Will Sharpe

And so you're not even, I suppose, in answer to your question more specifically, you're not even thinking about what the acclaim might be or what the end result is.

That's just like a happy surprise if it happens.

And it definitely was a complete shock.

Yeah.

For sure.

And I guess there was something...

Something interesting about playing someone who part of the inner conflict maybe was that he's sort of worried that he's becoming the thing that he hates or the thing that he's judged.

Is he sort of morphing into that maybe?

And it's impossible not to be aware, I guess, of like...

my ethnicity in the playing of it also not that it's super loud in the mix but you know just I guess I had an awareness of how he might feel as an Asian American man in that context if that makes sense

Yeah, I think Mike is just so precise in his tone and in his writing and how he kind of crafts anything that he's, you know, he's the author of.

It feels very deliberate.

And that is something that I admire and something that I respect.

But also he's managed to make a show that feels elevated and kind of true to him.

as a creator, but has reached a really wide audience, you know, like the White Lotus is hugely watched.

And that also is something that I admire.

Felix, I guess, like, he just seems like somebody who, on the surface of it, is quite...

Maybe seems cool or open, but actually quite quickly you realize he's a bit of a nerd.

And also there's a lot going on that he doesn't want you to see.

And, you know, a lot of the series, what I love about it is it's kind of about how your previous experiences in relationships can get in the way of your present day one.