John Grice
Appearances
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
I don't understand. What do you mean, activism?
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
We would rehearse. We'd meet in a room and we'd rehearse. And it was one of those things. It's so bittersweet because I'm thinking, oh, my God, like this is really going to happen. And and at the same time, she's like going, you're being so cold to me. And the scene, like, this is how we're talking to each other. I'm like, I'm sorry, but that's the way it's written, you know?
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
And so, but she's like, but I know she goes, I kind of like it. I like that. I like it when you're like really kind of just standoffish. It really makes me angry. I like that, you know, so like we're actually... Talking about reaching for the darker side of it, you know, rather than lament about what's, you know, now over.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
I think that it was the subject that we just didn't talk about. I get that impression from so many of the people that we've spoken to. It's too hard to just kind of, you know, la-di-da, you know, we're just going to ba-ba-ba, you know. No, it was too hard to talk about. I mean, if ever it came up when we would be out to dinner or hanging out or rehearsing, I would say, it can't be the end.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
Just sorry, but it's like, it can't be over. Maybe season three opens up and you just see a trail of water walking to the room. That's how my mind was working. Do you remember the final, or what happened after the final cut? Yeah, I mean, Mike White walked into the room, and he was like, guys, you know, threw up his hands, and Jennifer was like, yeah, wow, okay, all right.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
Like, you know, just like, wow, this moment has arrived. And I was almost in tears. I mean, I just was keeping myself together, you know, keeping my shit together. I just didn't want to let it go. Death doesn't have to spoil everything, right? Enjoy your life until they drop the curtain.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
Black Lives Matter? I'm not involved in that.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
No. Yeah, you said BLM. Yeah, that's the Bureau of Land Management. I have like 300 rangers across 10 states that report to me.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
Tanya is oblivious to what's happening around her. She's incapable of reading the room. Whereas Coolidge, on the other hand, is probably a genius when it comes to that.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
Oh, okay. Well, let's get talking.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
I think, I do think he did. I think because I found myself just enamored with Jennifer in and of itself. And I think that just augmented whatever I was feeling. And when I was reading it and I was very abstract with it, I thought, ah, you know, maybe he's just wants to get some nookie and just like vacation fun or whatever.
The White Lotus Official Podcast
Episode 5: Tanya with Jennifer Coolidge
But I thought that, I mean, I think one of the corners that I sensed Greg turning, for better or for worse in his life, because he was dealing with his mortality, was his empathy. And I felt like he felt bad for her. He felt, at times, he really felt her pain, but just tried to kind of keep everything light with her.