Alexandra Daddario Teases What Her White Lotus Character Might Do If She Returns (Exclusive)

What would life be like for Rachel Patton if she checked in on The white lotus again?

Alexandra Daddariowho played the character in Season 1 of HBO’s Emmy-winning black comedy-drama, has some thoughts.

While talking to PEOPLE about her new LGBTQ+ film I wish you all the best, Daddario, 39, says she believes Rachel, a young freelance writer, is likely to have remained married to her rich and entitled husband Shane (Jake Lacy).

“In my mind, she stayed with him. And what does it look like four years down the road? And did they have kids? There’s a lot of directions that could go,” Daddario continues.

“I think of her as a character, and it saddens me to think that she’s still out there in the creative ether with him,” she says.

Ultimately, though, she would defer to the creator Mike White: “I’d be very curious to see what he thinks she’s up to.”

Season 1, set in the titular fictional resort of Maui, Hawaii, featured Rachel and Shane on a tense honeymoon when the new Mrs. Patton questioned whether she really wanted to stay married to him. At the end of the six-episode season, she decided to stay with Shane, who had killed hotel manager Armond (Murray Bartlett) after he snuck into their room.

As for an ideal vacation spot for Rachel to return to? “There are a lot of places in the world I want to go that I haven’t been, but I’d be more interested in what this story was,” says Daddario, who notes, “Portugal is very much in right now.”

A handful of characters from Season 1, including Emmy winners Jennifer Coolidges eccentric Tanya McQuoid, Natasha Rothwells spa employee Belinda Lindsey, and Jon Griess mysterious Greg Hunt, has returned for subsequent installments.

But Daddario admits she hasn’t had time to check out the latest season — set in Thailand and starring Parker Posey, Michelle Monaghan, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Jason Isaacs – which aired earlier this year.

“I haven’t turned on the TV since my baby was born,” says Daddario, who welcomed a child with her husband, producer Andrew Form, in 2024.

“I swear to God, no, it’s terrible, because I have friends who have produced projects and I haven’t seen a damn thing. It’s terrible,” continues Daddario, whose appearance in The white lotus earned her an Emmy nomination. “He comes and walks up, and I don’t want him to sit and watch White Lotus.”

In her new movie I wish you all the bestDaddario plays a North Carolina woman who takes in her non-binary sibling (Corey Fogelmanis) after they are kicked out of the house by their disapproving parents. Daddario calls the film an “important story”.