Arnold Schwarzenegger is proud of his son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, following his performance in The White Lotus.
The father-son duo, were featured in Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” issue, talked about acting and more, including Patrick Schwarzenegger’s most recent role in season 3 of The White Lotus.
“Everyone is coming up to me in the gym and saying, ‘Your son is fantastic,'” Arnold Schwarzenegger said. “Someone else comes up to me and says, ‘I hated your son in the series.'”
The Terminator actor continued, saying, “Hated him? What kind of compliment is that? They said, ‘He was fantastic, but the character he played was so believable.'”
Patrick Schwarzenegger replied and said, following The White Lotus, his biggest learning experience was “how much people associate you with your character.”
“The first weeks, people came up to me and told me how much they hated me,” he said. “By the end of it, they came up to me saying how much they felt bad for me. It was a roller coaster.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger went on to tell his son that he was “blown away” by his performance in the hit HBO Max show.
“Your acting surprised the hell out of me,” he told his son. “I didn’t recognize you.”
The duo drew a parallel between their acting journeys and realized they both had done nude scenes. Arnold Schwarzenegger recalled doing the opening scene in The Terminator naked, and his son mentioned a scene from The White Lotus too.
“It was a shock to me that you were following my footsteps so closely,” Arnold Schwarzenegger joked.
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