbl.

The star studded cast also consists of (from left to right) Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan and Leslie Bibb. Picture: Binge

The new season – which streams locally on BINGE from February 17 – features a star-studded cast including Jason Isaacs, Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Singing sensation Lalisa “Lisa” Manobal – who is originally from Thailand before she shot to superstardom with the K-Pop group Blackpink – also stars in the series in her debut acting role.

Lalisa Manobal makes her acting debut in The White Lotus.

Manobal is best known as Lisa from the powerhouse K-Pop group Blackpink. Picture: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

The pop star undergoes a stunning makeunder to play Mook, one of the mysterious health mentors at the hotel. She even kicks off the trailer by greeting the new guests with a warm, “Welcome to The White Lotus in Thailand, ka” – the universal word for ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in Thai.

While Jennifer Coolidge will not return this season – her wealthy character Tanya McQuoid was killed off in Season 2 – fan favourite Natasha Rothwell does.

Natasha Rothwell, with Dom Hetrakul, returns in Season 3.

Rothwell with Jennifer Coolidge, who starred on seasons 1 and 2 of the series.

She played Belinda Lindsey in Season 1, a spa manager from The White Lotus hotel in Hawaii who was trying to get the super-rich Tanya to fund her own wellness spa, but the plans fell through when the heiress met the conniving Greg.

In Season 3, Belinda returns as a striving masseuse on an exchange program in Thailand.

Created by Mike White, The White Lotus took home 10 Emmy Awards out of 20 nominations at the ceremony in 2022 – the most wins of any program that year, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

At the Emmys in 2023, the series earned 23 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and five wins.

Coolidge won Outstanding Supporting Actress at both ceremonies, winning the title back-to-back.

The White Lotus Season 3 returns on February 17 on BINGE, available on Hubbl

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