Dreaming is inherent in absolutely everyone. But for some it is enough to get a cozy cottage with a lawn and a garage for 2 cars, while someone dreams of fame and fortune. With mother's milk, we absorb the idea that people are equal and that everyone has the same chance of success. And if you want to be rich and famous, you just have to be cocky and stubbornly follow your dream. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a bright representative of the come true "American Dream».
His story began when he left his native Austria and came to conquer America. Here he became famous for the most gigantic muscles and became the star of the screen. But this seemed to him not enough. He became interested in politics and once became the governor of the state! However, at “Iron»Arnie hides skeletons in the closet that few people know about. So, 15 shocking facts about Arnold Schwarzenegger... Also take a look at the article 12 Most Exciting Movies with Arnold Schwarzunegger.
15. Schwarzenegger predicted his future
The very first thing that you can hear from a coach when you first come to the gym is that you need to set real, achievable goals. For example, to lose a couple of kilograms by the end of the week, lose weight at the waist by 5 centimeters by the summer. By the age of 15, young Arnold had already learned to achieve specific goals and dreamed on a grand scale: like many of his peers, he dreamed of moving to America, becoming a famous actor and marrying a beautiful woman from the Kennedy family.
And so it happened ... By the way, the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, is the niece of John F. Kennedy.
14. The role of the Terminator went to Schwarzenegger by accident
But fate wanted him to get the cult role of the cyber machine. But initially the film's producer James Cameron wanted to invite Kyle Reese to the lead role. But it turned out to be not so easy to find an actor for the role of a mechanical killer. The candidates were not suitable for one reason or another.
One of the main requirements was the ability to shoot without blinking! Schwarzenegger himself was very worried about this. As a result, he did not entrust this responsible role to anyone and decided to play it himself. Cameron approved it. Before filming, Schwarzenegger trained a lot and coped with the role brilliantly.
13. He is not loved at home
Before Schwarzenegger began his political career and then ran for governor of California, most people considered him their idol. Who hasn't dreamed of shaking hands with Terminator? He is rightfully considered one of the highest paid and most quoted actors of all time. But let's add a fly in the ointment to the barrel of honey. But as soon as the audience's favorite started talking about serious things, showing himself tough and conservatively in some issues, his popularity began to decline.
As governor, he got enemies in the person of his former compatriots. The scandal erupted due to the fact that he did not want to pardon one of the two prisoners sentenced to death. We are talking about Stanley Williams, a Nobel Prize nominee. He was accused of organizing a criminal gang of African Americans "Crips».
Despite the large number of signatures in his support, the sentence was carried out, and this was not to the taste of the Austrian liberals. For such insolence, they even wanted to rename the stadium named after him and leave it without Austrian citizenship. The conflict was settled long ago, but an unpleasant aftertaste remained ...
12. Schwarzenegger was in prison
In those years in Austria there was a law that every young man who reached the age of majority must serve in the army for a year. Schwarzenegger was no exception. But during the service, the future Terminator once went AWOL. He fled to the competition for the title "Mister Europe". The game was worth the candle. This was his first big victory.
He was awarded first place, but when he returned, he was forced to spend several days in prison. "I could not miss this important event for me, but I did not think about the consequences", - he said later. A couple of years later, he received the title "Mister universe". He turned out to be the youngest ever to receive this award.
11. He was not taken to the movies because of his giant muscles
The average kid on the street will never become "Mr. Universe". This trophy can be won by those who, thanks to hard training, will pump up their muscles of steel. But it turns out, at the dawn of his career, back in 1982, Schwarzenegger had problems with work due to an overly pumped body.
The fact is that too pumped up biceps prevented him from wielding a sword on the set of the series "Conan the Barbarian". For the same reason, he had to perform all the risky stunts himself, because it was simply impossible to find stuntmen with a similar figure and complexion.
10 Schwarzenegger's physique isn't just good, it's perfect
Who among us dreams of having a perfect body? Want to know what it looks like? Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger! He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the man with the most perfect physique among all people who have ever lived on Earth.
Sounds impressive. That is, no matter what time in the past he went, he will outshine everyone! Even a hairy mammoth hunter will say when he sees him: “Cool biceps!».
9 he once saved a drowning man
Back in 2004, Arnie was on vacation with friends on the Hawaiian beach. The picnic turned into a tragedy. A few meters from the shore, a man fell into the water from a surfboard and began to drown. His cries for help reached the shore. The unfortunate man shouted that he had convulsions.
