Throughout a sit-down dialog for Selection’s Actors on Actors collection, the father-son duo shared their ideas on Patrick’s filming nude scenes in Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus, through which he starred as Saxon Ratfliff, eldest youngster of the rich, privileged household.

Arnold, 77, introduced up the primary time he went all pure on movie in 1984’s The Terminator.

“Terminator was the primary time that I used to be doing a movie that had nothing to do with the muscle mass. It was with leather-based jackets on and being a machine,” he mentioned. “Solely the opening scene was bare. However I am speaking about bare.”

“I’ve executed it,” Patrick, 31, replied.

“I couldn’t imagine [it],” Arnold mentioned of his son, earlier than recalling his response to seeing Patrick’s full-frontal second on The White Lotus.

“I mentioned to myself, ‘I am watching your present, and I am watching your butt sticking on the market.’ And abruptly, I see the weenie,” he mentioned jokingly as Patrick laughed. “What’s going on right here? That is loopy!”

“Then I mentioned to myself, ‘Effectively, Arnold, howdy. You probably did the identical factor in Conan and Terminator, so do not complain about it,’” Arnold continued. “Nevertheless it was a shock to me that you just have been following my footsteps so carefully.”

Patrick has been praised for his efficiency in The White Lotus, together with his dad even admitting that his “appearing shocked the hell out of [him].”

“I did not acknowledge you. I used to be blown away,” he added.

Patrick mirrored on the present’s success, saying, “Probably the greatest components about being on the present is the quantity of those who get to acknowledge [my] work; I’ve executed so many reveals that not so many individuals have seen.”

Arnold famous that he is had followers method him about Patrick in public — though not everyone seems to be a fan of Saxon.

“Now everyone seems to be coming as much as me within the fitness center and saying, ‘Your son is incredible.’ Another person comes as much as me and says, ‘I hated your son within the collection,’” he mentioned, to which Patrick admitted, “That was the bizarre half.”

“‘Hated him? What sort of a praise is that? They mentioned, ‘He was incredible, however the character he performed was so plausible,’” Arnold added.

Finally, Patrick described the fan response as a “curler coaster” as viewers watched his character’s journey and transformation on display screen.

“The largest studying expertise is how a lot individuals affiliate you along with your character. I do not know the way a lot that occurred to you over the course of your profession — possibly with The Terminator,” he advised his dad. “The primary weeks, individuals got here as much as me and advised me how a lot they hated me. By the top of it, they got here as much as me saying how a lot they felt dangerous for me. It was a curler coaster.”

Patrick is considered one of Arnold’s 4 kids whom he welcomed throughout his marriage to Maria Shriver. The previous couple — who have been married for 25 years till they separated in 2011 — additionally share Katherine, 35, Christina, 33, and Christopher, 27.

In 2003, Arnold, after all, ran and in the end turned Governor of California, a place he held till 2011. Nevertheless, in keeping with Arnold and Patrick, the latter and his siblings have been not followers of their dad changing into governor.

“In 2003, as you keep in mind, I ran for governor and have become governor, which you guys…,” Arnola mentioned, earlier than Patrick chimed in, finishing his dad’s sentence.

” … hated,” he mentioned with fun.

“Hated,” Arnold confirmed, recalling, “It was the funniest factor. You coming to me and saying, ‘Dad, we had a lot enjoyable going to the set and watching you blow issues up. And now …”

“…we go to the Capitol,” Patrick added.

“All of you have been rebelling,” Arnold mentioned of Patrick and his children.

In the meantime, Patrick recalled getting pulled out of college early to go go to his dad on film units as a child, calling the expertise “heaven.”

“Aimee Lou [Wood] requested me, ‘The place did you first get excited about appearing?’” he mentioned, referring to his White Lotus co-star and pal. “And I used to be like, ‘It was heaven for a child, going to a film set along with your dad.’ You’ll choose me up and take me out of college early in your Hummer.”

“You’d come choose me up early and also you[‘d stroll in as Dad, go into the trailer, come out as Mr. Freeze or the Terminator,” Patrick continued. “We’d be within the trailer, and through your breaks, we might stroll into craft providers, get some Pink Vines, and we’d take the golf cart and go to the E.T. experience. We talked about this concept of nepotism, however whenever you develop up and your mother and father do a selected job, it is smart that you just go and work in that world.”

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