Aubrey Plaza says Mike White tapped into "something unconsciously" about her for The White Lotus
The Parks And Recreation actor is part of the HBO series' new cast

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After breaking out with Parks And Recreation, Aubrey Plaza has maintained a thriving career in both comedy and indie dramas. With her new role on The White Lotus, the Black Bear actor is making her mark on prestige television. Playing a lawyer dedicated to fighting for workers’ rights, Plaza gets to show audiences used to her dry, edgy persona a whole new side of herself.
“Mike White really wrote that part for me, it wasn’t a part that was written and then I went and auditioned for it and said, ‘That’s the part I want,’” Plaza says in a new interview with Backstage. “He wrote it for me, so there’s a lot of me in that part.”