Lisa plays a character named Mook, a hotel service staff member who gets assigned to a couple who you just know have deep-seated issues. But Mook might just have her own romance herself—with a hotel guard named Gaitok played by Tayme Thapthimthong.

For Lisa, a global superstar and one quarter of K-Pop girl group Blackpink, and Tayme Thapthimthong, a British-born Thai actor, joining the cast was a no-brainer. Lisa, whose full name is Lalisa Manoban,

Relaxing with other The White Lotus cast members in the upper rafters of Phuket’s Bangla Muay Thai Stadium, the 35-year-old former nightclub bouncer, soldier, and talent show contestant can hardly believe his luck.