Jennifer Coolidge almost turned down her role on TheWhiteLotus.
Jennifer Coolidge made headlines during her time as Tanya McQuoid, lovelorn heiress, on"The White Lotus." An Emmy win and many"And to think: It almost didn't happen. During an interview conducted earlier this year with TODAY, Coolidge revealed that she almost didn't take on the role of"It's a miracle. I almost messed it up for myself," Coolidge said on TODAY back in February.
"It was COVID, locked up with this very nice girl that I knew in New Orleans," Coolidge told People."It was just very lonely times ... and so she and I got obsessed with these vegan pizzas and we were eating a lot of them each day." So when the show's creator, Mike White, told Coolidge about the role, she said she would do it — if they could start filming at a later date. White responded and said they were going to Hawaii and filming at the Four Seasons, and that they had to do it now.
"Mike texted me at 2 a.m. one night and it just said: 'Are you afraid?' It was like he could read my mind and sensed that I was trying to get out of it. Then a great friend of mine told me to own my mess and just do it. I can’t tell you how close I came to ruining this whole thing for myself," she said., saw a"lesson" in what happened."It’s such a great lesson in life. I’d never have forgiven myself.
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