Alec Merlino
Appearances
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 7: The Mike White-iverse
I remember getting off the little, you know when we paddle on the raft and we all get off and we can finally talk to each other? People are kind of sizing each other up and... Mike never stood out, not in a bad way. No one stood out. And then it was a week in, someone mentioned, do you know who that is? And I said, no. And they're like, have you ever seen School of Rock?
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 7: The Mike White-iverse
And I'm like, oh, Ned Schneebly. And then that was that. You know, I didn't know like how much he had written. I didn't really know to what extent who he was until I got to the White Lotus. And then I'm like, oh dang, like this guy's a big deal. He's in charge. Everyone goes to Mike. I'm like, dang, he's like the king.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 7: The Mike White-iverse
I remember one time he laughed. He goes, the more I wash the White Lotus, the more I realize it's exactly like Survivor. Like if you think about classic Survivor, it's like always in between parts, they cut to the B-roll of like the shark and then like in the White Lotus, they cut to B-roll of just like this like ominous like ocean. You're like, oh, what are they setting up?
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 7: The Mike White-iverse
And then like Angelina said, like, is there a winner? But like in the White Lotus, there's always someone Someone who dies. He's a loser.