The White Lotus season four is a year away, but sleuthing fans are convinced they’ve detected a link between a new character and old. Earlier this week, Helena Bonham Carter suddenly dropped out of the HBO show, despite the fact she had already started filming, due to the fact her character “did not align once on set” . HBO confirmed the role would be swiftly rewritten, with Oscar-winning Marriage Story star Laura Dern drafted in to replace Carter . Intriguingly, this isn’t the first time Dern will have cropped up in the show. Laura Dern is checking in to ‘The White Lotus’ (Getty Images) In season two, which aired in 2022 and was set in Sicily, Dern provided a voice cameo as Abby, the estranged wife of unfaithful Dominic Di Grasso, the Hollywood producer played by Michael Imperioli. Abby was mentioned numerous times throughout the season by her son Albie (Adam DiMarco) and father-in-law Bert (F Murray Abraham).…