Patrick Schwarzenegger considered adopting an alias
Patrick Schwarzenegger considered adopting an "alias" earlier in his career.
The 31-year-old actor - who is the son of Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver - actually thought about adopting another name in order to distinguish himself from his dad.
Speaking to his dad, for Variety's Actors on Actors series, Patrick explained: "I feel [the weight of my name] in multiple different ways.
"['White Lotus' creator] Mike White said that it comes with baggage, the idea that when you have successful parents like I do with you and mom, there's an added level of what other people think. Mike was worried about, if he cast me, what other people would think. Which they did — they did care about that; people said I got the role because of you and mom.
"There were times earlier in my career where I was wondering, does it make sense to go under an alias? 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."
Patrick's parents instilled a solid work ethic into the actor, and he's determined to "honour" their advice.
He said: "I understand how hard you and mom have worked throughout your life to give me the opportunities that I've had. The biggest advice you gave us kids is to work hard. I've tried to honour that."
Patrick recently admitted that he "grew as an actor" during his time on 'The White Lotus'.
Patrick played Saxon Ratliff on the hit HBO series, and he took to social media to reflect on his experience.
He wrote on X: "Today's quite bittersweet. I teared up last night in the finale… First — because It was this beautiful yet devastating and profound ending - but secondly, because It was also the end of this chapter for me in my life..
"White lotus has consumed my life the past 16 months. Prepping, filming , press etc etc. It was a Beautiful chapter of my life. One that I'll never forget. One that I made everlasting relationships. A chapter That I learned immensely from. That I grew as an actor and a Human. Just a moment in life that I'm forever grateful for. (sic)"
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