And in an interview with the Instances again in February, Patrick opened up in regards to the frustration that he felt on account of his final title — and the way he even briefly wished that he wasn’t a Schwarzenegger in order that he might keep away from the nepo child backlash.
For those who’re questioning, Patrick’s dad is Hollywood actor, esteemed bodybuilder, and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his mother is Maria Shriver, a journalist and the niece of former US President John F. Kennedy.
“I do know there are individuals who’ll say I solely acquired this function due to who my dad is,” Patrick mentioned on the time. “After all, it is irritating and you will get boxed in, and also you suppose at that second: I want I did not have my final title. However that is a small second. I’d by no means commerce my life with anybody.”
And Arnold confronted his son over this remark once they had been paired up for Selection’s newest Actors On Actors collection. Within the video, which dropped on Tuesday, Arnie expressed his confusion over how “Schwarzenegger” might ever be thought-about a hindrance, because it has all the time been “a giant plus” in his expertise.
He mentioned to his son: “One of many quotes that I learn was the way it was tough to get via this as a result of you’ve the title Schwarzenegger. So clarify that to me, as a result of I didn’t perceive it.”
“I imply, from my facet, I really feel it in a number of alternative ways,” Patrick mentioned of the obstacles that include Schwarzenegger. “Mike White mentioned it comes with baggage, is what he mentioned. Not that means our final title, Schwarzenegger, however I believe this concept of when you’ve profitable mother and father, like I do with you and with mother.”
“Properly, I’m glad that you simply saved the title,” Arnold replied earlier than joking: “As a result of now I can take credit score: ‘Yeah, my son! The apple doesn’t fall from the tree!’ That’s the type of traces that I’m utilizing now.”
The 77-year-old star then identified that nepotism in Hollywood is nothing new, saying: “You principally joined the shortlist of individuals which can be actors in Hollywood who had well-known mother and father; Jamie Lee Curtis with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Michael Douglas, who I’ve labored with — and I’ve labored together with his father, Kirk Douglas.”
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