Forte de son succès, la série The White Lotus has been renewed for a fourth season on HBO Max. After Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand, this new burst of episodes will take place in France. The American site Variety reported that the series should be partially filmed at the Château de La Messardière, an establishment located in Saint-Tropez. Filming will also take place in Paris.
The cast of season 4 of The White Lotus is taking shape more and more, since after Vincent Cassel, two other French actors have joined the adventure and that’s not all… This Monday March 30, 2026, Variety announced new names in the casting including that of Laura Smet who will play the role of Tobias Santelmann, star of Harry Hole which is a hit on Netflix.
Six more actors join the cast of the fourth season of The White Lotus
Aside from Vincent Cassel, Laura Smet and Tobias Santelmann, what are the other names recently announced in the casting of The White Lotus season 4? Fans of the series will be able to find Heather Graham (Scrubs, Very Bad Trip)Rosie Perez (Your Honor, The Flight Attendant) and Frida Gustavsson (Vikings: Valhalla). According to HBO, the cast of season 4 of The White Lotus is not yet finished.
A casting which is partially completed by Chloe Bennet, seen in Marvel: Agents of SHIELDbut also Sandra Bernhard who played in Marty Supreme. Known for having played in Enola Holmes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix againHelena Bonham Carter was also announced in the casting of Mike White’s series.
What will the fourth season of The White Lotus ?
For the moment, little information on the content of this fourth season has been communicated, creator Mike White and his teams explained that viewers would follow “a new group of hosts and staff of a White Lotus hotel, for a week”.
In an HBO video, Mike White also indicated that he wanted to film in a different setting from previous seasons. “I would like to get away from the landscape used so far, the waves crashing against the rocks,” he said. This is how the choice of France was made.
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