Patrick Schwarzenegger Reacts to Incestuous ‘White Lotus’ Threesome in Jaw-Dropping Episode
This article contains major spoilers for episode six of The White Lotus.
Sam Nivola is dishing on that scene from The White Lotus.
The actor—who plays Lochlan Ratliff on season three of Mike White‘s HBO hit—recalled what it was like filming the threesome scene with Patrick Schwarzenegger, who plays his brother Saxon, and Charlotte Le Bon, who plays the third person in their drug-fueled sexcapades, Chloe.
“In the scene, Patrick and I are brothers, with this girl who we just met like the day before,” Sam told Variety in an interview published aired the episode aired March 23. “It was very weird kissing Patrick because he’s a really good friend of mine. And, you know, I’m straight, he’s straight. It’s already weird.”
“It would have been easier if that was the first time we were meeting,” the 21-year-old continued. “Weirdly, it was easier to do things with Charlotte because there were no stakes. It’s just this person I’ve just met.”
Because Sam had already struck up a deep connection with Patrick—who he “knew very well” after filming together for weeks at that point—having to film a sex scene with him mirrored their own characters’ discomfort.
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