Visual effects have become a mainstay in modern Hollywood, and they aren't going anywhere any time soon. It's not just big blockbusters that make use of digital wizardry either, as it's used to various degrees in all genres – from horror to drama to romance. With that in mind, actor Patrick Schwarzenegger thinks that curriculums in acting schools need to be updated, and he specifically thinks that performers should be learning about how to work on green screen stages.
Chroma key compositing (which is what green/blue screens are used for) has been a part of filmmaking for nearly a century, but there is no question that it is used more today than in past eras, and the young star best known for his work on Gen V and The White Lotus Season 3 thinks that the industry could do better to prepare actors for it. Schwarzenegger was recently a guest on the hit online series Hot Ones, and he recounted his first time working on a green screen stage, explaining,
