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When your dad is a legendary action hero and your friend happens to be Hollywood's current favorite heartthrob, you're in a prime position to play middleman for a very iconic torch-passing. That's exactly the role The White Lotus Season 3 star Patrick Schwarzenegger played recently -- not in a movie, but in real life -- by helping one of his closest A-list pals score a coveted blessing from the Terminator himself.
The torch? Arnold Schwarzenegger's neon-soaked, dystopian legacy as Ben Richards in The Running Man. And the friend? None other than Glen Powell, who's suiting up (and sprinting hard) for the 2025 reboot of the cult sci-fi flick originally led by Schwarzenegger in 1987.
Powell, 36, revealed to People that he and director Edgar Wright recently FaceTimed with Schwarzenegger to talk about the role. "Arnold gave us his blessing," he said. "Patrick Schwarzenegger is a great friend of mine and I asked Patrick if I could talk to Arnold. I hadn't seen Arnold since we shot Expendables in Bulgaria." Leave it to Hollywood -- where your friend's dad can be both your mentor and your movie predecessor.
The original Running Man, based on Stephen King's novel (under the Richard Bachman pseudonym), was pure Reagan-era pulp: blood-soaked game shows, dystopian media empires, and Arnold unleashing one-liners like it was his job (because it was). Edgar Wright's reboot promises to steer closer to King's darker vision -- no airplane crashes into network headquarters this time -- and Powell's take is already earning buzz after a CinemaCon preview with castmates Josh Brolin and Colman Domingo.
But the real star of this behind-the-scenes story? The Schwarzenegger family connection. Thanks to Patrick, Powell didn't just get Arnold's nod -- he got FaceTime access and, soon, plans to deliver "a very specific fun gift from the movie" back to the legend himself.
So while Powell may be the one running for his life on-screen come November 7, it's clear he's not going it alone. With Patrick playing Hollywood wingman and Arnold giving the go-ahead, this reboot comes with a side of friendship-fueled firepower -- and yes, maybe a neon jumpsuit or two.