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Arnold Schwarzenegger has had his fair share of failures and successes in the Hollywood industry throughout his career. With the fame and popularity that he received fromThe Terminatorfranchise, Schwarzenegger was on Cloud 9…when the storm hit.
After starring in two ofThe Terminatormovies, Arnold Schwarzenegger dealt with his first box office flop. According to director James Cameron, that was the only time he had seen the Governator so down in his life. Following the failure, he quickly got back on his feet and found success soon after.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Couldn’t Handle His Failure
After starring as Terminator inTheTerminatorandTerminator 2: Judgement Day,Arnold Schwarzenegger was enjoying the fame and popularity that he received back in the early 90s. The actor decided to further his career by starring in the 1993 movieLast Action Herobut would later go on to regret the movie to this day!
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Released in 1993,Last Action Hero,starringArnold Schwarzeneggerwas released in theaters across the world. The movie was considered to be a major flop for the actor and barely managed to earn a little amount of profit. ThePredatoractor was quite devasted by the loss as he recalled the journey in Netflix’s recently released docu-series titledArnold.
“When Last Action Hero came out I had reached my peak after Terminator 2, having the most successful movie of the year worldwide. I cannot tell you how upset that I was. It hurts you. It hurts your feelings. It’s embarrassing.”
TheLast Action Herostar further added,
“I didn’t want to see anyone for a week. But you keep plodding along. And my mother-in-law also said this all the time: ‘Let’s just move forward.’ It’s a great message.”
During that time, veteran director James Cameron called him and tried to uplift the actor. According to Cameron, he had never heard Schwarzenegger sound so low!
“He sounded like he was in bed crying. He took it as a deep blow to his brand. I think it really shook him. I said, ‘What are you gonna do?’ He said, ‘I’m just gonna hand out by myself.’ That’s the only time I’ve ever heard him down.”
Following the failure of theLast Action Hero,Arnold Schwarzenegger quickly got back up on his feet and went to work the next day. 1994 was the year that everything would change for the better once again when Schwarzenegger and James Cameron decided to reunite!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Quickly Got Back Up on His Feet!
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After metaphorically lying in bed and crying, the actor quickly reunited with veteran director James Cameron for the 1994 movie titledTrue Lies.The movie became an instant hit with the audience and Schwarzenegger was able to live in peace with himself.
With the passage of time, the actor is still going at it with the release of his recent action series titledFUBAR.The series was recently released on 25th May 2023 and has received quite a positive reaction for Arnold Schwarzenegger. As for the docu-series, Netflix released it in three parts with the title beingArnold. FUBARandArnold,both the series are available to stream on Netflix.
Source:Comicbook
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
