I know there are people who’ll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,” the actor said of playing Saxon Ratliff in the hit HBO series.

Patrick Schwarzenegger denied that he’s on “The White Lotus” because of nepotism. “I know there are people who’ll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,” the 31-year-old actor and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver told The Sunday Times in a new interview.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, a businessman, a well-known actor and the former Governor of California, but he’s also the father of a few notable names. During his marriage to now ex-wife Maria Shriver,

Patrick Schwarzenegger couldn't wait to tell his family that he was headed to Thailand to shoot Season 3 of "The White Lotus" — but he had to. The star of the hit HBO show's third season shared the moment he told his mom, TODAY contributor Maria Shriver, and sister Katherine Schwarzenegger he had been cast and had to go to Thailand.

You can get boxed in, and you think at that moment, I wish I didn’t have my last name,” the actor said Patrick Schwarzenegger is responding to critics who claim that he secured his starring role on The White Lotus season 3 because of his famous parents.