Jason Isaacs in season three of 'The White Lotus.' HBO/Warner Bros. Discovery Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Jason Isaacs has secured his second Golden Globe nomination, and he's thanking White Lotus creator Mike White for it. "It's a reminder when fabulous things like this happen to follow the great writing," the British actor told The Hollywood Reporter about earning a nom for his performance as the financially troubled and suicidal Ratliff family patriarch, Tim, in season three of the HBO hit. "It's not a coincidence that so many people from White Lotus have been nominated. He's a phenomenal storyteller, Mike White, if you're lucky enough to be picked." 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It's hard to envisage a world in which the star won't be permitted to party with his White Lotus castmates this year, and that's exactly how he sees it: a chance to reunite with the likes of Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sam Nivola, Sarah Catherine Hook, Aimee Lou Wood, Walton Goggins, Carrie Coon and creator White. "Obviously, prizes are a strange thing, particularly for playing Tim, who was so depressed and suicidal and in such a dark place - the idea of enjoying something so glamorous and joyful on awards night, it seems so oddly ironic. But the lovely thing is that I get to see all the people that were in Thailand, many of them will be there and lots of other friends too," he adds, shouting out the Adolescence crew and producer Hannah Walters. "It's a big celebration. I don't know what it's like for the audience watching at home, but for us, it is literally a party." He continued, lauding the work of Adolescence writer Jack Thorne and railing against the rise of AI: "The talent follow the talent. In this era, when [...] machines are coming for us, there's people like Mike White and people like Jack Thorne. [We should] celebrate those people." Admittedly, Isaacs has wound up talking about The White Lotus a lot over the past year; including in THR's April cover story. Is there anything that audiences would still be surprised to know about the show? "How free Mike White is. When you think about these giant machines of the enormous show - the show was already enormously successful - but he creates an atmosphere that felt no different to when I used to go to the Edinburgh [Fringe] Festival with a bunch of friends. It feels like anything could happen and you can come up with any idea and the best idea wins. He lets you go off piste." "You can forget all the pressure and history and expectation and just have a good time," he says about being on the White Lotus set. "And even though Tim was having the worst time that anyone's ever had at The White Lotus, he feels completely free. People at home would [also] be surprised that it was nothing like a holiday. You look at this magnificent resort that we filmed in, and some part of me certainly would get jealous of people there, but it really was work, and it was insanely hot to start with - in a way that you just can't imagine working in that environment." Of course, you can't have a conversation with a White Lotus alum and not discuss the next installment, set for the South of France. "I know they're already getting geared up.... I've got friends in it already, and I'm trying not to be jealous," said Isaacs. "I'll definitely go and visit. But even though this nomination is an absolute cherry on the entire celebratory cake, I'm aware that I'm already one of the guys who was in last season's White Lotus." "Mike texted this morning," he added. "They've got their head already busy, deep in locations, in casting the next one. And like everybody else, I can't wait to see it." To round off the call, THR asked Isaacs if he can pick his favorite film of the year (as to avoid any conflict of interest with his TV pals), and the actor swiftly issued a rallying cry. "I'm afraid I couldn't possibly say.... That we keep making them is the most important thing, and the reason that all of these award ceremonies [exist] in the first place is to drive people to the cinema. And c