She has won an Olivier, appeared in Game of Thrones, and will shortly star in the climate-consequences drama Extrapolations. The actor ponders ageing, sexism – and the benefits of being an ‘old hippy’
Indira Varma has her pitch for a role in a future White Lotus season ready. The Indian-Swiss actor suggests Goa as a possible location, gesturing – eyebrow raised – at her complexion and quipping: “If you’re looking to cast me and you’re limited with your imagination?” It certainly doesn’t require too great a leap to envisage her haughtily sweeping through a luxury resort and devastating some hospitality underlings.
As much as Varma is raving about Mike White’s award-winning satire, she is also amazed by Jennifer Coolidge’s Golden Globes acceptance speech for it, where Coolidge reflected on how The White Lotus had given her an unlikely career rebound: “She said it all – that whole thing about tinkering along for 20 years. We’re just grafting and then this [great] stuff happens.”
