India, April 7 -- The season finale of The White Lotus is all anyone can talk about this week, which is why we're taking a look at when the show's creator, Mike White, spoke about casting global popstar from the famed K-pop group BLACKPINK, La Lisa. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, White confessed that he did not initially know who La Lisa Manodbal was. The admission came as a surprise, given Lisa's immense popularity worldwide, especially in the K-pop community but it turns out that when Lisa first auditioned for a role in The White Lotus, White had very little knowledge of the star.

Lisa who played a side character Mook in the show, shared her experience of how she landed the role: "I've been performing [in BLACKPINK] for a...