"It's immediately clear what you're dealing with," says Michelle Monaghan, as The Hollywood Reporter explains the darker premiere mystery — and one other surprise from creator Mike White.

EP Dave Bernad and the cast of the HBO anthology series take TheWrap behind the scenes of Mike White's Thailand excursion The post Inside ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Bigger Cast, More Emotion and Roaring Elephants appeared first on TheWrap.

The main filming location for Season 3 is the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, with secondary locations including Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas, Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort and Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort. The series also filmed in the cities of Phuket and Bangkok, per the Tourism Authority of Thailand.