76 m. ago White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood admits filming the show in Thailand was 'quite extreme' and compares it to a 'social experiment' after seven months living and shooting in a hotel

White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has described filming the series in Thailand as 'quite extreme', comparing the experience to a 'social experiment'.

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4 h. ago ‘I don’t know whether I’d describe it as fun’: Aimee Lou Wood on the intensity of making The White Lotus

She is the Sex Education star now stealing the show in Mike White’s hit series and about to appear in a gritty new Netflix drama. It’s all she ever wanted – but somehow, this ‘sad and shy’ actor finds folding the washing more rewarding than fameAimee Lou Wood has a peculiar habit of losing herself. She is known among her fellow cast members for capsizing so completely into a role that they can’t tell who they’re talking to: Wood or her character. (This probably wasn’t helped by the fact that her standout debut role in Sex Education was also called Aimee.) Suranne Jones, who plays alongside her in forthcoming dramedy Film Club, even bought her a bag with a big A on it: “And she said to me,” Wood says, “‘You can put things in there, and that’s Aimee’s bag, so you don’t lose who you are.’ My imagination and my reality can get scarily blurred.”Wood has been searching for more clarity recently. “I’ve noticed more and more that I’m thinking: what do I actually want? Wh...

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6 h. ago The White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood, Marina Hyde on Daddy Musk, and are we over

With the mothers of Elon’s kids begging for his attention on social media, he makes much of ‘pronatalism’ – but is that just a fancy word for bad parenting? ‘I don’t know whether I’d describe it as fun,’ says Aimee Lou Wood on the intensity of making The White Lotus. And are ordinary life experiences, bodily imperfections and normal differences being unnecessarily pathologised? Neurologist and author Suzanne O’Sullivan argues just that Continue reading...

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2 d. ago True story behind Netflix's Toxic Town as Jodie Whittaker leads waste scandal drama

Toxic Town, starring Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie and Robert Carlyle, tells the story of a group of women who take on their local council

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2 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood's bohemian copper is the perfect hair colour for spring

Aimee's hair colourist Amy Fish explains how she achieved the look.

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2 d. ago Stark true story behind Netflix's Toxic Town as mothers fight for justice in landmark scandal

New Netflix drama Toxic Town, set to be released on February 27, stars Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie and Robert Carlyle among its cast and is based on a harrowing true story

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9 d. ago White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood spotted filming second series of BBC comedy in Stockport

The BBC comedy show has been filming its second instalment in locations across Stockport

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1 week ago The White Lotus' Aimee Lou Wood's toilet phonecall that won her huge role and where you've seen her before

Aimee Lou Wood is playing the role of Chelsea, the much younger girlfriend of Rick, played by American actor Walton Goggins

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1 week ago The White Lotus season 3 cast: From Jason Isaacs to Aimee Lou Wood, who plays who?

The upcoming series – set in Thailand – is set to arrive on February 17

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1 week ago How Aimee Lou Wood overcame a traumatic childhood, bulimia and 'many mental illnesses' to land The White Lotus role as she's tipped as Hollywood's new golden girl

She's set to become a global name with her starring role in The White Lotus. Yet Aimee, 30, has already built up a solid fanbase over the years.

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