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The star discusses her hilarious character and shares a Season 4 pitch involving Jennifer Coolidge.
The Parker Posey renaissance is nigh.
Like mostWhite Lotusfan-favorite characters, Victoria is rich as hell and hilariously oblivious.
In a way, its a blessing.
Victoria, is she in Taiwan or Thailand?
She doesn’t know, Posey, 56, tells Bustle over Zoom.
What was your first impression of Victoria and her family?
The Ratliffs arrive and see the world through their lens and colonize wherever they go.
[I loved] playing with a certain class of people, a certain Americana.
People love a Southern accent.
They love making fun of it.
I love that you already mentioned your accent.
What was your process for mastering it?
It was like an amalgamation of different things, accents I’d heard and the dialogue.
The Southern accent is so lyrical, and there are many different kinds.
Like the Southern woman, it has a lot of feeling and self-created drama.
What drew you to Victoria as a character?
But underneath all that, yes, she could.
There’s a feminine wile in the way she dramatizes her life and her children.
I loved getting Victoria in the water.
She’s not really in her skin.
She’s living in a man’s world, she’s fragile yet strong.
I was excited to do it in theWhite Lotusway, and Mike White gave me these really funny lines.
What were some of your favorite behind-the-scenes moments with this cast?
The Thai massage is so powerful.
We all felt so lucky to have this kind of bodywork.
It must have been amazing living in Thailand while filming.
I never got over the nature there.
It’s just so beautiful and green.
And the kindness of the people, the way they greet you, there’s this warmth.
I said, I love your kingdom so much.
She just went, Oh, thank you, and hugged me.
Were there any challenges while filming the show?
It was extremely hot.
We moved around a lot.
We got Covid, we got parasites.
Yeah, it was amazing.
Leslie Bibb was like, I got this cold.
They put something up my nose.
They sucked it out, and I’m all better now.
It was an endurance.
You and Jennifer Coolidge have acted in so many movies together.
Did you get any advice from her before you joined the show?
No, we texted a little, and she said, You’re going to have a blast.
But do you want to hear my pitch for where I want Season 4 to be?
Set in the Swiss Alps.
When you reach a certain altitude, you start to hallucinate, and its a very spiritual thing.
When she left, he turned to his friends and asked, Wasn’t that chocolate amazing?
That woman wasn’t there, and they were like, Oh, you just had a visit.
So, I think Jennifer Coolidge should play that part.
Can you see it?
This interview was edited and condensed for clarity.
