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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Patrick Schwarzenegger Almost Didn’t Even Audition for His Dream Role on White Lotus · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Patrick Schwarzenegger's turning heads for his portrayal of the at
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  Speaker 2: least for now unlikable finance bro Saxon Ratliffe on season
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  Speaker 2: three of White Lotus, which is a dream come true
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  Speaker 2: for Patrick, as the show is arguably his favorite on TV.
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  Speaker 2: Before he was even offered an audition, but Patrick actually
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  Speaker 2: considered not even trying to land the role. He explained
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  Speaker 2: his reasoning to Elite Daily, saying, it's deflating because you
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  Speaker 2: just know every single actor wants the role and the
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  Speaker 2: chances of you getting it are slim to none.
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  Speaker 3: It isn't the right way to think about it, but
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  Speaker 3: it's what happens.
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  Speaker 2: But Patrick obviously did decide to try out and decided
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  Speaker 2: to stand out from the pack.
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  Speaker 3: He needs to take a big swing he has.
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  Speaker 2: The audition scene involved me looking at all these women
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  Speaker 2: and hitting on them. So I did these ridiculous faces
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  Speaker 2: to the camera right away. I heard back, this was
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  Speaker 2: exactly what they were looking for. This is the exact
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  Speaker 2: tone of the character. Patrick landed. Is a dream gig
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  Speaker 2: and the rest is history. You can watch new episodes
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  Speaker 2: of White Lotus Sundays on HBO and Max
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.