Leo Woodall was worried. He was starting to doubt his ability to play a particularly tricky role: Jack, a stealth gigolo posing as an older gay expat’s nephew in the second season of HBO’s latest watercooler hit. Then he remembered his acting teacher’s mantra: “Take the safety belt off,” Woodall says, mimicking the strap’s removal. “You’re on White Lotus. You’ve got this part where you can get away with doing anything, so just go to set and fuck it up. I decided to be…

