Will he check in?
HBO’s Emmy-winning hit “The White Lotus” has become a “who’s who” of scene-stealing actors. Season 1 had Connie Britton, Sydney Sweeney and Jennifer Coolidge. Season 2 boasted Theo James, Michael Imperioli and Aubrey Plaza, and Season 3 (airing Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO and Max) has Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Carrie Coon and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
The show has already been renewed for Season 4, and James Marsden seems like a natural fit.
James Marsden in “Paradise.” ©Hulu/Courtesy Everett Collection
Marsden in February at Madison Square Garden. NBAE via Getty ImagesDuring a recent interview when Marsden was promoting his Hulu show, “Paradise,” The Post asked if he’d do “The White Lotus.”
“That would be fun,” he said.
“David Bernad is the producer. I worked with him and [‘The White Lotus’ creator] Mike White on a movie called ‘The D Train,’ ” Marsden shared, referring to the 2015 comedy he co-starred in with Jack Black.
“And so, I’ve known Mike and David for a while,” the “Westworld” star explained.
“They’re friends, so I never want to be like, ‘Hey, can I put myself on tape?’ Mike’s got his own way of doing things,” he added. “But yeah, I would love that. I would love to be [in ‘The White Lotus’].”
Each season of White’s dark dramedy/mystery series follows a group of different wealthy, miserable people on vacation at the fictional White Lotus luxury resort. Each season starts with a death before slowly revealing the events leading up to the incident.
The seasons are mostly standalone, with new casts and new branches of the resort – Season 1 was Hawaii, Season 2 was Sicily, and Season 3 is Thailand.
Patrick Schwarzenegger in “The White Lotus” Season 3. Fabio Lovino/HBO
Jennifer Coolidge in “The White Lotus” Season 2. AP
Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan in “The White Lotus” Season 3. Fabio Lovino/HBOTalking to The Post before Season 3 premiered, Bernad said that it’s become like the Olympics, with countries vying to host the next season.
“There’s an element of that – of people soliciting us – which is incredibly flattering and unexpected.”
Many of the unhappy elites on vacation in the show are unintentionally funny, or they’re jerks. Marsden could play either type – he’s played comedic roles in “30 Rock” and “Enchanted,” and he played jerks in “Jury Duty” and the 2008 comedy “Sex Drive.”
Marsden at the Vanity Fair Oscar party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Getty Images
Marsden in “Paradise.” ©Hulu/Courtesy Everett Collection
Marsden in Manhattan in December. GC Images“I just think it’s lightning in a bottle with that show,” Marsden told The Post.
“Something so specific and beautifully shot with [White’s] sort of wry, sometimes weird dark sense of humor. It’s really my style. Absolutely, that’d be fun [to be in it].”






