Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Did Sam Nivola Almost Turn Down the Role of Lochlan Ratliff on White Lotus Because of His Scandalous Storyline?

Did Sam Nivola...who played Lochlan on White Lotus...almost turn down the role...when he learned about his storyline with Patrick Schwarzenegger?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Sam Devolan, Patrick Schwarzenegger,
who played the brothers Lachlan and Saxon Ratliffe on season
three of The White Lotus, respectively, had a storyline that
was so scandalous we can't even really allude to what
it entails, but every fan of the show knows exactly
what we are probably talking about.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
In fact, it was so shocking that creator Mike White
was genuinely worried that Sam or Patrick would drop out
of the show once they read the scripts. But Sam
tells the Hollywood Reporter he never even considered it, saying,
no way in what world would I ever drop out
of The White Lotus. It's the juiciest story. I'm also actors,
not brothers. It was a great story and an exciting
opportunity to do something that has never been done on TV,

(00:39):
and the way that Mike did it. I was actually
stoked when I read the script, and I would never
even in a million years imagine thinking of dropping out
if something made by Mic at Sam Navola, I'm playing
Lachlan Ratliff on The White Lotus streaming on HBO Max.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
That's direct from Hollywood.