‘White Lotus’ Stars Patrick Schwarzenegger & Sam Nivola React To Ratliff Brothers Sex Scene: “We Did A Weird Thing”

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on The White Lotus Season 3, Episode 6. Patrick Schwarzenegger‘s Saxon and Sam Nivola‘s Lochlan shared more than just a kiss on The White Lotus, and the vibes between the Ratliff brothers have entirely shifted.

The Ratliff brothers starred in one of the most shocking scenes of the latest season of the HBO drama as it takes on the taboo subject of incest and has the fictional characters questioning their decisions.

In the featurette following Episode 6, Nivola notes that although the series is set at a resort “focused on mindfulness,” on the flip side, the characters question “whether or not you can make peace with yourself and your demons.” And it’s those demons that Saxon and Lochlan are fighting with on the morning after their sexual encounter.

As the characters recuperate from the night of partying, they remember they shared more than a kiss. In the shocking moment of the night, Saxon recalls that his younger brother multi-tasked during a threesome and pleasured him while being with Charlotte Le Bon’s Chloe. “On the boat, Lochlan is leaning into the Saxon ethos,” Nivola says, while Schwarzenegger adds, “Lochlan is flowing in a different way that is all building to a moment of him getting more and more confident.” “Then we have this moment of us two in bed — it’s just this heightened collapse,” Schwarzenegger says. RELATED: Patrick Schwarzenegger On Claims ‘White Lotus’ Casting Was Due To Nepotism: “It’s Frustrating” The morning after the incident, Saxon and Lochlan have trouble talking to each other after everything that happened. “For Saxon what I’m feeling that morning is total confusion and disgust of myself and just like curiosity of what that means for everything that