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Natasha Rothwell Checks Back Into 'The White Lotus'

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the new season of The White Lotus, Natasha Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about filming in Thailand, the cancellation of her show How to Die Alone, and getting cast as the hilarious Kelli on Insecure.

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0:00.0

This message comes from David Tennant does a podcast with, back for season three.

0:04.8

David Tennant returns to sit down with superstar guests like Russell T. Davies, Jamila Jamil, and Stanley Tucci.

0:11.3

New season streaming now, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:14.7

Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn,

0:19.2

thanking the people who make public radio great every day

0:22.5

and also those who listen. This is Fresh Air. I'm Tanya Mosley. This has been quite a year so far for my guest,

0:30.9

Natasha Rothwell. She returns to the third season of the popular HBO show The White Lotus.

0:36.8

And just this past weekend, her Hulu

0:38.9

series, How to Die Alone, which she created and starred in, won an Independent Spirit Award

0:44.2

for Best Ensemble cast and a new scripted series. But that win is bittersweet because the show,

0:51.3

which premiered last September, was canceled after just one season.

0:56.3

While Rothwell's return to the White Lotus signals a deeper dive into the tension between

1:01.2

entitlement and servitude, which has been present along with murder in every season of the show.

1:07.6

It follows the storyline of seemingly picture-perfect travelers with various

1:12.4

disfunctions who go to the White Lotus resort to escape. In the first season,

1:18.4

Rothwell's character Belinda is a spa manager at the Hawaii location. She meets a wealthy

1:23.8

visitor named Tanya, played by Jennifer Coolidge, and the two strike up a friendship.

1:29.1

Belinda shares her dreams of opening up her own spa with Tanya.

1:34.8

I do think that there's a purpose in helping, even rich people, you know?

1:40.5

Helping them to find healing, making them feel more present, more aware.

1:44.2

Yeah.

1:44.8

Because rich people, they're the ones that you know,

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