Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella and Pekka Strang join The White Lotus Season 4 cast

Ben Kingsley is joining the cast of The White Lotus season fourEven more famous guests will be checking into the White Lotus resort in the hit show’s next season.Production began on the fourth iteration of The White Lotus in the south of France last month, with the cast already boasting impressive names like Steve Coogan, Kumail Nanjiani, Max Greenfield, Chris Messina, Sandra Bernhard, Rosie Perez and Heather Graham, while Black Swan’s Vincent Cassel will play a new hotel manager character.Earlier this week, HBO unveiled three more additions to the cast in what the media has repeatedly referred to as the final casting announcements for the new season.Among them are Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley and Emmy nominee Max Minghella, best known for his work in The Handmaid’s Tale, Industry and The Social Network.Rounding off the cast is Finnish actor Pekka Strang, who previously took the lead in Dome Karukoski’s Tom Of Finland.View this post on InstagramIt was previously revealed that The White Lotus’ fourth outing would focus on questions around fame and celebrity, with much of the action taking place around the Cannes Film Festival.One A-lister you definitely shouldn’t expect to see in the show is Helena Bonham Carter, who was cast in a lead role earlier this year, but stepped away from the production after around a week on set.Producers said at the time that it had “become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set”.As a result, the role was “rethought”, “rewritten” and “recast”, with Oscar winner Laura Dern later revealed to be joining the cast.Laura has previously worked with White Lotus creator Mike White on a number of projects, and made an unseen voice cameo in the second season.Filming on The White Lotus is currently underway, with the show expected to return to our screens at some point in 2027.MORE WHITE LOTUS:More White Lotus Season 4 Details Teased After Helena Bonham Carter's Sudden ExitSteve Coogan Gets Put On The Spot About Helena Bonham Carter's White Lotus ExitHelena Bonham Carter Denies Behind-The-Scenes 'Clash' Led To White Lotus Exit

All three will have recurring parts on the HBO series, currently filming in France.

Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella and Pekka Strang are saying bonjour to “The White Lotus” in what HBO is calling the final casting announcement for Season 4. Mike White’s beloved dramedy about a luxury resort chain and the insufferable and suffering people that visit and work there is heading to France. The season will follow a new group […]

Ben Kingsley (The Thursday Murder Club, Wonder Man), Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Social Network), and Pekka Strang (Mister 8, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants) are rounding out the cast for HBO’s The White Lotus for Season 4. Details regarding their recurring roles are under wraps. The fourth season of the Mike White-created series will follow a new group of […]