“The White Lotus” showrunner Mike White talks about setting season 2 in Sicily—”If you go to Europe, this is the view you want to see”
/ Photographs by Jenny Sathngam for The Wall Street Journal, Mike White had weird interests. “I was obsessed with ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ and Shelley Winters,” said the actor-writer-director, on a morning Zoom from his home in Kauai, Hawaii. That makes a lot of sense if you consider “The White Lotus,” the Emmy-winning HBO series he created: Its first season also involved quirky characters and disastrous turns of events in a glamorous setting, namely Maui.
He would know. As a writer with intense wanderlust, he loves “immersion into new cultures,” which partially explains his stints as a contestant on “The Amazing Race”—he and his teammate, his father, traveled to nine countries—and on “Survivor,” where he finished as runner-up. Mr. White brought his penchant for traveling, and troubleshooting, to his role as a director and showrunner, too, opting to film both seasons of “The White Lotus” on location.
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