Arnold Schwarznegger unaware of his son’s role in ‘The Boys’

Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently in the news for being unaware of his son Patrick Schwarzenegger’s role in the Amazon Prime Video series “The Boys”. In an interview with Variety magazine on June 14, Patrick Schwarzenegger claimed that his father had not even heard of the show. When he was shown pictures of the show in production, he was reportedly baffled and stated, “What the f*ck are you filming?”

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His son was reported to play a character named “Golden Boy” in one of the show’s spin-offs. The popularly known series had earlier been renewed for another season. 

Patrick Schwarzenegger also commented that he did not explain the show to his dad, and asked him to watch an episode since he “couldn’t articulate” the contents of the series.

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 The interview also covered Schwarznegger’s casting process, where he was prohibited from reading the scripts of his show before he was officially cast. He remarked, “They were just like, ‘It’s about this. This is the character. This is what’s going to happen in this.” He called the series “amazing” and proceeded to reveal that he figured his role was “something crazy”. 

“The Boys” is a franchise that involves a parallel universe where the ulterior motives of superheroes are exposed. Derived from the comic book of the same name, the show depicts the true nature of these superheroes and the corporation they are owned by, which works to commodify and promote them to the general public. The Boys consist of a group attempting to challenge the superheroes and the company’s position of authority. 

Schwarznegger continued to say that the set was comical and “fun”. “It’s kind of like ‘Euphoria’ meets superheroes.””