Patrick Schwarzenegger has quietly become the second most prolific actor to carry his famous surname.
The 27-year acting career started in a modest way 15 years ago this month, when he made his on-screen debut, credited as “Jock Kid Game # 3”, with a small part in the 2006 comedy by Rob Schneider-David Spade Bench heaters. Over the past decade, Schwarzenegger – son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver – has worked steadily, with roles in Great people 2 (2013), Scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse (2015), The Long Road Home (2017) and Daniel is not real (2019).
Her most recent role, however, in the high school comedy about patriarchy directed by Amy Poehler Moxie, marks its most notable turning point so far. Although not exactly a character that Schwarzenegger will want to associate with for a long time: he plays Mitchell, the stupid and arrogant football player whose misogyny routine inspires a group of students to rebel against the toxic culture of the school.
“There is no real reason to like him, or root for him in any way,” Schwarzenegger told Yahoo Entertainment. “So I don’t think there were any things about him that I really got attached to, at least I hope I don’t have qualities like that. It was a fun movie to work with, like a stupid character to play. “
The fun started at the top with Poehler, who directs his second film after 2019 Wine Country and also co-stars as a mother whose past activism Riot grrrl inspires his daughter (Vivian Robinson) to start the eponymous underground zine. “I couldn’t speak louder about Amy and her job, and work with her and work for her. From being the producer to being an empowering female director to being another star actress in the film and actually using her platform to convey a message and use this film as a means to convey a message. “
Schwarzenegger says he can’t relate much to the big high school portrayed in Moxie, having attended the small private school Brentwood in Los Angeles. “I went to a very different school. I went to a very small one, a hundred children in the series. Nobody talked like that in class or attacked. “
As for his famous father, Schwarzenegger says the Terminator icon and former California governor has long supported him to follow in his footsteps when entering showbiz. “He has no reservations about us wanting to do anything. I think he believes it is our life and everything we want to do or what we are passionate about, he will support and help us ”.
Among the lessons he learned from the governor when he acted: “It is a question of work ethics, of having goals and determination and of treating everyone with respect. Don’t let rejection stop you, and you have to believe in yourself. The acting world is difficult. You definitely get a lot of ‘no’ and you have to find the people who will believe you and bet on you. “
Arnold recently made headlines when he recorded himself getting the coronavirus vaccine and, as he usually does, he cited one of his famous lines (“Come with me if you want to live”) in the process.
Patrick confirmed that, yes, this is also a habit at the Schwarzenegger home.
“Always, always,” he laughs. “He loves to say his own lines. It may just be a few of us at dinner and he will say something at random. It looks like out of a movie. It’s insane.
“You choose, he will say. All of its main lines, it will say. “
Moxie is streaming on Netflix.
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