>Even though international pop star Lisa Manoban has performed in the world’s biggest music venues as part of the K-pop group Blackpink, the artist admitted she was “nervous” during her audition for “The White Lotus” Season 3, where she makes her acting debut.
>“I wanted to switch to a new chapter for my life,” Manoban told TheWrap of her interest in acting. ” ‘The White Lotus’ opportunity came in, and [I] was like, ‘Why not just give it a try?’ I’m a big fan of ‘The White Lotus’ already — I have to try, even if I don’t get it.”
>Manoban’s name was brought up by one of the HBO show’s co-producers as well as the casting directors during the production’s Thailand casting, EP Dave Bernad told TheWrap, recalling that he and creator Mike White weren’t familiar with Manoban, a Thai native, or with Blackpink. “We treated it like we treated every other casting,” Bernad recalled.
>“I sent over my video tape and I got a callback, and then I went to see Mike White and did another audition in front of him, and I got a call that I that I got the role,” Manoban recalled. “It was not easy.”
>Bernad recalled that Manoban was in Korea at the time, but flew into Thailand to meet him and White. “She was amazing,” Bernad said. “[She] blew us away.”
>Bernad admitted that there was some “nervousness” whether her casting would cause any distractions during the shoot, saying “[Is there] going to be a certain expectation from her in terms of being an international pop star?” But, Bernad continued, “she could not be more down to earth as a human … her approach to it was as professional and as dedicated as everyone else was.”
>In “The White Lotus” Season 3, Manobal plays Mook, a health mentor at the resort who has a close friendship with the resort’s security guard, Gaitok, played by fellow Thai native Tayme Thapthimthong.
>“Acting is like a new world to me,” Manoban said. “I [didn’t] know what to expect on set … there’s a lot of close up shots [and] different angles and I have to do exactly the same. I was like, ‘This is insane,’ but I really had fun while shooting it.”
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>Even though international pop star Lisa Manoban has performed in the world’s biggest music venues as part of the K-pop group Blackpink, the artist admitted she was “nervous” during her audition for “The White Lotus” Season 3, where she makes her acting debut.
>“I wanted to switch to a new chapter for my life,” Manoban told TheWrap of her interest in acting. ” ‘The White Lotus’ opportunity came in, and [I] was like, ‘Why not just give it a try?’ I’m a big fan of ‘The White Lotus’ already — I have to try, even if I don’t get it.”
>Manoban’s name was brought up by one of the HBO show’s co-producers as well as the casting directors during the production’s Thailand casting, EP Dave Bernad told TheWrap, recalling that he and creator Mike White weren’t familiar with Manoban, a Thai native, or with Blackpink. “We treated it like we treated every other casting,” Bernad recalled.
>“I sent over my video tape and I got a callback, and then I went to see Mike White and did another audition in front of him, and I got a call that I that I got the role,” Manoban recalled. “It was not easy.”
>Bernad recalled that Manoban was in Korea at the time, but flew into Thailand to meet him and White. “She was amazing,” Bernad said. “[She] blew us away.”
>Bernad admitted that there was some “nervousness” whether her casting would cause any distractions during the shoot, saying “[Is there] going to be a certain expectation from her in terms of being an international pop star?” But, Bernad continued, “she could not be more down to earth as a human … her approach to it was as professional and as dedicated as everyone else was.”
>In “The White Lotus” Season 3, Manobal plays Mook, a health mentor at the resort who has a close friendship with the resort’s security guard, Gaitok, played by fellow Thai native Tayme Thapthimthong.
>“Acting is like a new world to me,” Manoban said. “I [didn’t] know what to expect on set … there’s a lot of close up shots [and] different angles and I have to do exactly the same. I was like, ‘This is insane,’ but I really had fun while shooting it.”