Arnold Schwarzenegger has had a fruitful career in action films. We are talking about the actor who has given life to Terminator and Conan, starring in countless films and now, in recent months, also series. While reviewing his life, which we learned more about in the Netflix documentary Arnold, the interpreter and former politician of Austrian origin, has investigated his greatest mistakes and successes. While remembering how he ended up in James Cameron’s science fiction saga, Schwarzenegger indicates how he was wrong to reject a role that would end up being legendary and that fell to Nicolas Cage and is considered one of the great action films of the 90s.
Arnold Schwarzenegger regrets having rejected this action film that starred Nicolas Cage and was a hit of the 90s
Throughout its eighty pages, Schwarzenegger highlights that there were numerous indications such as “let’s not do this”, “this doesn’t work”, “we have to rewrite it”. It was an original story by a director, Michael Bay, and it told us the story of a biological weapons specialist who found himself involved in an extreme situation in a high-security prison with renegade soldiers. Schwarzenegger sent the script back, he didn’t like it, and it would be months before Bay released his first film that same year, Bad Boys. Bay, disappointed, sent it to Nicolas Cage, who was in the running for the Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas. And I accepted. The Rock was a success.
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Schwarzenegger almost starred in The Rock but turned down the role after seeing a draft that was not very attractive.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened up and confirmed that he was truly surprised when he saw the film and that he regretted saying he wouldn’t do it. Although, yes, he has recognized that Cage would play “a great role” in the film, being indicated for it, and he has also admitted that he very possibly would not have been able to surpass his colleague’s interpretation since they are two very different types of actors. . She loved the film, and considers it one of the best works in the action genre of the 1990s. What would The Rock have been like with Schwarzenegger?
2023-10-06 10:01:57
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