Empty rooms at The White Lotus sure don’t last very long. A few days after it was reported that Helena Bonham Carter had departed the French Riviera as her role in the fourth season of the Mike White show was being rewritten,

EXCLUSIVE: The White Lotus has filled its unexpected vacancy, and series creator Mike White did not look far to do it. Oscar winner Laura Dern, a longtime collaborator and friend of White’s, has joined Season 4 of his HBO series set in France.

The English actor is departing the HBO show, which has already started filming season four, after problems with the character. The part will be rewritten and recast. An HBO spokesperson explained in

Helena Bonham Carter’s abrupt departure from Season 4 of The White Lotus has sparked fresh rumors. The BAFTA Award-winning actress departed the next chapter of Mike White’s saga days ago. An HBO spokesperson confirmed her exit,

The White Lotus Season 4 promises to be the most meta series of television in some time for industry watchers, and its Cannes setting will be backdrop for a story about “the life of an artist,” according to its exec producer.

Executive producer David Bernad teases Season 4 of HBO's hit murder mystery, with the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival as a backdrop.

Laura Dern is replacing Helena Bonham Carter in Season 4 of the HBO series The White Lotus as filming is underway in France.

With filming just underway on season 4 of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set