The third season of The White Lotus introduced us to many vibrant new characters, and protein shakes played an important role in the Season 3 finale. Patrick Schwarzenegger’s character, Saxon, couldn’t go a day without drinking one, but what were his infamous protein shakes made of?
Schwarzenegger recently sat down with Eating Well to discuss his approach to fitness and nutrition and took a moment to address The White Lotus protein shakes. He revealed they were made of two bananas, a scoop of peanut butter, milk, creatine, and protein powder.
Schwarzenegger admitted he didn’t enjoy their flavor since The White Lotus creator Mike White kept asking him to keep putting protein powder into a blender because he found the process fun.
“It actually worked out really great for when Sam [Nivola] had to drink them because his character was supposed to hate them, and they actually did taste like pure chalky sand. So he would be drinking it and then my character would be like ‘chug it, chug it, finish it.’ And it would just be so gross for him,” he explained.
Even though he wasn’t a huge fan of the protein shakes from the series, he enjoys them in general, and peanut butter and bananas are his favorite flavor combo. When it comes to working out, he’s a huge fan of running and weightlifting, but enjoys mixing things up and trying other forms of exercise.
