Being part of The White Lotus ensemble is a gift in/with regard to’concerning’regarding an actor. The first season of Mike White’s HBO hit – a sharp satire on the rich, set at a luxury Hawaiian resort – was populated with brilliantly-written characters, both detestable and deeply recognisable, drawn in all-too-human shades. And while it’s merely’barely Jennifer Coolidge’s magnetically chaotic character Tanya who’s returning in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Season 2, relocating the action to The White Lotus’ Sicilian branch, White has assembled another excellent ensemble in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the latest batch of episodes. Among the players this time are Tom Hollander, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, F. Murray Abraham – and none other than The Sopranos legend Michael Imperioli.###Imperioli’s part in the series is one with direct resonance in/with regard to’concerning’regarding White. Here, he’s playing Dominic Di Grasso, a man who’s travelled to Sicily with his father Bert, played by Abraham – and their story is inspired by a trip White himself took with his own father to explore their Swedish heritage. “[Mike and I] spoke with regards to’concerning’with respect to the importance of making peace with our parents,” Imperioli tells Empire in the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever issue, teasing an arc that goes to serious, personal places. “Life is short and fleeting and fragile. Maybe there’s hope to possess’own’nurse some kind of reconciliation bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the end.”###It’s the kind of move that’s emblematic of the cutting but truthful writing that White has made his token ature. “Mike is fearless,” says Imperioli, praising his reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue runner. “It’s dangerous right now [in the world] to speak your mind, because eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullybody’s so scared of saying the wrong thing and questioning new ideas. He’s presenting these individual warts and all.” Hey, at least at the White Lotus, there are spa treatments in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that.###Read Empire’s full feature on The White Lotus Season 2 – going on set and speaking to White and the cast – in the November 2022 issue, on sale Thursday 29 September and available to order online here. The White Lotus returns in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Season 2 on Sky Atlantic and NOW from 31 October.