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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is 'Glad' Son Patrick Didn't Change Name to Avoid Nepotism Claims: 'Now I Can Take Credit'

Arnold Schwarzenegger told his son Patrick Schwarzenegger he is happy he never changed his last name while pursuing an acting career. "I’m glad you kept the name, because now I can take credit," Arnold said of Patrick's recent success with 'The White Lotus.'

Arnold Schwarzenegger told his son Patrick he is "glad" he never changed his name in order to avoid claims of nepotism while pursuing an acting career The pair did a joint interview for Variety's "Actors on Actors" series Patrick confessed that "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" During the father-son one-on-one, Patrick recalled to his father how TheWhite Lotus creator Mike White told him he was worried "what other people would think" regarding a Schwarzenegger family member landing a role in the series. Patrick is experiencing a career highlight following his turn as Saxon Ratliff, the son of a rich North Carolina family, in The White Lotus' third season.

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