The actor, who more often writes and directs than performs, found his way into his Ethan character through the constant jogging.
When Will Sharpe was trying to understand Ethan, the tightly wound tech genius he’d play on“It felt like a big clue was the running,” he says during a video call from London. “There was something about that that felt important to the character — I guess the discipline and that he’s somebody who’s trying to keep a regularity to his life. Even if, internally, there’s actually absolute chaos, he’s trying to keep this level of control.
“I do remember those conversations where people are discussing what [project] they’ve just come from, and I’m realizing I had been in the director’s chair for three years,” Sharpe says, laughing sheepishly. “I definitely was aware of the oddness of suddenly being a part of the show. But I had missed it — and one of the things that really made me miss it was I’d just done ‘Landscapers.
“There are a few different ways to interpret the story of that quartet,” Sharpe offers. “One of them is that Harper and Ethan take some small piece of Daphne and Cameron’s lifestyle — maybe if [they] take a little bit of it, it can get them out of the rut that they’re in. But there’s another interpretation, which is that Harper and Ethan are innocently on this first-ever luxury vacation, and it’s a corruption or an induction into this world.
“White Lotus” writer-director Mike White encouraged embracing such mysteries, especially among his cast. Before the season begins, Ethan has stopped sleeping with Harper, retreating to the safety of porn rather than face their marital issues, but White wouldn’t provide Sharpe with easy explanations for this sexless relationship.
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