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Dame Joanna Lumley keen to land a role in The White Lotus after watching Jennifer Coolidge-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
We would love to see it!
The Absolutely Fabulous actress is keen to star – and we need to make this happen! (Picture: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
Dame Joanna Lumley has admitted she’s keen for a role in The White Lotus after watching the ‘spectacular’ Jennifer Coolidge.
The former Absolutely Fabulous actress revealed she’s a huge fan of the acclaimed dark comedy series, which follows which follows vacationers at the titular holiday resort chain and has starred Jennifer as the troubled Tanya McQuoid-Hunt.
Asked what TV shows she’s been enjoying, Dame Joanna said: ‘Oh, it has to be The White Lotus, doesn’t it?
‘Jennifer Coolidge – miraculous casting, wasn’t that genius? She is spectacular.’
The 76-year-old continued to heat magazine: ‘So much of film and theatre and television is the casting.
‘If you get the right person, you’ve got magic. Like Sir Anthony Hopkins playing
Hannibal Lecter – that was perfect.’
Dame Joanna called Jennifer ‘miraculous casting’ (Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
After a suggestion that she would be ‘brilliant’ a new season of The White Lotus, Dame Joanna replied: ‘Oh, to be in it! Please, just quietly put my name
under the door for that one.’
The cast has also included Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Alexandra
Daddario, Fred Hechinger, Jake Lacy, Brittany O’Grady, Natasha Rothwell,
and Sydney Sweeney.
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Meanwhile, Jennifer – whose character tragically drowned in the latest season – has offered Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, a part on the show.
The 61-year-old actress – who is the only star to have appeared in a lead role in both series of the show – would ‘absolutely’ love the 41-year-old royal and ‘super fan’ – who starred in hit series Suits prior to marrying Prince Harry in 2018 – to join the programme in a guest slot.
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Asked if she would like to see the duchess guest-star on the upcoming third season of the show, she said: ‘I would absolutely [love] to see her!
‘Absolutely! Meghan Markle? Yes, yes come on down!’
The White Lotus is available to watch on Sky.
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