Leslie Bibb is praising Sam Rockwell‘s monologue on The White Lotus after his special guest appearance on the HBO drama series created by Mike White.
During an appearance on Bravo‘s Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen asked Bibb if her significant other ran lines with her as they filmed the series in Thailand.
“I ran lines with him,” Bibb said on the late-night talk show. “I think that monologue is iconic and I think it’s really what the whole season is about — what Mike’s really saying there.”
Bibb said that Rockwell was shooting something in South Africa and “they came to him very last minute to do the show because we had gone long and casting had shifted.”
“He was not sure about doing it just because he didn’t have proper prep time,” she added. “So we went on safari in South Africa, and I was like, ‘I’ll get you off book. I’ll get you off book.’”
Rockwell plays the role of Frank in The White Lotus Season 3 and shows up in Episode 5. Frank is introduced as an old friend, Walton Goggins’ Rick meets up in Bangkok. The two meet up, and Frank explains to Rock how he became sober and stopped drinking.
Bibb had previously talked about Rockwell’s monologue, telling CBS Mornings, “I read all eight [episodes] and I remember when I got to this monologue and this scene and I remember thinking, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this on television,’ and I felt like it’s what Mike [White] was really trying to talk about with this show … He comes in and he’s like, ‘Here’s my truth’ and he’s unapologetic.”
The White Lotus star says her character kate and friends could learn from the monologue, adding, “I feel like if the women just came in and did what Frank did and [had] been like, ‘Hey, this is what’s happening in my life. I’m having problems with my marriage, I’m drinking too much, I’m doing this,’ whatever, they wouldn’t be gossiping about each other because they would immediately put the shield down and be vulnerable.”
