Aubrey Square it’s like Us and forget the password to your favorite streaming service — even though you’re the star of one of the most popular shows.
“I haven’t (watched my season of The White Lotus)but I will,” confessed Plaza, 40, during an interview with The Wall Street Journal posted on Tuesday, August 27. “To be honest, I had trouble opening my HBO Max account when I was originally trying to watch. I couldn’t figure out the password, and I usually give up when I can’t figure out passwords. I just can’t deal with stuff like that.”
Plaza noted that she would “love a DVD” of the hit series, but so far that hasn’t been an option. “They don’t send DVD sets anymore,” she said, adding, “I ask them every time.”
The actress has long expressed her discontent with streaming platforms. She said Vanity Fair in May 2023 that she often gets “really angry” when faced with the task of figuring out how to watch new episodes.
“I was trying to watch Top Chef Season 20. I couldn’t figure out how to f—king get Hulu + Live. I give up! I can’t. I just can’t,” Plaza joked at the time. Sharing an alternative approach to watching new content, she added: “And so what I like to do is I go on iTunes and buy old movies. Or I go on iTunes and just buy the whole movie Sopranos series, and then my husband will be like, ‘You can literally watch this for free on HBO Max.’”
With any luck, Plaza’s husband, Jeff Baenacan help you tune into your season of The White Lotuswhich premiered in October 2022. The show returned with a mostly all-new cast from the first season, with Plaza playing Harper, an uptight lawyer married to wealthy but naive businessman Ethan (William Sharpe).
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Stefano Delìa/HBO MaxIn his interview with the The Wall Street JournalPlaza shared that she connects most with White Lotus character more than any of her other previous roles. “I mean, in many ways — not in all ways,” she said. “She was a lawyer like my mother, and there were some connections there.”
THE Parks and Recreation The alum shared that when it came to channeling Harper, she focused on two components: convincing herself it was about “survival” and eating like she was on a real-life vacation in Italy.
“So much linguine and clams,” she recalled of her time abroad, joking that White “demanded” the cast consume large amounts of pasta as “some kind of psychological conditioning.”
Plaza will take a break from linguine in season three, as HBO announced in January that Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul and Tayme Thapthimthong will star in the new installment alongside Natasha Rothwellwho will return as spa manager Belinda from Season 1.
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While further details about the plot have been kept under wraps, Rothwell revealed in December 2023 that she knows what’s in store for the new episodes, which will be set in Thailand. “I will say I’ve read all the scripts and people are in for a treat. It’s bigger than ever,” she said. Entertainment Tonight. “Fasten your seatbelts.”
White, in turn, revealed at Max’s Unboxing S2 E7 December 2023 special, which the third installment may focus on “death and religion and Eastern spirituality.”
“Season one kind of highlighted money, and then season two is sex,” he said. “I think season three would be maybe a satirical, funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality. It seems like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus.”
