The
White
Lotus

welcomed
a
new
guest,
but
he
checked
in
all
on
his
own.

Although


Leslie
Bibb,
who
plays
Kate
Bohr
on
season
three
of
the
HBO
show,


has
been
dating

partner


Sam
Rockwell

since
2007,
the


Palm
Royale

actress
confessed
she
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
Oscar
winner’s
surprise
cameo
on
the
March
16
episode.

“No,
they
came
to
me
and
they
were
like, ‘We’re
going
to
offer
this
to
Sam,'”
Leslie
told



Entertainment
Weekly

in
an
interview
published
March
17. “I
was
on
the
treadmill
and
[producer]

Dave
Bernad

came
to
me.”

But
given
his
busy
schedule,
she
warned
the
show’s
creative
team
that
Sam
may
not
be
free
to
join
the
cast’s
trek
to
Thailand.

“I
was
like, ‘Sam
is
wild
as
a
buck,’”
she
continued.
“‘I
don’t
know
what
he’s
going
to
do.
He’s
doing
a
movie
in
South
Africa,
he
likes
time
to
prep.’
And
he
was
very
nervous
about
that
prep
time.”

Leslie
even
petitioned


White
Lotus

creator


Mike
White

that
he
“can’t
get
mad
at
me
if
he
says
no.”
But
clearly
Sam
signed
on
to
play
Frank,
much
to
Leslie’s
delight.