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White Lotus actor Jon Gries on the gayness of Greg Hunt

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Jon Gries across different seasons of The White Lotus.

The White Lotus fans are still trying to understand the most cryptic character of this hit HBO series.

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Greg Hunt married Tanya McQuoid (Jennifer Coolidge) after season 1; seemed to have a gay lover, Quentin (Tom Hollander), in season 2; and had a cuckold fantasy with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) in season 3. But the question remains: Does Jon Gries's character on The White Lotus identify as gay, bi, queer, or straight?

When asked if Greg's "cuckold fantasy" in season 3 impacted Gries's understanding of the character, the actor told Variety: "I helped a lot. As they say, it's not so much what your character says, it's what other people say about your character that informs who that person is."

"I recognized that Greg has no interest in having friendships. Everything was on a contract basis," Gries continued. "It was easier to have control of those relationships, as opposed to being beholden out of love or loyalty, or any of those things. He's living a detached life."

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Variety's Ethan Shanfeld also asked Gries about the parallels between Chloe disclosing Greg's fetish and another character, Frank (Sam Rockwell), just flat-out revealing his sexual escapades with Asian sex workers.

"Mike White is so brilliant," Gries replied. "There's also the scene where Chloe comes back from the Full Moon Party and tries to lie to me [about sleeping with the brothers], which is so stupid because I have a crew that's running the boat. Obviously, they told me everything that was going on."

Gries added, "Greg crosses every 'T' and dots every 'I' in that regard. So, he decides to change gears and say, 'Have him over. I want him over.' At the same time, he's also saying, 'I need you to help me with something, because I've got Plan A, and if that doesn't work I've got Plan B.'"

HBO's The White Lotus season 3 is now streaming on Max.