Schwarzenegger wasted no time, rushed into the water, caught the poor fellow and swam with him to the shore for about a hundred meters. He didn't forget to grab his surfboard, too. That's what good physical fitness means! You never know where and under what circumstances you have to save a person.
8.His parents used to knock a gay out of him with a belt
Teens tend to hang the walls of their rooms with posters of bikini beauties. Arnold went the other way. As a teenager, he used to hang posters of oiled bodybuilders from top to bottom in the room.
Photos of idols inspired him and motivated him to hard training. His parents, by the way, both are police officers, tried to beat this "nonsense" out of him with a belt.
7. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a sex machine
Arnold Schwarzenegger's longtime friend, Tom Arnold, with whom they became friends in 1994 on the set of True Lies, claims that Arnie does "this" 5 times a day! It is unknown if this source can be trusted.
Not so long ago, the public became aware that Arnold Schwarzenegger divorced Maria Schweiver after a 25-year marriage due to an affair with a housekeeper. History is as old as the world. Perhaps he approaches sex as responsibly as he approaches training. Agree, this is a more enjoyable method of keeping yourself in great shape than exhausting diets.
6. Schwarzenegger doesn't like being in sequels
The original is always better. Any film critic will confirm this. Arnold Schwarzenegger also once starred in a film epic about Conan the Barbarian and came to this conclusion. Since then, he has decided not to star in the sequels (Except "Terminator" and "The Expendables»).
It is known that he was offered to star in the sequels of such thrillers as “Predator», «True lie", and "Remember everything". It is possible that the sequels to these films with his participation would have been a huge success and brought him a lot of money. But the owner is a master.
5. Most of all he liked to act in "Kindergarten Policeman"
In the story, Schwarzenegger has the role of an undercover policeman. He is forced to work as a kindergarten teacher in order to find drug dealers.Funny, isn't it? To the host of one of the talk shows, Arnie once admitted that it was his favorite role (not even “Predator"And not"Terminator 2: Judgment Day»!).
He also said that while working on the film, he enjoyed hanging out with the kids and this experience helped him when he was Governor of California. Apparently, there he learned to appease the sweet tooth with sweets ...
4. The fates of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his character Conan the Barbarian are quite similar
Claiming that they are similar is not meant to be outwardly similar. Their fates echo in a strange way. Judge for yourself: both were born in a small village. Conan matured and grew physically in slavery for many years. Schwarzenegger's intense training in the gym can also be called voluntary slavery. Conan becomes a famous gladiator, and Schwarzenegger becomes a Hollywood actor. Both dream of power and glory. At some point in life, both say goodbye to the past and start a new life. Schwarzenegger changes the lights of Los Angeles to the governor's chair, Conan becomes king. If suddenly Schwarzenegger decides to crown (and for fans he is already the king), then he will have to change his name to "Conan".
3. Schwarzenegger has an illegitimate son
Not so long ago, the public became aware that Arnold was cheating with might and main on his legal wife Maria Schweiver, despite the fact that he lived with her in a happy marriage for 25 years. The marriage broke up due to his love affair with the young maid Mildred Patricia Baena. This relationship lasted neither more nor less - 14 years.
She gave birth to a son from Arnold Schwarzenegger, but for a long time kept secret the name of the biological father of the child. Schwarzenegger himself had no idea that this was his son, until, as the boy grew older, the similarity began to be evident. Perhaps this was the most painless way to find out about the existence of a son. It is worth noting that the actor is included in the rating of 20 celebrities with many children.
2. Schwarzenegger's father did not recognize his own blood
This "fad"Father's life was very poisonous for little Arnold. His father, Gustav Schwarzenegger, suspected that his second son was not from him. For this reason, his eldest son Meinhard has always been his favorite. Not surprisingly, in this situation, Arnold avoided his father all his life and left home at the first opportunity.
His older brother Meinhard died in a car accident in 1971. According to the then passion of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Baker, when he learned about the tragedy, took the news cold and cold. She had never even heard him ever talk about him.
1. Schwarzenegger's father worked for Hitler
And this is not just gossip. Speculation about Gustav's dark past began back in 1990, after Arnold turned to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, whose main activity is to protect human rights and “hunting"On Nazi criminals. He wanted to know about the dark past of Gustav Schwarzenegger, his father. In 1938, he volunteered to join Hitler's associates and was a member of the famous "assault squads", Also known as"brown shirts ".
At the time, these units were very influential. Considering that they could become an independent political force and get out of control, Hitler ordered their dissolution. During the election race for the post of governor, all these hard-hitting facts became public knowledge. But Arnie said that he never got along with his father and was not even at his funeral.
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