Did they or didn’t they? The White Lotus viewers were left with many questions about what happened in the season 2 finale — and the cast has offered their own thoughts on the possible offscreen hookups.
During the final episode, which aired on Sunday, December 11, Ethan (Will Sharpe) revealed his concerns about what happened between his wife, Harper (Aubrey Plaza), and his college roommate, Cameron (Theo James). In response, Cameron’s wife (Meghann Fahy) attempted to ease Ethan’s anxiety before inviting him to join her on a secluded island attached to their resort.
According to Sharpe, 36, Ethan and Daphne hooking up offscreen definitely felt like a possibility while he was filming the scene.
“That is open to interpretation. But I feel like whatever happened, in a literal sense, that moment between them is definitely a moment of connection. It’s a moment of intimacy,” the actor told Variety on Monday, December 12. “I think there’s something about Daphne’s sense of self, and the accommodation she has found with who she is, and how she’s living. Something about that, I think, affects Ethan.”
Sharpe also praised his scene partner for the way she approached the filming process, adding, “Often, Meghann and I were in scenes together, but that was one of very few actual interactions we had. I really felt like Meghann did such an amazing job in that scene. It was such a pleasure to be a part of that.”
Creator Mike White previously weighed in on what he thought happened between Ethan and Daphne.
“Did Ethan and Daphne have some kind of a dalliance on the island or whatever happened? That allows [Ethan] to let go of the jealousy that has been brewing with him,” the screenwriter, 57, said in HBO Max’s Unpacking S2 E7 featurette on Sunday. “It kind of brings back that first kind of sexual charge that happens in the beginning of relationships and sometimes fades away over time.”
White pointed out that the ambiguity allowed Ethan and Harper to get to a better place, adding, “By the end you’re like, ‘Well, maybe what Ethan and Harper needed [was] just a small dash of what Cameron and Daphne have.’ It feels like Cameron, to me, is one of those guys that’s not really going to change. Some of the unspoken things between them, you wonder if that’s going to ultimately catch up with them. It is somewhat of a happy ending although there’s dark clouds on the horizon too.”
Scroll down for everything the White Lotus cast has said about the foursome’s potential hookups:
Did they or didn’t they? The White Lotus viewers were left with many questions about what happened in the season 2 finale — and the cast has offered their own thoughts on the possible offscreen hookups.
During the final episode, which aired on Sunday, December 11, Ethan (Will Sharpe) revealed his concerns about what happened between his wife, Harper (Aubrey Plaza), and his college roommate, Cameron (Theo James). In response, Cameron’s wife (Meghann Fahy) attempted to ease Ethan’s anxiety before inviting him to join her on a secluded island attached to their resort.
According to Sharpe, 36, Ethan and Daphne hooking up offscreen definitely felt like a possibility while he was filming the scene.
“That is open to interpretation. But I feel like whatever happened, in a literal sense, that moment between them is definitely a moment of connection. It’s a moment of intimacy,” the actor told Variety on Monday, December 12. “I think there’s something about Daphne’s sense of self, and the accommodation she has found with who she is, and how she’s living. Something about that, I think, affects Ethan.”
Sharpe also praised his scene partner for the way she approached the filming process, adding, “Often, Meghann and I were in scenes together, but that was one of very few actual interactions we had. I really felt like Meghann did such an amazing job in that scene. It was such a pleasure to be a part of that.”
Creator Mike White previously weighed in on what he thought happened between Ethan and Daphne.
“Did Ethan and Daphne have some kind of a dalliance on the island or whatever happened? That allows [Ethan] to let go of the jealousy that has been brewing with him,” the screenwriter, 57, said in HBO Max’s Unpacking S2 E7 featurette on Sunday. “It kind of brings back that first kind of sexual charge that happens in the beginning of relationships and sometimes fades away over time.”
White pointed out that the ambiguity allowed Ethan and Harper to get to a better place, adding, “By the end you’re like, ‘Well, maybe what Ethan and Harper needed [was] just a small dash of what Cameron and Daphne have.’ It feels like Cameron, to me, is one of those guys that’s not really going to change. Some of the unspoken things between them, you wonder if that’s going to ultimately catch up with them. It is somewhat of a happy ending although there’s dark clouds on the horizon too.”
Scroll down for everything the White Lotus cast has said about the foursome’s potential hookups:
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Will Sharpe
During an interview with Variety, Sharpe joked about Cameron and Harper’s easygoing attitude after they interfered with Ethan and Harper’s marriage.
“I do find that so funny that after the day that they’ve had, they just come over and sit down with Ethan and Harper,” he added about the awkward dinner scene between the foursome. “I feel like that’s part of Ethan and Harper feeling united in that moment of kind of, ‘Are you f—king kidding me? Just go and sit over there! Like, what are you doing?’ It’s funny to sort of try and work out how sincere that is, from Daphne. Does she mean it, or is it just a performance?”
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Aubrey Plaza
In season 2, Harper claimed Cameron only kissed her when they went to her hotel room. Meanwhile, Plaza, 38, had some other ideas about what went down.
“Just a kiss? I think I grabbed a little more than that,” she said during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday. “What happened is — we did some stuff. And I hated every minute of it. It was disgusting. And there was no penetration! I don’t know.”
The actress noted that she wouldn’t rule out a split between Ethan and Harper in the future. “I was really gunning for doing some takes where maybe we weren’t so happy,” she shared. “Maybe they’ll be OK. But I have a kind of fantasy that Harper divorces him and takes all his money.”
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Meghann Fahy
For the Bold Type alum, 32, the moment Daphne finds out about Cameron’s infidelity felt like a game changer for her character.
“I think that the whole story line there is meant to challenge the parameters of what we would call a functioning relationship are. And I think that with, with Daphne and Cameron, Daphne is trying to teach not just Harper but also Ethan that they have other options. Because that’s how she lives, you know?” she told Vanity Fair in December. “She’s kind of like, ‘It doesn’t have to be like this. You could get a trainer.’ Or like, ‘You could take a walk with me to this island.’”
Fahy continued: “And, like, who knows what they did there. I don’t think that she does that to get back at Cameron or anything. I genuinely think in her strange way that’s like an empathetic thing that she’s doing, the way that she’s trying to take care of these people.”
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Theo James
After the finale, James, 37, opened up about his interpretation of Harper and Cameron’s offscreen scene.
“I always read it as Harper says, pretty much. I think she feels oddly attracted to this monster that is Cameron, but she’s also trying to use the incident to wake Ethan from his existential and sexual reverie,” he told Vulture. “In terms of what specifically happened, though, it was probably more than she let on by half. Maybe not the most extreme version of that scenario, but there was something else.”
