--- title: Zoolander 2: Cyrus Arnold Is Playing Derek's Son description: Zoolander 2 will bring a new Zoolander into the mix canonical: https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T16:38:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:40.843Z og:title: Meet Derek Zoolander's Son og:description: Ben Stiller shared a photo from 'Zoolander 2' og:url: https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet Derek Zoolander's Son twitter:description: Ben Stiller shared a photo from 'Zoolander 2' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ben Stiller Reveals Who's Playing Derek Zoolander's Son by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 13, 2015 4:38 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 13, 2015 4:38 PM UTC Ben Stiller took a break from filming _Zoolander 2_ in Italy Monday to share a picture of his character’s progeny: “It’s out!!! I am playing Ben Stiller’s son in “Zoolander 2″!!” actor Cyrus Arnold, who appeared in two episodes of Nickelodeon’s _Sam & Cat_, [tweeted](https://twitter.com/Cyrus%5FArnold/status/587616943328231425). “So happy to share the news with all.” Although we must say, Derek Jr. looks like he has some work to do on perfecting his “Blue Steel” since his babyhood: Although according to his Instagram, Cyrus has been perfecting other signature looks: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/"},"headline":"Ben Stiller Reveals Who's Playing Derek Zoolander's Son","datePublished":"2015-04-13T16:38:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:40.843Z","description":"Ben Stiller shared a photo from 'Zoolander 2'","url":"https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819638/ben-stiller-reveals-whos-playing-derek-zoolanders-son/","name":"Ben Stiller Reveals Who's Playing Derek Zoolander's Son"}}]}] ```