Leslie Bibb Reveals Shocking Truth About Sam Rockwell's White Lotus Role!

The White Lotus welcomed a new guest, but he checked in all on his own.

Leslie Bibb, who stars as Kate Bohr in season three of HBO’s hit show, has been in a relationship with Sam Rockwell since 2007. However, despite her role on the series, she admitted that she had no involvement in arranging his surprise appearance on the March 16 episode.

Leslie explained to Entertainment Weekly in a March 17 interview, “They approached me and said, ‘We plan to propose this to Sam,'” while she was exercising on a treadmill. Dave Bernad, one of the producers, was the one who came to me.

Due to his packed timetable, she cautioned the crew behind the show that Sam might not have time to tag along on the cast’s trip to Thailand.

She said, ‘Sam is as unpredictable as a wild deer,’ she added. ‘I have no idea what he’ll do next, since he’s filming in South Africa and needs plenty of preparation time.’ And he was quite anxious about that preparation period.

Leslie even petitioned White Lotus creator Mike White that he “can’t get mad at me if he says no.” But clearly Sam signed on to play Frank, much to Leslie’s delight.

“It was really fun,” she shared. “We don’t have any scenes together, and he did all of his stuff in eight days. We were there for six months, Sam was there for eight days—Sam did not have the same experience in eight days. He got The White Lotus lite. But it’s nice to be able to have a context to share.”

She also praised his performance, adding, “He’s a great actor, and we’re lucky to have him, and I think he chewed up that character. Mike was really happy to have him too.”

And Leslie and Mike weren’t the only ones grateful to have Sam, who appeared in one of the episode’s most talked about scenes (and we’re not talking about that incestuous kissing scene, either). In fact, his scene partner Walton Goggins was excited to share the experience with his real-life friend.

In an Instagram post from March 16th, Walton referred to two sources of pain leading towards enlightenment. Accompanying some BTS photos with Sam on set, he mentioned that this is a fascinating dialogue. It turns out Rick has friends as well, and one of them is none other than Sam Rockwell – the dynamic duo being Rick and Frank, styled in Bangkok.

Read on to see the rest of The White Lotus cast and where you’ve seen them before.

Lisa, a well-known singer who goes by just one name, transitioned from being a global sensation with the K-pop group Blackpink, alongside Jisoo, Jennie, and Rosé, to taking on the role of Mook in her debut as part of the staff at the White Lotus hotel.

Looks like Lucius Malfoy missed the train to Hogwarts and instead landed at The White Lotus. That’s right: He may look different without the luscious blond hair, but the Harry Potter star is returning to the screen as another uppity father figure, playing Timothy Ratliff, described as a “wealthy businessman vacationing with his wife and three children.”

In addition to his past appearances, Isaac has recently graced the screens on television shows such as Robot Chicken, The Great, and Sex Education (sharing the screen with his White Lotus co-star Aimee Lou Wood.)

Don’t scream when you see it, but Posey—who plays Timothy’s wife Victoria Ratliff—may look familiar from her movies Superman Returns, Blade: Trinity, Scream 3 and Dazed and Confused. She’s also had brief stints on such TV shows as Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Portlandia and Search Party.

However, ardent fans of romantic comedies would recognize her as Patricia Eden, the girlfriend of Tom Hanks’ character, Joe Fox, from the 1998 beloved film “You’ve Got Mail”.

While you may know him best from family photos as the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, he has already made a name for himself acting in Gen V, The Terminal List and The Staircase before playing Saxon Ratliff in season three.

Prior to taking on the part of the Ratliffs’ daughter Piper, Hook got her feet wet in the horror and fantasy genres, portraying Debbie Glatzel in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Juliette Fairmont in First Kill and Elena Milak in Monsterland.

You may also know her from the 2024 Cruel Intentions remake as Caroline Merteuil or from the Ryan Murphy cinematic universe, in which she played Catherine Allday Davis in Impeachment: American Crime Story about the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Nivola—who is dating Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann‘s daughter Iris Apatow—rounds out the Ratliff family as young Lochlan. But before hitting the shores of Thailand, he was in another show about a rich family at the beach: The Perfect Couple, playing Will Winbury, the son of Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber‘s Greer and Tag Winbury. He even costarred on the Netflix drama with White Lotus alum Meghann Fahy, who appeared as Daphne Sullivan on season two of the HBO show before playing Merritt Monaco on The Perfect Couple.

Nivola has additionally starred in the movies “White Noise” alongside Adam Driver, “Maestro” featuring Bradley Cooper, and “With/In” together with Anne Hathaway.

Of course, White Lotus fans will recognize Rothwell from season one, in which she played spa guru Belinda in Maui. Not only is she reprising the part for season three, but the actress has also graced the screen in Insecure, Wonka, A Year and Change and Love, Simon. Plus, she lent her comedy chops to Saturday Night Live as a writer from 2014 to 2015.

The Iron Man alum is assembling to play Kate in The White Lotus after portraying Christine Everhart in the Marvel franchise. More recently, she starred in Palm Royale as Dinah Donahue and Jupiter’s Legacy as Grace Kennedy-Sampson.

The Gilded Age star—who may also look familiar from The Sinner, Fargo and The Leftovers—steps into the role of Laurie, who joins pals Kate and Jaclyn for a girls’ trip in Thailand this season.

In her role as Jaclyn on “The White Lotus”, Monaghan is indeed a TV personality, but her fame extends beyond the small screen. She’s previously appeared on shows like “True Detective”, “Bad Monkey”, “Messiah”, and “The Path”. On the silver screen, she’s made notable appearances as Julia in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and Angie Genaro in “Gone Baby Gone”.

You’ll feel justified in knowing that it’s not all in your head—Goggins really does look familiar. In addition to starring in two Quentin Tarantino movies (playing Billy Crash in Django Unchained and Sheriff Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight), he is also known for being Boyd Crowder in Justified from 2010 to 2015.

The English actress joins the cast in season three as free-spirited Chelsea, who has an age-gap romance with Goggins’ character Rick Hatchett. Yet, she is best known for her role as Aimee Gibbs on Netflix’s Sex Education and also appeared in Seize Them! and Daddy Issues.

Her acting credits may trace back 50 years—starting with Grounded God in 1975—but she most recently portrayed Prani Chiraanan on In Family We Trust in 2018.

This ex-soldier-turned-singer boasts acting roles in films like “Mechanic: Resurrection”, “Skin Trade”, and “Paradox”, and also starred as Pao on the TV show “Farang”.

If 13 minutes wasn’t enough time to figure out where you recognize the German actor, allow us to refresh your memory. He played Rudolf Höss in The Zone of Interest, Reinhold Gräf in Babylon Berlin and Georg Elser in 13 Minutes.

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