The White Lotus cast and crew has revealed several details about the cast that almost was, including which well-known actor almost played Walton Goggins’ Rick Hatchett and why creator Mike White “didn’t want to cast” Patrick Schwarzenegger at first.

As part of a larger cast and crew interview with The Hollywood Reporter, season three producer David Bernad shared that Woody Harrelson was originally considered for the Rick Hatchett role—the one that eventually went to Goggins—but ended up turning it down,

The White Lotus' season 3 finale is longer than ever, so buckle up because the teaser promises mayhem. Here's everything you need to know.

In The White Lotus Season 3, episode 7, Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) finally comes face to face with Jim Hollinger (Scott Glenn), the man he believes murdered his father.

It's a "White Lotus" staredown (and chair-down) as Rick (Walton Goggins) meets Jim (Scott Glenn), the man who killed his father. Glenn explains all.

56-year-old actor Sam Rockwell made a surprise cameo in the fifth episode of the third season of The White Lotus. The episode aired on March 16, 2025, and featured him playing the character Frank, who meets Rick (Walton Goggins) in Bangkok. The two have a talk about Frank’s conversion to Buddhism and his prior sexual history in Thailand.

The penultimate episode of the HBO drama kicks off with Sam Rockwell’s Frank accompanying Goggins’ Rick to Lek Patravadi’s Sritala Hollinger’s home, pretending to be a director looking to cast her, so Rick can confront the source of his childhood trauma.

If you're watching The White Lotus Season 3, episode 7, you might hear a familiar song.

Rick finally confronts the man he says killed his father, the ladies erupt at dinner and Belinda gets an interesting offer.