Direct From Hollywood With Ryan Seacrest: What It's Really Like Filming 'White Lotus'

Published Mar 25, 2025, 4:01 PM

Find out why Aimee Lee Wood says playing Chelsea on HBO's 'The White Lotus' actually feels like you're in the 'Truman' show here. 

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Direct from Hollywood. Starring on The White Lotus might seem like a dream job. Getting to essentially live and work at a five star resort in a highly desirable remote location for months on end almost sounds like a permanent vacation. But season three is breakout. Star Amy lou Wood, who plays Walton Goggin's girlfriend Chelsea, tells enemy there's another side of that experience that's not so easy. There was a lack of distance between work and my private life. Normally, when you wrap a day and go home, you don't wrap and walk like five steps into your hotel room. You are living where you're filming. It is the Truman Show. It starts to feel like is anything real. Everything starts to feel like a set. You're on the most beautiful beach, but there's also studio lights. Everything feels like a set, so you have to kind of rely on your co stars to stay sane. It's like big brother. That's Amy lou Wood, who you can catch on the White Lotus with new episodes on Max every Sunday. That's direct from Hollywood.