United Kingdom, June 17 -- Jason Isaacs has revealed The White Lotus cast were paid $40,000 an episode.

The 62-year-old actor - who played Timothy Rafliff in all eight episodes of the HBO anthology show's third season - has confirmed that each cast member was paid the same amount, which is relatively low for a hit series of that stature.

Jason told Vulture magazine: "I didn't know that was public knowledge. That's absolutely true."

He insisted that Hollywood stars don't often like to discuss their paydays publicly because of the nature of their work.

He explained: "Generally actors don't talk about pay in public because it's ridiculously disproportionate to what we do - putting on makeup and funny voices - and just upsets the public....