The legendary bodybuilder with seven Mr. Olympia titles, Arnold Schwarzenegger is prominently known for his lead role in the Terminator movie series. But interestingly, before the legend started his acting career, Arnie was told he wouldn’t make it as an actor. And why? Because of his muscles.
It’s unimaginable to think of the 1980s Hollywood without its biggest action star, Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, the actor faced near rejection when he came to Hollywood in the 70s.
During an episode with “Literally! With Rob Lowe,” the Terminator star opened up about how all the producers, directors, studio executives, and agents told him “It’s never gonna happen,” in the 70s. One of the major reasons for the bodybuilder’s giant physique. He was also compared to other successful movie stars of that era.
Going deeper into the memory lane, the 76-year-old also revealed that many movie producers and executives criticized his accent, saying that his German accent is scary for most Americans as it reminds them of the Nazis. They suggested him to play a Nazi officer or something, but not the leading man.
But look how the tables had turned! Despite being compared to the stars of that era such as Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger is known to be one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood, with legendary movies on his record.
What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first movie?
Netflix released the trailer for its upcoming three-part documentary series based on the life of the Terminator star, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The legend’s success story is known to everyone, but very few know where it all started.
As being rejected for his giant physique by most movie producers, directors, and executives, Arnie started his acting career with a very low-budget film based on a Greek mythology character in the Big Apple. The title was the movie was, “Hercules in New York,” directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.
The 23-year-old Schwarzenegger was nearly unknown at that time in Hollywood. So when the final film was released after all the edits, not only his accent was dubbed over, but his name in the credits was shown as “Arnold Strong.”
From Hercules in New York to the Terminator movie series, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s journey in Hollywood has been totally remarkable. Honouring that, Netflix would soon be releasing his docuseries, Arnold.