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Parks and Recreation star signs up for White Lotus season 2

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Parks and Rec star signs up for White Lotus s2Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MTV

The White Lotus has just announced a big piece of casting for its second season: Aubrey Plaza.

The Parks and Recreation, Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Legion actress has been confirmed by Deadline to be a series regular for the sophomore run, which will be taking place in a White Lotus property in a different location to Hawaii from the original.

The publication states that she will be playing a character named Harper Spiller, a woman who is holidaying with her family and friends.

The only other cast member announced for season 2 is The Sopranos, Goodfellas and Shark Tale actor Michael Imperioli, although Jennifer Coolidge is heavily rumoured to be returning, having become the breakout part of season 1.

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Plaza has a fair few things coming up on her plate. including Operation Fortune: Ruse Du Gerre, which is Guy Ritchie's new film that also stars Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett and, of course, Jason Statham.

She is also starring in and executive producing Olga Dies Dreaming, an adaptation of the just-released book by Xochitl Gonzalez of the same name. There's also Emily the Criminal, which is set to premiere soon at the Sundance Film Festival.

In 2020, Plaza starred in Happiest Season, the first mainstream LGBTQ+ romantic comedy Christmas movie. Last year, Plaza talked about the strangeness of the backlash to the idea within Hollywood.

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"It was ridiculous," she said. "It was, 'Haha, arghhh, I don't know!' Literally someone said to me, 'Well, imagine the poster and how confusing it would be for people.' And I would be like, 'Are you out of your f**king mind?'

"Can you believe? It's wild. It is wild how completely ignorant this industry has been."

The White Lotus aired on Sky Atlantic and is available on NOW.

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