Patrick Schwarzenegger needed to alter title to keep away from nepotism jibes, Arnold is glad he stored it: ‘Now I can take credit score’
The White Lotus’ breakout star Patrick Schwarzenegger has mentioned he mulled altering his title to keep away from the luggage of his celebrity dad, Arnold.
Patrick Schwarzenegger is the son of motion celebrity Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Patrick Schwarenegger needed to alter his title
Patrick and Arnold sat down for Variety’s Actors on Actors 2025 version to debate their careers, performing, and extra. When Arnold requested Patrick if he felt his well-known final title ever felt like an impediment, the youthful actor replied, “I feel it in multiple different ways. Mike White (creator of The White Lotus) said that it comes with baggage, the idea that when you have successful parents like I do with you and Mom, there’s an added level of what other people think. Mike was worried about, if he cast me, what other people would think. Which they did — they did care about that; people said I got the role because of you and Mom. There were times earlier in my career where I was wondering, does it make sense to go under an alias? It took a while for me to get to a point where I was less worried about living in your shadow versus wanting to do it the way I thought I should do it.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger started his profession as a bodybuilder in Europe earlier than discovering fame as a a number of Mr Olympia winner within the US in Nineteen Seventies. He took this fame to the flicks and have become an motion star with Conan, earlier than discovering his massive break with The Terminator in 1984. In the 80s and 90s, Arnold was arguably the most important film star on this planet, alongside Tom Cruise and Sylvester Stallone. Needless to say, Patrick confronted a whole lot of comparisons together with his father when he first started.
Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts
Reacting to Patrick’s considered altering his title, Arnold reacted, “I’m glad you kept the name, because now I can take credit. You joined a very short list of people: You know, Jamie Lee Curtis — I think she’s one of the greatest actors in history. If you show you have the substance, you can get rid of the whole idea of nepotism.”
The son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, Patrick started his profession with minor roles within the 2000s. As a teen, he had supporting roles in Stuck in Love, Grown Ups 2 and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. After his first lead position within the 2018 movie Midnight Sun, he discovered fame with a recurring position in Gen V, earlier than The White Lotus turned his breakthrough.
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