Does Olivia in The White Lotus really read books? Sydney Sweeney reveals

The two activities that take up most of the days of college duo Olivia and Paula in HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ are snarky remarks, and a lot of reading.  

Hollywood actor Sydney Sweeney, who plays Olivia on the show, recently revealed that her snooty character is putting on an act when it comes to skimming through the pages.

Speaking at the ATX TV Festival on Saturday, Sweeney said, “Oh, she (Olivia) was not actually reading any of these books.”

The 24-year-old also shared how she was excited to finally read books during filming, only to later find out that they were all props. 

“They were blank!” she told moderator Danielle Turchiano.

Talking about the experience of starring in a show that contains humorous elements, Sweeney said, “Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett are two of the funniest people I’ve ever met and I hope to work with them again.”

Appreciating Olivia’s character development towards the end of the show, Sweeney said that she “felt that was a good closing for me, she has a little bit in there, there might be hope for her. I hope she and Paula can continue to be friends.”

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 The ‘Euphoria‘ star also shed light on her “love-hate” relationship with the internet, and how it has made her miss out on several opportunities. 

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“I have a love/hate relationship with social media. I did not grow up with it. I don’t think I had an Instagram until I was 16. I grew up in a beautiful area of the northwest on a lake, so when I came to L.A., people’s values were so vastly different from where I grew up, and having to learn how important social media is, especially in this industry, it’s been a learning curve,” she said, adding that she “used to lose out on projects because I didn’t have as many followers as somebody else. This is when I just started.”