[This story contains spoilers for The White Lotus season three, episodes one through six.]
The White Lotus is about to get even more shocking, according to Patrick Schwarzenegger.
Despite already doing a nude scene and an incest storyline in season three, the actor who plays Saxon Ratliff teased that the final two episodes will be even more jaw-dropping, so much so that he won’t be watching them with his famous family.
During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Schwarzenegger’s mother, Maria Shriver, asked him in a video message, “What episode of White Lotus are you most nervous for me to watch?”
She added, referencing the actor’s nude scene in episode one, “I think every single one you’ve been nervous for me to watch, and you keep saying, ‘That’s not me, that’s a prosthetic.’ OK, anyway.”
In response, Schwarzenegger admitted that “it was a little nerve-wracking watching the first episode with my whole family because I do take some clothes off.” However, it’s the final two episodes that have him particularly anxious.
“I think some upcoming episodes I’m gonna watch without them,” the actor said. “I’ll definitely take a bathroom break. The next episodes are, yeah, they’re crazy!”
While fans still have many unanswered questions heading into the final two episodes, this most recent installment didn’t lack on shock value. Not only did Saxon and Lochlan Ratliff (Sam Nivola) previously share a kiss, but it was revealed that they also participated in a threesome with Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon).
Schwarzenegger recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the incest storyline, noting that while “there’s some sensationalism,” there’s also deeper meanings when it comes to creator Mike White‘s intentions regarding the plot.
“There’s also the stuff behind the wall of the character and what he’s dealing with in the conflict of what just happened. What is that going to do to who he thinks he is?” Schwarzenegger said. “His thoughts on, what is it like to be a man? What is a man? What makes all these different things that he thought he stood for in the episode and the days before?”
He continued, “Mike does a great job with my character with that scene, but also in past seasons of always bringing something that is really fun and outrageous and sparks a conversation that gets people talking, but also has to do a lot with the pilgrimage of the characters’ story and where he’s going. And here, especially with the relationship Saxon has with his little brother. There’s always more than what just meets the eye of the shock value on the screen.”
Although, Schwarzenegger’s father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was also left surprised by the latest White Lotus episode, per his latest X (formerly Twitter) post.
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