Arnold Schwarzenegger is being dissected in Netflix’s new three-part docuseries, Arnold, which looks back on his multipronged career as a bodybuilding champion, California Governor, and movie star.
The series is now streaming on the service. The stories are flowing from the 75-year-old Schwarzenegger in the series, which takes a candid look at his Hollywood era.
One of the anecdotes concerns his role in the action-comedy flick The Last Action Hero, a film which was not well-received. Schwarzenegger played action hero character Jack Slater in the 1993 film, the hero who bonds with a young movie fan, played by Austin O’Brien, in an imaginary action film.
Critics and fans weren’t ready for a spoof of action films, and it grossed just $50 million worldwide. “When Last Action Hero came out I had reached my peak after Terminator 2, having the most successful movie of the year worldwide,” Schwarzenegger says in the docuseries.
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