Conan O’Brien Wants To Play A Gigolo In ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 & Pitched It To Mike White
deadline.comConan O’Brien has an idea for The White Lotus and pitched himself for a role. In the latest episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, the comedian said he encountered series creator Mike White while in Bangkok. “Before you guys started shooting The White Lotus, I ran into none other than Mike White in a restaurant,” O’Brien said on the August 19th episode with Walter Goggins as a guest. “I said, ‘Hey, so the next season of The White Lotus, you’re going down to Thailand, right?’ And he said, ‘Yeah.’ And I said, ‘I was there.
I had a great time. I made a lot of friends.’” O’Brien then told White, “If there’s a part for me, I’m available.’” “He looked at me, and he said, ‘You know, there’s a lot of sex work there,'” O’Brien added, to which White said, “I could do that.” O’Brien said, “I could play a part where I’m a male gigolo or something.” Goggins, who is part of the cast of The White Lotus Season 3, said, “Yes, you could do that.
I believe that you could do that.” “Do you think I could play that part or do you think I actually could be a gigolo?” O’Brien jokingly asked,to which Goggins replied, “Well, I think you could do both.
I think you could play that part and you could be that person in real life.” The White Lotus Season 3 takes place in Thailand.
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