The White Lotus Star Walton Goggins Had A Near Death Experience On The Set Of The HBO Show

The White Lotus star Walton Goggins was bitten by a snake on the set of the HBO show while shooting a scene for the 3rd episode of Season 3. The shoot took a dark turn, when Rick Hatchett, played by Goggins, was supposed to release a bunch of caged, venomous snakes, but instead of going as per the script, where his girlfriend Chelsea would be bitten by one, one of the snakes decided to bite him.

On his recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he went into the details about the incident, stating beforehand, that he has a real phobia of snakes.

Walton Goggins in The White Lotus on HBO

The White Lotus, set in Thailand, is an American black comedy drama anthology series, that dives into the lives of the rich guests and the staff at a luxury hotel, as their lives start to unravel during their time spent there.

Walton Goggins portrays the role of the mysterious and miserable Rick Hatchett, who has arrived in Thailand with his much younger girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood).

Walton Goggins on Jimmy Kimmel Live

On his latest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The White Lotus star talked about his near death experience on the set of the HBO show.

Goggins said, before the shoot began, the snake handler walked him around the cages, telling him about which snakes were venomous and non-venomous.

"All I'm thinking about is the very first cage where the snake will kill you — 'don't open that' — and then the rest of it just goes out of my mind. And then they yelled action, and it's like, 'Okay, don't open the first one because it'll kill you.' The next one, 'Was it green or was it brown? Which one has a big, big bite?'"

Goggins said he panicked, and when he attempted to pull out a green snake, it didn't like being pulled at.

"As I was pulling the snake out, he didn't wanna come, right?And so he turns around and he bit me."

Goggins regrets not handling it well and was ashamed that his cool persona took a hit. Upon being prompted by Kimmel, he said,

"I wish I could've been cool — like I fancy myself a pretty cool guy. Like, 'Hey, yeah, I got a snakebite'. This was my reaction: I swear to God, it was like, 'Oh my God, I've been bit by a snake! Oh my God!'"

The show's team rushed at him and put Neosporin, after which they went through with the rest of the nine-hour shoot that day. But what scared him, came the next day with a call from the show's producer.

"I finally got it out of my system — it's like, 'You're okay.' I get a phone call from the producer saying, 'Hey, you know what? We've been thinking about it and we're thinking maybe you should go to the hospital,'" Goggins recalled. "I said, 'For what? You said the snake was nonvenomous, right? Am I dying a slow death? Is there something you know I don't know?'"

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