Patrick Schwarzenegger reveals he auditioned for James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie.
While appearing on a recent episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Schwarzenegger was asked, “Have you done more than your share of superhero auditions in your career?”
The White Lotus star quickly replied, “No, I haven’t,” and said the three times he has auditioned for roles in the superhero world include for The Boys character of Homelander, Golden Boy (in the show Gen V, which he booked) and Superman.
Horowitz followed up by asking if he got into costume for this Superman audition, to which Schwarzenegger playfully responded, “No, I don’t think I got any feedback. I think it was like, ‘No, not for you’” and added how the audition was a self-tape.
However, the Clark Kent role ultimately went to David Corenswet, and it all worked out for Schwarzenegger because his audition for Superman took place before he got the opportunity to be in season three of HBO’s The White Lotus.
The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Schwarzenegger’s reps for comment.
Schwarzenegger played the comic book character Golden Boy for five episodes in 2023’s Gen V, a spinoff of The Boys.
The Staircase actor also spoke about how the only two in-person auditions he’s had since the pandemic were for The Idea of You and American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez. He landed the latter project and played the University of Florida’s beloved quarterback, Tim Tebow.
Nowadays, most auditions are held over Zoom. “It’s just one person on the screen and when they talk, they’re on it and then you talk and it switches to you,” he said. “So, it’s really weird doing a scene with someone because sometimes they’ll be mid talk and you say something, and it’ll switch to you and then it’s really distracting and weird.”