Woody Harrelson reveals why he left “the white lotus” – and it was not a matter of money

Woody Harrelson did not get on the boat for the third season of The white lotusDespite having been considered for the roles of Walton Gogggins and Sam Rockwell – and now he erases the air on why.

The Hollywood ReporterThe oral story of the show published on Wednesday revealed that Harrelson had tried to increase his wages offered, going so far as to meet with head with the CEO of Warner Bros., David Zas. The answer was “no” and Harrelson bailed out – a reprimand speculation that the actor refused the role offered to him on money. However, the daily beast learned that it was bad. “It’s not a matter of money,” said Harrelson representatives.

According to his representatives – and Harrelson himself – the actor had however signed to make the show, until a time conflict arose. Harrelson explained in his own words in a statement provided by his team: “I had to do White lotus And very excited. Unfortunately, their production schedule has moved and conflict with a pre-Planified family vacation, forcing me to make an extremely difficult decision. »»

THR revealed Wednesday that Harrelson was originally considered playing Rick Hatchett, the role that Walton Goggins plays in the series. However, The Daily Beast also learned that Harrelson finally signed to play the character of Sam Rockwell as Buddy Frank de Rick – the mysterious Drifter who offers this shocking sexual monologue. Its representatives did not offer reason for the change of role, but said: “He was about to make the show and they moved the date. And because they have moved to date, he was no longer available, so they have rebuilt. This part was the SAM part. “

Harrelson added Rockwell to his statement: “Things must be supposed to be however, because I could not have done a job as fantastic as Sam, who kills him.”

Rockwell spoke of being nervous, he would not “have enough time to prepare himself and enter the head space of this character”, because he already turned another project and would only have weeks to do it when he was approached for the role. He actually “passed at first,” said producer David Bernad THR. “To be honest, I was not sure that I was going to be able to succeed,” said Rockwell on the site, because “the monologue … was a lot.” In the end, Bernad said: “We didn’t let him pass.”

As for the speculation that Harrelson adopted the role due to the remuneration, which the sources said THR is probably about $ 40,000 per episode, Bernad told the site that each actor is “paid in the same way”. So Harrelson signer, even for a different role, indicates that he was, as he said, “very excited” to join The white lotus Played in Thailand Resort this season.