White Lotus starâs father responds following sonâs âinsaneâ bedroom scene
â??I had never even kissed anyone on camera, let alone done a sex scene,â?? said Sam Nivola
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The White Lotus season three continues to stun audiences and the cast alike with its explicit storylines, often involving nudity and graphic sexual descriptions.
This season has already seen fans exposed to numerous full-frontal male nudity scenes and a bizarre sexual confession from a top star making a surprise cameo.
While audiences have shared their shock at some of the revelations in the show, it would appear that even some of the castâs relatives have been taken aback by what they have seen.
Warning: The rest of this article contains spoilers about The White Lotus season three
As fans will be fully aware, The White Lotusâs dysfunctional Ratliffe family have, among many problems, a slight issue with incest between its siblings, namely brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola).
After kissing each other in episode six during their raucous night out with Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) and Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) the two brothers wake up naked in the same bed next to each other, with the two having little recollection of what happened.
Sam Nivola, Sarah Catherine Hook and Patrick Schwarzenegger in 'The White Lotus' (HBO )
Saxon is later sickened when Chloe tells him that Lochlan became very âhands-onâ with him during an orgy.
Speaking to Vanity Fair about the scene, Nivola said: âIt was f***ing insane. I had never even kissed anyone on camera, let alone done a sex scene. So that whole thing was really scary. I was on the phone with Patrick when we both knew we got the roles, and we were talking to each other about how we were going to play it. He said the scene where Chloe says to Saxon âYour brother jerked you off last nightâ was in one of his audition sides. And I was like, âWhat the f***? What?ââ
Responding to the revelation, Nivolaâs father, Alessandro, best known for his roles in The Brutalist, Face/Off and Goal wrote on X/Twitter: âHahaha. I hadnât heard this @SamNivolaâ.
Alessandro Nivola at the premiere of âKraven the Hunterâ (2024 Invision )
Meanwhile, Schwarzenegger has denied that he got his role in The White Lotus because of his Golden Globe-winning father, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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âI know there are people whoâll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,â Patrick, 31, told The Sunday Times.
âTheyâre not seeing that Iâve had 10 years of acting classes, put on [high] school plays every week, worked on my characters for hours on end or the hundreds of rejected auditions Iâve been on.â
He added: âOf course, itâs frustrating and you can get boxed in and you think at that moment, I wish I didnât have my last name. But, thatâs a small moment. I would never trade my life with anyone. Iâm very fortunate to have the life and family that I have, the parents I have and the lessons and values theyâve instilled in me.â