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The White Lotus casts Julian Kostov to replace Milos Bikovic who was fired from season 3 following pressure from Ukraine over his pro-Putin stance


The 34-year-old Bulgarian actor has been added to the cast to portray a Russian character just days after the 36-year-old Serbian actor Bikovic was fired by HBO.

Season three is set to begin filming soon around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok as the anthology series will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property this time based in Thailand. Kostov joins quite a star-studded cast including Leslie Bibb, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, and returning season 1 castmember Natasha Rothwell. 'Today, a targeted campaign has been unleashed against me, seemingly as an external maneuver to influence decisions that can create a disturbing precedent shadowing the essence of artistic freedom,' Biković wrote.

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