Patrick Schwarzenegger looked the spitting image of his bodybuilding father Arnold as he bared all in White Lotus for his controversial ‘incestuous’ scene.
The actor, 31, is among the stars featured in the third season of the hit HBO-Max show – and one scene sees him strip naked.
The images were reminiscent of his father’s look during his iconic Pumping Iron days in the 1970s and 80s, when The Terminator star, 77, was a competitive bodybuilder.
Arnie recently gushed over his son Patrick’s White Lotus stint and appeared to share his pride at the nude scene, hinting at his own risque appearance in The Terminator.
He said: ‘What a show! I could claim to be surprised to find out he has a nude scene, but what can I say – the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Don’t miss it this Sunday – trust me.’
Speaking to Vanity Fair on Monday about what it was like to film the nude scenes, and revealed he had no concerns about the shoot because he fully trusted director and creator Mike White.
Patrick Schwarzenegger looked the spitting image of his bodybuilding father Arnold as he bared all in White Lotus
Arnold is seen also stripping down in the 1988 flick Red Heat
Asked if he had an qualms about baring all, he said: ‘Nothing, and there’s more to come! When you’re working with a writer and director and a showrunner and a creator like Mike, you put trust in him.
‘When there’s someone like him that’s so brilliant at what he does, you put a different level of trust in someone like that.
‘I think that the people that watch White Lotus they know that he pushes the boundaries and says and does things that are wild.’
Patrick plays the role of business heir Saxon Ratliff on the current season of The White Lotus. In the storyline of the series, he and his wife Victoria Ratliff (played by Parker Posey) visit a luxury resort in Thailand.
But the scene which sees him strip left fans ‘grossed out’ by its hinting at a potential gay incestuous storyline.
Patriarch Timothy (Jason Isaacs) is a wealthy businessman, who reveals early on that he brought the whole family to Thailand so his daughter Piper (Sarah Catherine Hook) could interview a Buddhist monk for her college thesis.
Timothy is also joined by his wife Victoria (Parker Posey) and their sons Saxon (Patrick and Lochlan (Sam Nivola).
Fans were quick to call out on social media what appears to be a potential incestuous storyline developing with the brothers including a nude scene with Patrick Schwarzenegger.
The actor, 31, is among the stars featured in the third season of the hit HBO-Max show – and one scene sees him strip naked
The images were reminiscent of his father’s look during his iconic Pumping Iron days in the 1970s and 80s, when The Terminator star, 77, was a competitive bodybuilder (Arnie seen in 1976)
Arnie recently boasted about his son Patrick’s White Lotus stint and appeared to share his pride at the nude scene (Seen together at White Lotus premiere)
Patrick plays the role of business heir Saxon Ratliff on the current season of The White Lotus
Arnold is seen in 1976 in Stay Hungry
Lochlan and Saxon do ultimately share a room, which got incredibly awkward towards the end of the episode.
Saxon later mentioned that his sister Piper was ‘pretty hot’ but he doesn’t think that she’s had sex yet because he thinks she will be pursuing a Buddhist life.
He then asks his younger brother what kind of porn he likes, but Lochlan just laughs it off as Saxon wonders how he is going to ‘jerk off all week’ with him in there.
‘I’ll just go to the bathroom,’ Saxon says, as he walks to the bathroom fully nude as Lochlan watches him… hinting that Lochlan may both be gay and have incestuous feelings for his brother.
Towards the beginning of the episode, the family is all talking about their place, which has three rooms, meaning two of the siblings had to share.
Piper said she would share her room with the youngest child Lochlan.
Saxon and his brother Lochlan end up sharing a room. He asks his younger brother what kind of porn he likes, but Lochlan just laughs it off as Saxon wonders how he is going to ‘jerk off all week’ with him in there
But Saxon insisted it was ‘weird’ if a brother and sister sleep in the same room when they have ‘full grown genitals.’
Patrick has honed his acting chops in recent years in TV projects such as 2024’s American Sports Story, 2023’s Gen V, 2022’s The Staircase and 2022’s The Terminal List; and films such as 2022’s Stowaway and 2021’s Moxie.
He is one of Arnold’s five children, which include: daughters Katherine, 35, and Christina, 31, and sons Patrick and Christopher, 27, with ex-wife Maria Shriver; and son Joseph Baena, 27, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena, 63.
The Total Recall star and Maria divorced in 2011 after a 25-year marital union amid news of his past infidelity with Mildred going public shortly after he left office as Governor.