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Sam’s mother, Emily Mortimer, talked about his controversial kiss scene with a criminal businessman’s girlfriend and his on-screen elder brother, Saxon. HBO’s The White Lotus season 3 ended earlier this month, giving viewers yet another emotional rollercoaster instalment. The recent season not only received rave reviews for its heartbreaking final episode but also for some shocking moments.
One of them is the episode where the show explores the theme of incest between the brothers of the Ratliff family. Weeks after the show’s conclusion, actor Sam Nivola’s mother, actress Emily Mortimer, reacted to her son’s role in The White Lotus season 3 . She revealed her honest and slightly amused reaction to his controversial kiss scene.
FYI, the 21-year-old actor played Lochlan, the youngest member of the wealthy yet troubled Ratliff family, dealing with addiction and financial ruin. The scene in question is the drug-fuelled intimate scene in Thailand between Sam’s character, a criminal businessman’s girlfriend and his on-screen elder brother Saxon, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger. Speaking to The Times, Emily, who is married to actor Alessandro Nivola, admitted that watching the show was “a bit bizarre.
" She said, “It’s so crazy, all of it. It wasn’t particularly crazier than having my boy go off to Thailand for so long. Of course, it was a bit bizarre, but being married to an actor, we’ve all had to watch each other do strange things.
" She continued, “And I had been warned — although Sam said that the worst bit was the first ten minutes, but they kept flashing back. So I’d relaxed, and then it wasn’t true at all." Seems like Sam’s career in acting is taking off, as before starring in The White Lotus, the 21-year-old also was seen on Netflix’s whodunnit murder mystery The Perfect Couple, sharing the screen space with none other than Nicole Kidman, and he was also seen in an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s White Noise.
In the same conversation, when The Newsroom actress was asked how her son was handling his growing fame, Emily explained, “He just sort of owns it, which isn’t thanks to either of us. I’m biased because I’m his mum, but he doesn’t need any guidance." Speaking of The White Lotus season 3, this time, the show took the viewers to picturesque Thailand.
The HBO series, which premiered in February, featured an ensemble cast of Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sam Rockwell, Scott Glenn, and Natasha Rothwell, among others. The show is available on JioHotstar for Indian viewers..
