'White Lotus' creator Mike White takes aim at composer who left show amid alleged feud
"The White Lotus" creator Mike White did not hold back when he was asked about an alleged feud with composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, calling Tapia de Veer's decision to speak to the media days before the show's season finale "a b---- move."
"The White Lotus" creator Mike White did not hold back when he was asked about an alleged feud with composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, calling Tapia de Veer's decision to speak to the media days before the show's season finale "a b---- move."
White dialed into "The Howard Stern Show" on Tuesday and was asked about what happened with Tapia de Veer, who publicly announced in an interview with The New York Times that he would not be returning for a fourth season of the hit HBO series and hinted at strife between him and White stemming from its first season.
"I just don't think he respected me. He, like, wants people to know that he's edgy and dark and I'm, I don't know, like, I watch reality TV," White told Stern.
Tapia de Veer, who won three Emmys for his work on the show, told the Times in the interview published Wednesday that he had creative disagreements and fights with White, adding that White initially wanted music that lacked edge for the first season's theme.
"He had a temp score, a song that is more like something you would listen to in Ibiza, in some clubby place with a chill, sexy vibe," Tapia de Veer said. "And there’s literally no edge to it. It’s a good song; it’s nice music. There’s just absolutely no — whatever you find in the 'White Lotus' music, the relationships with the characters — there’s none of that. It’s just nice background music."
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