Charlotte Le Bon has said she and White Lotus co-star Aimee Lou Wood formed ‘an instant connection’ and she thinks their compatible star signs may have had a role in it
The White Lotus’ Charlotte Le Bon says there was an “instant crush” between her and co-star Aimee Lou Wood.
The hit show is back for a third series and the actress plays Chloe, who is visiting the flashy Thailand resort with her partner Greg (John Gries). Chelsea, played by Aimee, is there with her older partner Rick (Walton Goggins).
With their older boyfriends occupied with other things, the pair have been bonding and hanging out, getting up to mischief like getting Saxon and Lochlan Ratliff to lock lips during a boozy Full Moon Party. One steamy scene saw them share a kiss themselves.
Charlotte has now revealed that in real-life the pair hit it off as soon as they met – and she reckons their star signs may have something to do with it.
She told Vulture: “She’s an Aquarius, which is an air sign, very bubbly. And I’m a Virgo, so I’m really grounded and I’m analysing all the time. It was an instant crush between the two of us.”
Charlotte also told how their onscreen meeting was a case of art mirroring life. She said the first time she saw Aimee she thought she was “so beautiful” and loved her teeth, so commented on them.
She said: “I said, ‘Oh my God, I love your teeth’ and she looked at mine — I’ve got bad teeth as well — and said, ‘Oh my God, I love yours!’ Then I was like, ‘Okay, we need to put this in a scene.’ It was an instant connection.”
She added that the characters “really complete each other” in the series. Aimee, who is known to viewers for Netflix series Sex Education, recently told Pink News that the new friends “adore” each other.
“What’s really great about Chelsea and Chloe… they actually fall into platonic love instantly,” she said.
“It’s that very true to life thing of when you’re on holiday, and you make that holiday friend, but it feels like you’ve met your absolute soulmate because your world [is] smaller in a resort.”
The White Lotus premiered in 2021, with the first series following the guests at a plush holiday resort in Hawaii. The dark comedy drama was a huge hit and returned the following year for a second series, this time set in Sicily.
The third series – which started in February – is set at a wellness resort in Thailand and cast members include Jason Issacs, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Michelle Monaghan. Harry Potter star Jason, who plays family patriarch Timothy Ratliff, admitted he got his White Lotus role by auditioning, something he hadn’t done in years.
“I actually had to audition, which is something I’ve not done for decades,” Jason told Vogue magazine. “But then I got a phone call and they said ‘They’d like you and here are the scripts’, and I read them and I thought, ‘Oh sh**, this is some big acting required'”.
Jason’s on-screen family in the show have a very real inspiration behind them – the cast of reality show Southern Charm. Aside from Jason’s Timothy, the Ratliff family is comprised of mum Victoria (Parker Posey), oldest son Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), daughter Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) and youngest son Lochlan (Sam Nivola).
The White Lotus airs on Sky Atlantic and is available to stream on NOW TV.
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