White Lotus fans, it appears we have been robbed of a truly iconic scene.
Throughout her award-winning performance in The White Lotus, Jennifer Coolidgegraced us with countless memorable moments while playing chaotic hotel guest Tanya McQuoid. However, Coolidge's co-star, Haley Lu Richardson, has revealed that her 'favourite moment' on set with Jennifer didn’t even make it into the show.
Speaking to E! News, Hayley said of the deleted scene, 'It was iconic and it was so cool. I got to see something iconic that she did that no one else will get to see.' Revealing how Jennifer’s improvised moment played out, Hayley continued, 'She’s like "Do you think Greg is cheating on me?" She went off on this tangent that wasn’t in the script where she was like, "Do you? Do you?’. Looking around at everyone at breakfast screaming "Do you?"' The actress added, 'The rest of the time we were filming we were all just saying "Do you?"'
Jennifer's performance as Tanya has already earned her a Golden Globe, Emmy, two Critics’ Choice Awards and two Screen Actors’ Guild Awards in the past two years alone. And while - spoiler alert - it would be pretty hard for Tanya to make a return even if Jennifer wanted to, White Lotus showrunner Mike White has also squashed any hope of any kind of return in the upcoming third season.
'He sort of sticks to his guns,' Jennifer told E! News back in January. 'He’s an amazing friend, but I think he made his decision. He wanted a big, dramatic, Italian, you know, operatic ending for White Lotus 2, and he wanted to sacrifice Tanya.' Her amazing speech at the Golden Globes only solidified that fact we will never see Tanya on our screens again. Whilst accepting the award for Best Actress In a Limited Series she thanked Mike saying, 'Mike White, you have given me hope. You’ve given me a new beginning. Even if this is the end, because you did kill me off, but even if this is the end, you changed my life in a million different ways.’
We'll just have to look forward to seeing Jennifer - and more of her hilarious improvised scenes - back on our screens soon.
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