In his new inspirational memoir, Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up about the torture John Milius put him through to play Conan the Barbarian, and the results are hilarious.
As those who follow him on social media know, Mr. muscle Arnold Schwarzenegger, a popular actor, has become something of a motivational guru for his followers. With that in mind, he has just released his new autobiographical self-help book titled Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. However, in the book he talks about the crazy things he was forced to do on set Conan the Barbarianthe hero fantasy directed by John Miliusin which the Austrian actor and bodybuilder played the Cimmerian warrior he invented Robert E Howard.
Schwarzenegger explains what Milius forced him to do on the set of Conan the Barbarian
Without beating around the bush, Schwarzenegger writes that John Milius forced him to do “terrible shit” during filming Conan the Barbarian, some of which are undoubtedly necessary for the role, others perhaps…less so: “I learned to ride horses, camels, and elephants, to throw myself from large rocks, to climb vines, and to swing from a certain height to fall.” . In practice, I went to another vocational school, the one for aspiring actors.” “And then, beyond that,” the actor continues, “Milius made me do a lot of terrible things: I crawled between the rocks, one take after the other others until my forearms bled, I ran away from wild dogs that had managed to catch me.” and dragged myself into a blackberry bush, I bit a real dead vulture, after which I had to rinse my mouth with alcohol at every shot (Animal Protection would have loved it!). During one of the first days of filming, I got a gash on my back that required 40 stitches.”
Nevertheless, Schwarzenegger returned in the film’s sequel in 1984, perhaps because that film was directed by him Richard Fleischer and not from Milius. Maybe the actor had really risked his life on the set of the first film, but also James Cameron For Terminators It required significant sacrifices from him: “To become a machine, I was blindfolded until I was able to do all the acrobatics with the weapon with my eyes closed and fire many shots at close range without ever batting an eyelid to twitch. In Terminator 2, I had this. Opening and closing the gun so many times that my knuckles bled, for an action that lasted two seconds on screen. But I didn’t complain. If so much gives us so much, this book will be an educational and entertaining read, hoping that it will also be published in Italy.