Survivor alum and The White Lotus creator Mike White can’t resist drawing parallels between his reality breakout and his hit HBO show.
White, 53, was a contestant on Survivor: David vs. Goliath in 2018, where he was runner-up to Nick Wilson in a controversial finish. The White Lotus premiered three years later and was an instant success.
Though White was a writer and director long before his Survivor days, he drew from his time on the island when creating The White Lotus.
“Survivor is not that dissimilar to [The White Lotus], which is a lot of times just people kind of kvetching about who’s te...
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