Few shows or films have captured the whole world’s attention this year quite like the most recent season of The White Lotus managed to.

However, cast member Sam Nivola has admitted that being part of the public conversation to that extent wasn’t always the easiest thing.

And when Sam’s character found himself in a number of sexual situations with his own brother , the actor admitted to Variety that the scrutiny became quite difficult to deal with.

“It was at times painful,” he said of the public discourse surrounding the Ratliff family, and his character, Lochlan, in particular. “It’s hard when people view your character as a monster or pervert or freak.”

Sam continued: “It was hard feeling like people had lost sympathy for this guy that I lived inside. I got a little defensive

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