As if that weren’t enough of a red flag, his brusque, unsmiling delivery of an early line-“No offense? Leave me the fuck alone”-should let you know that White’s show will make you rethink your favorite onscreen good guy. He’s wearing bright pink frat bro shorts, but not his trademark Lacy grin. But almost immediately in The White Lotus, it’s apparent that this Lacy character is different. He’s so famous for playing nice guys that Vulture made a list about it. It’s Jake Lacy, who’s got a long history of playing the sweet, stable love interest opposite complicated, messy female protagonists in The Office, Obvious Child, Girls, High Fidelity, and more. There’s a familiar face in Mike White’s buzzy new HBO dramedy The White Lotus that may lull audiences into a false sense of security.
