Aubrey Plaza says it means "everything" for her to be cast on 'The White Lotus'

The 38-year-old actress told Entertainment Tonight: "To be brought into that family... it's everything to me."

Aubrey hinted that the series - which is set in Sicily while the first took place in Hawaii with guests played by Sydney Sweeney, Alexandra Daddario and Molly Shannon - has a "totally different vibe" than the original, which aired in 2021.

She said: "I know it's a lot to live up to, but Mike is so good about making the second season different. It's still 'The White Lotus', but now it's in Italy, so it has a totally different vibe and so, I think people are going to be surprised."

The 'Ingrid Goes West' star called her co-star Jennifer Coolidge - who is reprising her role as heiress Tanya McQuoid along with her on-screen lover, Greg, played by Jon Gries - "iconic" and everything like she imagined.

Aubrey said: "She's exactly like what you want her to be. She's hilarious... I was in awe of just being around her. She's iconic."

Recently, the 60-year-old actress revealed that Michael "stole" a lot of her real "eccentric" personality and gave them to her character on the show.

Jennifer said: "There are a lot of things about Tanya McQuoid that are similar. Mike stole a lot of those things because he witnessed me on a trip to Africa and I know he collected a lot of my eccentric ways and put them into the show. I'm like, 'Oh my God, am I really that bad?' But as far as who am I most like? I don't know, but I would've liked to have been as confident as Stifler's mom [from 'American Pie'] in real life. I would like to have channelled her in my real life because I think I could have had a much more successful love life. She had it going on and she really didn't give a shit. What a great thing where you're not really worried about what people think."