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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rocky Hollywood Start Inspires Son Patrick’s Rise In ‘The White Lotus’
With his eldest son Patrick Schwarzenegger knocking ’em out in the third season of The White Lotus, former bodybuilder and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger must be very proud.
But both father and son got rocky starts in showbiz — with Patrick playing “Jock Kid Game No. 3” in the 2006 comedy The Benchwarmers, and future Terminator Arnold playing an ancient Greek demigod with a thick Austrian accent in the atrocious 1970 comedy Hercules in New York.
Arnold’s acting debut was forgettable, but it helped him pay the rent while he was living hand-to-mouth in Los Angeles while running a bricklaying business with friend and fellow bodybuilder Franco Columbu.
