From a successful Italian medical series to one of HBO’s most iconic American series, there is only one step that the two doctor actors decided to take.
On October 30, 2022, American viewers discovered the first episode of season 2 of The White Lotus, a fiction created by Mike White, which each season follows a group of wealthy vacationers who arrive for an idyllic vacation at a luxury hotel. Group “White Lotus”. If the first season took us to Hawaii, the second burst of episodes took us to Taormina, Italy.
Two PhD actors in the casting
In order to immerse the audience in la dolce vita, the producer of The White Lotus decided to call Italian actors to play certain characters in this 2nd season.
Among them were two faces well known to fans of medical series: Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grano, who play Elisa Russo and Carolina Fanti respectively in the Italian series. DrThe new season 3 of which arrives this Wednesday March 20 on TF1.
In White Lotus, forgetting the blues and other difficult medical cases, the two actors play Lucia and Mia, friends who will take advantage of the wealth of the residents of White Lotus to achieve their goals.
Beatrice Grano and Simona Tabasco
The role earned Simone Tabasco a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 2023 Emmy Awards against her co-stars Megan Fahey, Sabrina Impacciatore, Aubrey Plaza and Jennifer Coolidge, who won the statuette.
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During the broadcast of The White Lotus season 2, Beatrice Grano explained this to our colleagues variety that the role of Mia was made for her and she did everything to be chosen.
“When we got the casting proposal, everyone was talking about it. Especially the actors, because they are central Italian characters“, he confided. “When I first read Mia’s profile, I felt something. Mike was looking for someone young, innocent-looking, and he wanted her to know how to play the piano and sing.”
“As soon as I read that, I thought, “This is really great.” Because I know how to do it. When I was casting, I texted my agent and said, “I’m going to do everything I can to get the role because it’s right for me.””
And we have to believe that the actress was right because she was chosen to play Mia. A role that allowed him to find Simona Tabasco on the set. The latter actually left Doc at the end of the second season.
Find the new season 3 Dr From this Wednesday 20 March at 21:10 on TF1. The first two seasons of the medical series for Late Guests are available in full on the TF1+ platform.
Source: Allocine
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