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After being announced as part of the cast for the upcoming fourth season of The White Lotus, Helena Bonham Carter has departed the project, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

“With filming just underway on season four of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement shared with THR. “The role has subsequently been rethought, is being rewritten and will be recast in the coming weeks. HBO, the producers and Mike White are saddened that they won’t get to work with her, but remain ardent fans and very much hope to work with the legendary actress on another project soon.”

Production on season four of the Mike White-created series recently kicked off in France and will notably be set during the Cannes Film Festival. The two-time Oscar nominee was an early announced addition to the show’s cast, joining the show’s slate with an extensive résumé of prior projects.

Carter’s Academy Award nods hail from her performances in The King’s Speech and The Wings of the Dove. Her additional film credits include Fight Club (1999), the Harry Potter franchise, Novocaine (2001), Planet of the Apes (2001), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005) and Enola Holmes (2020). She also appeared in Netflix’s The Crown as Princess Margaret. 

The White Lotus season four cast is still quite robust, with a slew of names already being announced, including Alexander Ludwig, AJ Michalka, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Marissa Long, Chris Messina, Sandra Bernhard, Ari Graynor, Dylan Ennis, Vincent Cassel, Corentin Fila, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Chloe Bennet, Max Greenfield, Charlie Hall, Kumail Nanjiani, Jarrad Paul, Heather Graham, Frida Gustavsson, Rosie Perez, Tobias Santelmann, Ben Schnetzer and Laura Smet.