Patrick Schwarzenegger is unpacking that kiss that went down in episode five of The White Lotus season 3.
Spoilers ahead if you haven’t watched!
After the Full Moon Party, Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon) and Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), along with brothers Saxon (Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola), hang out on Greg’s yacht. At one point, Saxon tells the women to kiss, and then they expect the brothers to do the same. After Saxon and Lochy share a little peck, Lochlan goes in for a much longer kiss, which appears to disorient and confuse Saxon.
Keep reading to find out what Patrick said about the moment and how it impacts the remainder of the season…
Of episode five, Patrick said that is where “everything starts to unravel.”
He then said Mike White, the show’s creator, purposely wants the audience to try and figure out that kiss.
Patrick told Today, “He wants to leave that up to the interpretation of the audience of what is happening. Was a power shift happening? Is there a different power dynamic between him and Lochy? Is Lochy coming on to him? Is it the drugs? Is it the girls pressuring him? What is it? So, I think he leaves that open-ended for the audience to try to decipher.”
Of his character’s remaining arc this season, Patrick added, “One of the themes really is you enter the White Lotus as one person and you leave as another. Who are you when everything that you thought you were is taken away? And I think that’s something that’s really relevant and prevalent for for Saxon. Him walking into the White Lotus as the most confident and sure person of who he is, and everything gets completely questioned in his experience there.”
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