Actress Carrie Coon made a splash on Season 3 of HBO’s hit show, “The white lotus.” She starred as Laurie Duffy, who visited the luxury Thai resort with a few of her childhood friends. Coon, a competitive high school runner, did her own sprint for the show, which spawned several creative memes on social media. The show has made her a household name, but Coon has always been in the business.
During a Drama Actress Roundtable with The Hollywood ReporterCarrie Coon sat down with Sarah Pidgeon, Claire Danes, Kerry Washington, Rhea Seehorn, and Chase Infiniti to discuss the ups and downs of working in Hollywood. During part of the conversation, Coon was asked how “The White Lotus” gave her profile a “boost,” even though she had already gained fame from shows like “The Leftovers” and “The Gilded Age.”
“That part, the public discourse about you and your life, has always felt so far from me,” Coon said, admitting that she will “read reviews” and “haunt Reddit” to see what is being said about her and her work.
“I want to know how the work lands in the world. It’s important to take in the good and the bad because then you know it’s all subjective and actually has nothing to do with you,” she added.
Coon describes the fan reactions to her role
Coon went on to joke that “Carrie Coon’s slow and steady rise has happened completely outside of my lifetime — even now after The white lotus.”
She recalled how she was at a restaurant in Newport when “this cute young thing serving me said, ‘Do you play guitar?’
“I’m still moving through the world with people who might vaguely think they know me from high school,” she continued. “It’s great and I wouldn’t change that.”
However, she admitted that “there were a lot of think pieces written about the show and the women” on “The White Lotus” and speculated that “maybe people started to see The Gilded Age” after watching her performance in the HBO hit.
That said, she admitted, “I haven’t seen the material results of that yet.”
Carrie Coon admits she still has to ‘fight’ for roles
Despite the success of “The White Lotus”, Coon admitted, “I think I’m like the top of the B-list now. Instead of the seventh person you come to, I’m like the fourth.”
She went on to reveal that she still has to “fight” for bigger roles, acknowledging that she’s “going to have to fight for big movies” because she’s currently being offered a lot of “unfunded indie scripts.”
“That’s what I get,” she admitted. “And it is likely that if The Gilded Age had to leave, I would get another TV job. For me, I have not reached the level you are thinking of.”
Coon talks about his ‘favorite meme’ of himself
Elsewhere in the interview, the actresses were asked if they had a favorite meme of themselves. Immediately Coon replied, “I sprint away from the gunshots in The white lotus.“
She went on to say that she felt “deeply satisfied” to see how people “praised” her “physical life” because she had an athletic background.
“I love hanging out of a window. I love to run. I also just felt, well, that’s a very American response. If you hear a shot, you’re out. It felt very real to me,” she replied. “There’s also my really ugly crying face.”
She joked with Claire Danes, who currently stars in “The Beast in Me,” that “you and I both share” the “cry face.”
When it came to fans recognizing her on the street, however, she admitted that “it always is The rest fans who recognize” her. “I always hear about people’s grief. It’s very moving,” she said. “There’s such deep sharing that happens, and it’s not mundane, and I’m very grateful for that.”
‘The White Lotus’ will return in 2027
Fortunately, fans won’t have to wait too long to see “The White Lotus” return. It is currently shooting on the French Riviera and is set to hit the streamer in 2027.
Although many fans were looking forward to seeing the Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter appear in the beloved show, she left shortly after filming began. Her role was reportedly rewritten and recast with “Jurassic Park” alum Laura Dern enters the new part.
