Lily Allen reveals she auditioned for a job in ‘The White Lotus’
Lily Allen has revealed she unsuccessfully auditioned for a job in hit HBO sequence The White Lotus.
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Talking just lately on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, the ‘Smile’ singer stated the audition was a part of a broader transfer to “put herself on the market extra” in her performing profession, and shared she had a purpose of starring in a “UK detective drama”.
Her earlier performing roles have included a stint in West Finish performs 2:22: A Ghost Story and The Pillowman, whereas she made her small display debut in 2023 in Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland.
Referring to her flip to performing, Allen informed listeners she hadn’t “auditioned for something actually”, however added: “I did do a self-tape for The White Lotus and clearly didn’t get it. However I’m a bit terrified of doing self-tapes.”
She has not but revealed which function she auditioned for.
“I feel possibly now I might do them as a result of I don’t suppose folks give as a lot of a shit about me anymore,” she continued. “Again within the day, I didn’t like the thought of casting places of work having a tape of me in case they might share it with different folks. Now I don’t actually subscribe to that concern a lot, I don’t actually care.”
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In the meantime, Allen additionally took to her podcast to defend Rachel Zegler for her main function in Snow White just lately, criticising Jonah Platt – the son of the movie’s producer Marc Platt – for blaming the actor for the movie’s poor efficiency.
Talking concerning the newest Disney live-action remake, Allen and Oliver explored how the main actor has been getting an enormous damaging response – partially as a consequence of her voicing her help for Palestine.
The movie has had a disastrous opening in cinemas, making simply $42.2million within the US, properly under expectations contemplating the movie’s estimated $240–270million funds. It might additionally obtain one of many lowest scores ever on IMDb (Web Film Database), at present sitting at 1.6 out of 10 from user-submitted rankings.
Allen highlighted the hypocrisy of followers criticising Zegler for sharing her political outlook, as a result of “when it comes to Disney movies, it’s all the time fairly central to anybody’s character that they rise up for what they imagine in.”
“Isn’t it that the protagonist normally has some form of wrestle the place they’ve to face up in adversity? So [Platt] can go fuck himself principally,” she stated.