White Lotus star Walton Goggins reveals eye-catching bulge in skintight yellow speedo for Cultured photoshoot
WHITE Lotus star Walton Goggins revealed an eye-catching bulge while sporting a skintight speedo for a photoshoot.
Walton, 53, played vengeful Rick Hatchett in the HBO anthology's third outing.
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The star sporting a skintight yellow speedo will surely catch fans' attention.
Viewers watched Rick and Aimee Lou Wood's character Chelsea's dynamic unfold across the season.
Following the dramatic finale, Walton sat down with Cultured for a photoshoot and interview.
He addressed having been asked what the "secret" to his enduring success is.
Walton shared: "It was interesting to sit with that and try to answer honestly—I said, 'If I'm being real, it's fear.' Truly. A heavy dose of anxiety."
The star added: "Of letting people down, being unprepared, dishonoring the people who made it possible for me to play pretend in front of a camera.
"So, I try to work harder than anyone in the room."
Continuing, Walton also opened up about how his process differed from colleagues on The White Lotus.
He revealed: "I'll say this. Someone I worked with on The White Lotus didn't fully understand my process.
"My character—Rick Hatchett—he's isolated. So during filming, I was isolated.
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"I liked mirroring that, but it was emotionally difficult."
It comes as fans recently speculated Walton and co-star Aimee, 31, are feuding.
The actors had spoken of their extremely close bond while filming White Lotus in Thailand.
SPOILERS for White Lotus Season 3 finale below
Rick and Chelsea's storyline ending saw them both killed in a Greek tragedy-style shoot-out at the luxury resort.
Taking to Instagram, Walton posted a gushing, romantic tribute to the ill-fated pair - which was not liked by Aimee.
Reddit, TikTok, and X were flooded with speculation over why the pair are not following each other on the social media site.
One fan posted online: "They used to idolize each other and talk about each other in such positive light in interviews and such, it's so weird that all of a sudden there's this switch up?"
Another shared: "They unfollowed each other on insta a couple weeks ago, walton posts white lotus stuff and tags everyone in the photos except aimee lou wood, posts a whole tribute to white lotus and still doesn't tag her, posts tons of pictures of her on his story in a commemorative tribute to the show. what happened?"
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