Aubrey Plaza received praise from critics and was nominated for an Emmy for her role as Harper in “The White Lotus” Season 2, however, it’s unlikely that she saw every episode. She acknowledged that she hasn’t watched her season of Mike White’s adored HBO anthology series because she can’t get into her Max account in a video interview for The Wall Street Journal Magazine.
“I still haven’t, but I’m going to,” Plaza said. “To be honest, I had trouble opening my HBO Max account when I was trying to watch it originally. I couldn’t figure out the password and I usually just give up when I can’t figure out the passwords. I just can’t handle things like that.”“I’d love a DVD, but they don’t send DVD sets anymore,” Plaza continued. “I ask them every time.”
Plaza has long expressed her displeasure with streaming services in public. When she is made to use any of them, she becomes “really angry,” she revealed to Vanity Fair last year. “I was trying to watch ‘Top Chef’ Season 20. Couldn’t figure out how to fucking get Hulu + Live. I give up! I can’t. I just can’t,” Plaza said then. “And so what I like to do is go on iTunes and buy movies that are old. Or I’ll go on iTunes and just, like, buy the whole ‘Sopranos’ series, and then my husband will be like, ‘You literally can watch that for free on HBO Max.’”
In 2022, Plaza confirmed to Variety that she had watched the first season of “The White Lotus,” and that her admiration for Mike White had persuaded her to accept a part that he had written specifically for her in the second season. “I was a fan of Season 1, but more importantly, I was a big Mike White fan,” Plaza said. “So I’m very excited to work with him. I’m very honored to be on this television series, and I hope I don’t let everybody down. It seems like everyone watched this show.”