Patrick Schwarzenegger looks like he’s settling on actor as his chosen profession. I haven’t seen anything he’s done so I have no idea if that’s good fit for him or not. He certainly has matinee idol looks and his pedigree working in his favor. His current role is in the Amy Poehler Netflix film, Moxie, in which 28-year-old Patrick plays a high school jock. I’d read a couple of comments on Twitter that turned me off the movie, but watching the trailer, I might try it anyway.
Patrick appeared in person on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the film with a surprisingly fun interview. Surprising only because I’ve never heard him before. I was slightly turned off his mesh t-shirt under a partially buttoned linen shirt finished with a stiff pleather blazer, but his laid back California attitude let him carry it off. He has kind of a Tony Curtis vibe about him and if he can actually act, I might have to start paying more attention to him. A few things Patrick said during his interview that caught my attention were the fact that he once owned Blaze Pizza and that he used to be stoned all the time until his dad talked him out of it.
He used to smoke pot every day
I used to smoke [pot] every day to the point where I couldn’t do anything without smoking. We went to Easter brunch and I was high. My dad said ‘are you high?’ He said ‘Why would you want to be high? You have the best life in the world. Why would you ever want to take you out of your life?’ And then I never smoked since. [It’s been] five years.On deciding he wanted to be an actor
[I was] watching Hercules in New York [with my dad]. He was awful. I was like ‘wow you are this successful and you are this bad in this movie. I’m giving acting a shot.’ I grew up going on set with him, I fell in love with it.His early jobs
I had this pizza joint called Blaze Pizza. For a few years I was there making pies. I used to work for Rick Caruso at [mall] The Grove. I did valet, security, tours. [I was] security for Paris Hilton [once]. I knew Paris.His dad’s menagerie
He’s got this weird 3/4th through life crisis now where he’s got a donkey and a pony. He’s got this massive 200-pound husky then he’s got a three-pound Yorkshire terrier that sits on his knee.
I remember when Patrick was dating Miley Cyrus, most people assumed their main connection was a shared love of pot. So it doesn’t shock me that he couldn’t do anything without being stoned. At one point that was very much his vibe. I’m more taken aback that he was so rocked by such a sensible question from his father. Maybe it was said at the right time. Whatever it was, it sounds like he doesn’t regret his decision, so it was obviously the right choice for him. I found his comments about his dad’s acting really funny. I’m sure he’s embellishing for entertainment but he’s not wrong. My gawd, Arnold was terrible in that early stuff.
Okay, so a little digging and Patrick must have owned a Blaze franchise because the Wetzel Pretzel’s folks founded the Blaze Pizza chain. That makes much more sense, although Patrick creating something called Blaze was a much better tie-in to this story. I appreciate that Maria Shriver and Arnold had their kids hold jobs, though, even if it sounds like they were bought and paid for jobs. Like they Rick Caruso stint. The Grove is one of the shi-shiest shopping centers in LA.
If you watch the full interview, Patrick explained that he was assigned to do security for Paris Hilton, his friend, when he was 15 years old. His dad, however, was governor of California at the time so Patrick had his own security detail assigned to him as he performed his role. And Paris arrived with her own security guard. So it’s not like he had to do much. I’ll bet Rick had him out timing the waterspouts in the fountain on slow days. But sometimes just teaching a rich kid to show up and perform his appointed task is commendable, I guess. The only part of Patrick’s interview I didn’t understand was that Jimmy asked if he had moved home during quarantine. He said that yes, he and his girlfriend, Abby Champion, moved home with his mom, which was his first time living at home since high school. Why would he need to move home, surely he owns his own place. It’s not like he was at school and the campus closed on him. It had to be because Maria’s house had more amenities and he didn’t want to have to do his own laundry or something.
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He’s making the claim he got physically or chemically addicted to cannabis And then his dad said “why?” And he quit like that? Pfft… no. He was just bored because his life was so easy. And it seems to remain easy.
Due to a quirk in our biology, it is possible for someone to be physically addicted to cannabis and quit cold turkey.
Because THC gets into your fat cells and persists there, when you quit cold turkey, the THC starts leeching out of your fat and thus your body is effectively tapering you off the drug.
So it’s not implausible that he did exactly what he said he did.
When Arnold and Maria separated, there were two homes. One in Brentwood and one in Malibu. I think Maria lives in Malibu. I would move in with Mom too. PS: This is all speculation.
When they were married they lived in a Brentwood home but once they separated, Maria brought a house in Brentwood but a few miles away so that the kids could still be close to Arnold.
Of course this was back in 2011 so no idea if she’s moved to Malibu
He is a good looking young man. Eating pizza and getting stoned with him somewhere in Cali sounds like a really great day.
Patrick Schwarzenegger looks like what Don Jr thinks he looks like when he’s coked out of his mind.
LOL 😂
Man oh man, is that the truth.
I never really saw a major resemblance to his dad before but now it’s all I can see. I laughed out loud at his comment about how if his dad can be successful while bing so bad, he might as well try it, too.
And I tend to think it was the right place, right time for Arnold to compel Patrick to snap out of his stoner haze so quickly and easily.
These Schwarzenegger offspring are so….MEH.
I don’t think this one even went to college? Just lazed around L.A. until, at age 28, he decided to use his Hollywood nepotism connections to declare himself an actor? How exciting for him.
Actors, especially those who are female and people of color, have been busting their asses for YEARS by age 28 in order to compete for a successful career.
I agree. Money spending zombies…
Arnold isn’t the best actor, but he had the charisma…like Dwayne Johnson. also not the greatest (not as bad as, say…Gina Carano) but charisma for DAYS. and the physique. and agree with Esmom, he’s like a better looking version of Arnold.
Wow, he is Maria’s son. Look just alike.
I find Arnold and Maria’s kids to be meh and Patrick is no exception. I have nothing against them personally, but they just seem like typical bratty/spoilt celeb kids.
Although you can say that for most of the Kennedys 😉
He’s not a DJ, YouTuber, or IG influencer. He’s better than most celebrity offspring.
Moxie is a fun movie. Bit flawed, but enjoyable. He did a really good job as the resident sexist douche.
Yea, I don’t get all the criticism it’s getting. I really enjoyed watching it with my preteen daughter. We had a lot to discuss afterwards.
And you’re right, he plays the toxic high school asshole really well. Had no idea he was 28.
Yeah, being nearly thirty and able to pass as a teenager is a valuable thing in Hollywood. They want people to play young characters, but finding actors who behave maturely when they haven’t actually finished maturing yet is a problem.
I’m gonna watch it tmrrw, I was wondering if anyone had seen it yet & enjoyed it.
I thought the concept was great, but the execution was meh. I didn’t care about any of the characters. I think it would have benefited from being a 5 or 6 episode tv show – I think it tried to be too many things in 90 minutes.
Omg I am so sick of nepotism models, actors and singers. Nepotism is any industry does not breed the best of the best, it breeds mediocrity.
Moxie was great and he was believably creepy in it (he’s not the protagonist).
He was actually pretty good in Scream Queens (which I think he only did 1 episode of). Not as good as Wyatt Russell or Jack Quaid, but not a bad actor at all.