Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Sam Nivola Admits He’s Intimidated by the Bigger Auditions White Lotus Has Brought Him

Sam Nivola who played the youngest Ratliff brother on the most recent season of White Lotus...admits the opportunities its brought him...are a bit overwhelming

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Getting cast on The White Lotus is a life changing role,
even for established actors like Jennifer Coolidge and Walton Goggins,
who reached new heights with their careers thanks to the exposure.
But for an unknown actor like Sam Navola, who played
Lachland Ratliffe on season three, it's obviously an even bigger
lya but and he admits to the Hollywood Report that
that moved to the big leagues has been daunting, saying
it's actually made all my casting processes a bit harder
because now I'm in a different bracket of projects that

(00:25):
I'm going up for the highest profile things of the year.
Now I'm in competition with all the greatest and most
successful popular actors of my age group, and it's been intimidating,
but it's exciting as an actor. In someone who wants
to be a director, the most important thing is to
do the work with the best directors, and I've already
had some opportunities to do that. That's Sam Nevola there
from White Lotus. You can catch season three on HBO Max.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
That's direct from Hollywood.