BLACKPINK’s Lisa will star in season 3 of “The White Lotus”

According to report, Blackpink member Lisa has joined the cast of Season 3 of “White Lotus.”

She will appear in the third season of the popular HBO series as Larisa Manobar, her first name. Her role, like the rest of the cast in season 3, is being kept secret. Production on “The White Lotus” is scheduled to begin in February around Thailand’s Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok. The exact details of the plot are being kept secret, except for the fact that it involves a new group of guests at the White Lotus Resort property.

Already includes a wide ensemble cast: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tame Taptimtone, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostoff, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon. , Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas DuVernay, Arnas Fedaravicius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Amy Lou Wood, Sarah Katherine Hook, Sam Nivola.

Manobal’s role in White Lotus marks her acting debut. She is currently her second member of Blackpink to appear on the HBO series. She Jenny (also known as Jenny Ruby Jane) made her own acting debut in the drama ‘The Idol’ which premiered in June 2023.

Blackpink – made up of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa – is one of the most popular music groups in the world. In August 2016, the single album “Square One” was released by YG Entertainment. Their single “Boombayah” earned him the number one spot on the Billboard World Digital Songs Chart and set a record for the most viewed debut music video by a Korean artist. With “Ddu-Du Ddu Du,” they became the highest-ranked female K-pop group on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 55, and the first female K-pop group to rank on Billboard’s “Emerging Artists” list. We became a girl group. and reached the top of the charts. The group then collaborated with artists such as Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and Selena Gomez.

Ms. Manobar, who recently started her own management company called Lloud Co., has broken several personal records herself. After releasing her solo album “Lalisa” in 2021, she became the first artist to sell 736,999 copies in the first week in South Korea. Her two singles from her album, “Lalitha” and “Money” charted in the top 10 of the Billboard Global 200, the latter being the longest charting single by a K-Pop soloist on the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles.・It became a song. It became a chart. In 2023, she broke three Guinness World Records for the most Instagram followers for a K-pop artist and became the first solo K-pop winner at both the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Mike White created The White Lotus and serves as executive producer and director. David Barnado and Mark Kamin will also serve as executive producers. HBO is partnering with the Tourism Board of Thailand to help film and promote the third installment.

The White Lotus proved to be an instant hit on HBO when it debuted in 2021. The first season, set in Hawaii, received 20 Emmy nominations and won 10, including Best Limited Series or Best Anthology Series. The second installment, which premiered in December 2022 and is set in Sicily, was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, including Best Drama Series, and ultimately won five awards.