That White Lotus Threesome Scene Used to be Even More Awkward to Movie Than You Direct

Spoilers for Episode 2 of The White Lotus Season 2 on HBO.

Mike White’s resort drama The White Lotus is serving up even extra sophisticated relationship dynamics (and nudity) in its second season, and essentially the most most up-to-date episode sees Michael Imperioli’s persona Dominic indulging in a threesome in a sizzling tub with sex employee Lucia (Simona Tobasco) and her buddy Mia (Beatrice Grannò). Which turned into a elegant unhappy skills for the aged Sopranos actor, whose real-existence better half Victoria took save to be within the same constructing.

“We had been living and working within the San Domenico Palace in Taormina, Sicily, which turned into in level of truth good, except one night time when it wasn’t good due to the I had to shoot a scene where my persona has a menage a trois in a sizzling tub with two of my mountainous Italian co-stars, Simona Tobasco and Beatrice Grannò, who’re amazing actresses,” Imperioli told Jimmy Fallon.

“But that is correctly into the shoot, and we had been pals by that level, now now we have obtained to invent this sex scene in a bathe. So we’re doing it in a substantial suite within the resort, and Mike’s showing us the absolute top map it be going to work out, and we bound out to the patio… And I note my better half is asleep finest above this sizzling tub. My room is healthier above this sizzling tub… If she wakes up, she’s going to stare out the window and spot me elegant noteworthy bare with my two Italian co-stars messing around in a sizzling tub.”

“These scenes are awkward ample,” he persevered. “Now I’m afraid about my better half having a check out out the window. And I safe in level of truth traumatic… I’m admire, Mike, you know, sizzling tub? I build not mediate Dominic’s a sizzling tub man.”

“So we invent the scene, I’m having a check out, I’m pondering a lamp is going to come sailing down from the window. Thankfully we obtained thru it. But then I’m pondering, oh, she doesn’t need to make a scene due to the she is aware of the crew by now, now we have all been there collectively, she’s looking out forward to me to safe motivate upstairs. So now it be 5 within the morning, I’m going within the room, it be all darkish, I brush my enamel, I safe within the mattress, she wakes up. She goes, how turned into it tonight? I’m taking part in it chilly, it turned into good ample. It turned into a lengthy night time? Yeah… You drained? Yeah, elegant drained. Used to be it laborious? No, absolutely not!”