Why Patrick Schwarzenegger was almost not thrown in “ The White Lotus ”

In the middle of the current conversation surrounding the Népo babies in Hollywood, it is a little shocking to hear that having a famous parent could sometimes have the opposite effect on casting directors. Well, that’s exactly this almost arrived at Patrick Schwarzenegger. A white lotus producer revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter That the famous parents of Patrick, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, almost prevented the actor from being sunk into the Hit Hbo Show.

In the article on the third season of The white lotus” – Was interviews with actors, producers and creator Mike White – A producer, David Bernad,” said that the surname of Schwarzenegger was not the reason they threw it; In fact, it “worked against him, by the way. We did not want to launch him because of that. He was so good”.

The producers explained how, even if they had stars returning to the show for a second season and well -known actors, everyone was treated and paid the same thing. “They are paid in the same way, and we do an alphabetical invoicing, so you get people who want to do the project for the right reasons,” said Bernad in the interview.

The program director of the show, Meredith Tucker, said that it had made the broadcast of the program “So much easier”. She said THR“You tell people that that’s what it is. And some will not – and honestly, you cannot hold it against people who need to earn a living.”

Schwarzenegger declared in the play that he was aware of the popularity of the show, but he always got used to his new renown which accompanied him. “I knew the show was big, but I didn’t know how big. Wherever we go, in planes, in cafes, people come to talk about their theories of what will happen, “he told the publication.

In addition to his mother on the screen, Parker Posey, not remembering what is happening during the final of this season (which is broadcast on Sunday), Schwarzenegger is not quite sure of how things are shaking in the last episode of the season. “I’m just excited to look at the final with the rest of the world because I have no idea what’s going on,” he said.