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Major A-listers tapped for ‘White Lotus’ Season 4 cast after Helena Bonham Carter’s exit
Ben Kingsley and Max Minghella are the latest A-listers joining “White Lotus” Season 4.
The duo was named in a Monday casting announcement via Instagram, alongside Swedish-speaking actor Pekka Strang.
“New company is on the way,” read the social media upload. “#TheWhiteLotus season 4 welcomes Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella and Pekka Strang.”
The first slide in the carousel featured a headshot of Kingsley, an 82-year-old Oscar winner known for roles in “Gandhi,” “Schindler’s List” and more.
As for Minghella, the 40-year-old portrayed Nick Blaine on “The Handmaid’s Tale” from 2017 to 2025.
Strang, for his part, is a Finnish star who recently acted in Netflix’s “The Last Kingdom Seven Kings Must Die” in 2023.
The latest installment of the series is currently filming in France.
The star-studded cast also includes Max Greenfield, Heather Graham, Kumail Nanjiani, Rosie Perez and more stars.
Helena Bonham Carter, notably, exited the show nine days after production began.
The actress, 59, reportedly left over “creative differences” with creator and director Mike White.
The filmmaker, 55, asked Carter for a more “boisterous performance,” according to Variety.
An HBO spokesperson told Page Six that it became “apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set.”
“HBO, the producers and Mike White are saddened that they won’t get to work with her, but remain ardent fans and very much hope to work with the legendary actress on another project soon,” the statement concluded.
Carter, who was playing a washed-out star chasing a comeback, has since been replaced by Laura Dern.
We confirmed the “Big Little Lies” star, 59, is not taking over Carter’s part, with White writing Dern her own character instead.
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