- Welcome to the show. It is great to meet you.
-Thanks for having me. -And congrats on
all the success of "White Lotus."
Golden Globe awards.
Today, you just got nominated for a SAG award.
-Yeah. -This is a big deal.
[ Cheers and applause ] Well-deserved.
-Thanks. -I'm going to read you a couple
reviews about you here. -Oh, don't do that.
-Plug your ears.
"USA Today" says, "Fahy is effervescent,
lighting up every scene she's in."
-Oh. [ Cheers and applause ]
-"Entertainment Weekly" said, "Meghann Fahy
is flat-out incredible."
There you go. Come on. [ Cheers and applause ]
You can't get better than that. -That's so nice.
-You know what is nice, though?
I've been reading articles about the cast,
and you guys are all friendly in talking about each other.
And they said that you were
the nicest person that they worked with
and they said that everyone out of the cast,
you seem like the most outgoing person.
-Oh, wow. -You would talk to everybody
and say hi to everyone. -Oh, yes, well, that's true.
-Yeah? -I think it's very important
to, like, sort of know your neighborhood.
So, when I got to Sicily,
I wanted to make friends with all the people.
Because it's like, you know, I'm a New Yorker
and you've got to make friends with the bodega guy.
-Absolutely. -My bodega guy
installed my A.C. -It's part of your neighborhood.
-Exactly. -Yes.
-So -- -You know bartenders.
-That's right. You've got to get in.
Yeah. -Yes.
So, in Sicily, you walked around, introduced --
you said hi -- -Yeah, I felt like Belle
from "Beauty and the Beast" sometimes.
I'd be like walking down the street
with my little basket full of flowers.
And people would be like sticking out the shop to say hi.
It's very cute, yeah. -"Hi, Meghann. Hi."
I heard you also did a cooking class with one of the --
-Yeah, so I made friends with
the owner of one of the restaurants.
-This is what happened. -And I mentioned that
I wanted to take a cooking class.
And he was like, "Well, you should come here
and I'll give you one."
And I said, "Okay."
He said, "Just come at noon tomorrow."
Which also, is like kind of cool, right?
-Fantastic. -No texting,
just show up to this place at 12:00.
-Love Italy, yes. -Yeah.
So, I went, and then it wasn't actually a cooking class,
because it just was me in the kitchen
while the restaurant was open and serving food.
And I was just sort of in the kitchen, like --
-Cooking? -Cleaning things
and serving them to people. -So, he gave you a job?
-Yeah, I had a chef hat on. -Wow. You got a job.
-He made me a gin and tonic.
We were -- -Fantastic.
12:00, noon? -[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
-But this show really kind of kicks off with you.
No spoilers, but you discovering a dead body.
And is it a little bit relaxing
knowing that you're not the one dying at the end of the show?
-Well, I have to tell you, I read -- I read it.
-Yeah. -And I was like,
"Okay, this character finds the body."
But I didn't necessarily feel like that meant
that I still couldn't potentially be dead.
You know? Like, because you just don't know.
-Oh, maybe it's a dream sequence.
-Yeah, who knows?
-I mean, that's where my brain goes.
-At first, I was like, "Oh, cool, I'm alive."
And then I was like, "Well, let's see.
Let's read the rest of this first to find out."
-So, you really didn't know? -Yeah.
-I want to say because I love Mike White obviously.
-Same. -I know.
Gosh, who doesn't love the guy?
But in the opening scene,
these two actors are right there.
And these actually weren't even really actors.
These are -- -That's right.
-These are -- they were on "Survivor" with Mike White.
-Yeah. Let's clap for them.
They killed it. [ Cheers and applause ]
So good. -Kara Kay and Angelina Keeley.
-Yes.
-Did you watch the "Survivor" season with Mike White on it?
-I did. I had to. -Me, too. I loved it.
-I had a couple of friends who said,
"If you only watch one episode of 'Survivor,'
it should be this one." -I agree.
-So, I watched it in Italy.
And then when Mike told me --
because we shot that scene sort of towards the end.
And when he told me that it was going to be these two women
that were doing the scene with me, I was like fan girling.
-And how are they as actors? -Fantastic.
Angelina might be the most committed.
-Okay. -She did cry a lot.
There was one part we were shooting the body being
sort of pulled from the water. -Yes.
-And she really went for it.
And Mike was like, "Angelina, you've got to stop crying."
[ Laughter ] -Really?
-Yeah. He was like, "It's not sad.
It's spooky. You don't know this person."
-[ Laughs ] -And she was like, "Okay, damn."
[ Laughter ]
But, no, they were amazing.
And I was actually so impressed
with how great they genuinely were in that scene.
-It all worked perfect, the casting,
all the way around were just knockout performances.
When, if you watch this season, you'll be like,
"Oh, yeah, everyone's great." But you were unbelievable.
Do you get asked about the last scene?
I don't want to spoil anything but --
-But let's spoil it.
-I'm not going to spoil it.
But does anything happen? Did anything happen?
-Yes. I think so.
-What?
-Yes. -What?!
-You want me to tell you what it was?
-What are you talking about?
Roots, play some music for a little bit.
-Just play some -- anything.
Just, yeah, what happened?
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You think so? -Yeah.
-Wow. Alright.
Good. Wow. -Thanks, guys.
-Wow. Yeah, that was it.
That was the spoiler. I just heard it.
[ Applause ]
No, she didn't tell me anything.
But do people come up and go,
"Hey, what did --" Why would people ask?
You shot something and didn't use it?
That was actually shot, right, what you did?
-Well, no, it wasn't,
which is what's so cool about Mike.
I feel like he's really interested in sort of like...
-The mystery. -...suggesting something
and then letting the audience kind of decide
how they feel about it.
Sort of open to interpretation.
So, even -- It was really funny
'cause I saw him on the night of the finale.
And I asked him, because people ask me all the time.
-Yeah. -I was like,
"What do you think happened?"
And I told him what I thought happened.
-Yeah. -He was like, "Ew,
I don't want to think about that."
-Wow. [ Laughter ]
I hate spoilers, and I don't know how long you have to wait
to talk about something, because it's like,
it's out and the ending is out, but some people don't know
and I don't want to ruin anything for anyone.
But it is fantastic.
Watch "The White Lotus," HBO Max, Meghann Fahy.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Meghann in "The White Lotus."
[ Cheers and applause ] -Cameron Hartford, why?
-Maybe something happened.
[ Waves crashing ]
[ Indistinct conversations in distance ]
-I don't think you have anything to worry about.
I mean, you never really know what goes on
in people's minds or what they do, right?
You spend every second with somebody,
and there's still this part that's a mystery.
-Yeah! That's how you do it.
[ Cheers and applause ] Meghann Fahy, everybody.
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