Parker Posey has revealed that she and her White Lotus co-stars found themselves visiting the hospital several times during production.
Following the seven months that it took to film the current series of the award-winning US comedy-drama, several cast members have spoken candidly about why shooting in Thailand came with its own specific pitfalls that often made for a grueling experience at times.
In a new interview about the show with The Times, Parker described the process of making The White Lotus season three as an “endurance test” – thanks, mainly, to the high temperatures, as well as the snakes and critters the actors would occasionally come face-to-face with.
But for Parker, it was one particular dish that almost got the better of her.
“There was a piece of fish that left me and Sam Nivola, who plays my youngest son, on a few weeks of plain rice and pasta with the D-word and constipation alternating,” she recalled.
“[People] were always going to the hospital and coming back like they’d had the time of their lives. Thai hospitals were so nice, you could do everything there … you could get Botox and medicine easily, and waiting in line wasn’t a thing.”
Several of Parker’s co-stars have also opened up about medical incidents they suffered on set.
Her on-screen husband Jacob Isaacs revealed he was involved in an accident while shooting on the super yacht seen in this week’s instalment, while Walton Goggins had a real-life “ordeal” with a snake during a memorable scene earlier in the series.
The White Lotus continues on Monday on Sky and Now in the UK.