- Murray Barlett loves his “level of notoriety”
- The actor played hotel manager Armand in The White Lotus season one
- He is now starring in Opus with Ayo Edebiri
The White Lotus star Murray Bartlett finds the amount of fame he has is much easier to “enjoy” than a Hollywood mega-stars.
The actor played the hotel manager Armand in the first season of the smash-hit HBO series and has gone on to star in other projects such as The Last of Us. Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney, Connie Britton and Jake Lacey were among his co-stars on the series satirising rich holidaymakers.
Miss Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus literally every single day. https://t.co/l4QrwwL78i
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He has since opened up about the level of fame he has earned since his critically lauded show, observing that he can go about his business in Cape Cod without being “mobbed”.
“But I’m not Brad Pitt, He told the online newspaper The Independent. “I have a manageable level of notoriety. If I go into cities, I might get a few people saying they like my work. I’m never mobbed. But if you’re sort of on the edge of celebrity, like I probably am, I find it useful to be able to step into it, enjoy it, and then step away.”
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What happened to Murray Barlett’s character Armand on the first season of The White Lotus?
*Warning spoilers for The White Lotus follow below*
Bartlett was ruled out as coming back for any more chaos at the luxury resort chain. Unfortunately, it wasn’t due to a busy schedule but rather because his character was revealed to be in the body bag in its opening scene.
As the first season went on, the previously sober Armand spiralled after finding a stash of drugs. Following his last hurrah, his petty back-and-forth face with Lacey’s entitled rich boy Shane met a fatal end. He died after Shane mistakes him for an intruder into his newly acquired Pineapple Suite and stabs him, killing him.
However, it will be remembered in television history alone for Armand’s decision to defecate in Shane’s suitcase as one act of revenge.
Of the scene, Barlett told The Guardian in 2021, “I was a little horrified when I first saw it. Watching yourself explicitly taking a s*** on TV is fairly confrontational. But I soon got over it, because it’s such an epic moment.”
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