Interview: Jake Lacy on audience perception of Shane and very memorable scenes of ‘The White Lotus’ [VIDEO]

Jake Lacy, who is now a first-time Emmy nominee, had the chance to tackle a meaty role in Shane Patton, a newly married man who thinks that he deserves everything and everyone owes him something. In the very well-received first season of HBO’s anthology series The White Lotus, Lacy got to share the screen with tremendous talent, including Alexandra Daddario as Rachel, his new bride, Molly Shannon as his mother, Jennifer Coolidge as his unfortunate boatmate, and Murray Bartlett as a miserable resort manager who becomes the subject of Shane’s wrath when his room isn’t exactly what he expected.

We got to speak with Lacy about how fans have responded to Shane and one of those scenes that everyone asks him about, particularly the contents of his suitcase in the season finale. We also talked about some of Lacy’s formative work and reminisced about other projects like High Fidelity and Space that either aren’t coming back for a second season or aren’t coming out at all. 

Jake Lacy is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for The White Lotus (episode “New Day”), which is available to stream on HBO Max.

Photo: Mario Perez/HBO

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Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up late enough to watch them. He has attended numerous film festivals including Sundance and SXSW, and was on a series of road trips across the United States with his wife, Arielle, which he hopes to resume when travel is safe again. You can also find him at YouTube at @movieswithabe and Instagram at @movieswithabe.

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