Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet – both literally
and figuratively.
The Austrian Oak went on to become the box office king of the 1980s action movie scene.
And not only that, he would go on to be elected the Governor of California!
Schwarzenegger has millions of fans across the globe, and there are many reasons for
that.
So, here are 10 of the reasons why people love Arnold Schwarzenegger so much!
Arnold’s an all-round good guy
A couple of years ago, a 19-year-old kid who was 6’5” and weighed 130 lbs posted on
Reddit that he wasn’t confident in the gym and kept buckling on the deadlift and feeling
embarrassed that other people in the gym were laughing at him.
Two days later, Arnold Schwarzenegger came to the rescue with a touching and inspirational
response saying to not be afraid of failure, because how far can you really fall?
He continued with more inspirational words and encouragement.
What a good guy!
The kid wrote back that Arnie’s support was “something else” and that “the tiny
weights that I can pick up won’t know what lifted them.”
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He inspired Rob Liefeld to create Deadpool
Until 2016, Deadpool was not a very well known character in the Marvel Comics universe, but
of course, thanks to Ryan Reynolds, he is now one of the most popular superheroes in
the world.
Before Reynolds came along, he had been around for years.
He was created by Rob Liefeld, who was actually inspired to create the character by the comedy
movie Twins, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito as an unlikely pair of twin
brothers.
Liefeld explained the influence of Schwarzenegger’s cult classic movie on his creation of the
Merc with a Mouth.
He said the movie Twins meant a lot to him.
He saw Wolverine in this scenario as Arnold.
And then he saw Deadpool as Danny DeVito, burned out and scarred.
And based on this logic Marvel gave him the go ahead.
So, without Arnold Schwarzenegger, we might not have Deadpool – yet another reason to
absolutely adore the guy!
Arnold Schwarzenegger has artistic integrity
A lot of movie stars seem to find it impossible to turn down money.
If an offer comes their way and there is a cash figure attached to the script, they will
snatch it up.
But not Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He was offered the chance to reprise his role as Dutch in the new Predator movie and he
turned it down.
He said that they asked him, and that he read it, but that he didn’t like it – no matter
what they offered.
He said he wasn’t going to do that unless they rewrote it to give him a more significant
role.
But with the way it was at the time, he said no.
Despite what Schwarzenegger might have thought of the script, Stacey Snider, the CEO of 20th
Century Fox, is a big fan.
She said the new Predator film coming out is unexpected and utterly fresh.
And that Emma Watts, a Fox executive, went out and recruited Shane Black.
From the first page, it didn’t read like a Predator film.
It’s set in suburbia.
There’s a little boy and his dad at the center of the action.
So, hey, maybe it will be a good movie – even without Arnie on board.
Arnold’s still making action movies in his seventies
Very few people are ever physically fit enough to star in a bunch of action movies, let alone
that fit for more than a couple of decades.
And yet, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been starring in his own action movies into his seventies.
He’s getting so old that the directors of his movies are having to explain why he’s
so old in the movies.
The killer cyborg, Terminator, that he played in the ‘80s and ‘90s as a young man has
wrinkles and gray hair in the 2015 reboot.
James Cameron, the original creator of the franchise, is returning for the sixth movie,
and he has had to explain how the movie is going to handle Arnie’s age.
Saying that you don’t have to get around it because he’s a cyborg.
The ‘org’ part is on the outside, meaning ‘organism.’
And Reese said it in the first Terminator film that they sweat, they have bad breath
and they’re supposed to be infiltration units, so there’s this idea that flesh sort
of sheaths over a metal endo-skeleton.
So, that would age normally.
So, obviously, he’s one that’s been in action and operation for a long time.
Ooh, which means there could be some surprises!
He tricked Sylvester Stallone into doing Stop!
Or My Mom Will Shoot
Stop!
Or My Mom Will Shoot is a universally despised buddy action-comedy movie about a cop who
is paired up with his mother, played by Estelle Getty.
One might wonder why the hell a big movie star like Sylvester Stallone would agree to
star in such a piece of garbage.
Well, as it turns out, in this particular case, a sneaky Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked
him into doing it while the two stars were at the height of their rivalry.
Schwarzenegger explained that he read the script and it was so bad it was going to go
right in the toilet.
And because of his rivalry with Stallone at the time, he decided he was going to leak
out his interest in the role.
He knew how Hollywood worked.
He would then ask for a lot of money and then they’d say no, ‘Let’s go give it to
Sly.
We can get him for cheaper.’
So, they told Sly, ‘Schwarzenegger’s interested.
Here’s the press clippings.
He’s talked about that.
If you want to grab that one away from him, that is available.’
And he went for it!
He totally went for it.
A week later, Arnold had found out that Sly had signed on to do the movie.
It was a great scam and obviously, it worked perfectly.
But now, Arnold has a bromance with Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger had a major rivalry with fellow action movie star Sylvester Stallone
in the 1980s.
For two decades, the two stars hated each other.
But now, they’re good friends.
They’ve appeared in a handful of movies together and they like to hang out off set
between filming.
How did two guys who used to hate each other so much become such good friends?
Well, Mikael Hafström, who has directed them together in Escape Plan, attributes it to
their age.
He told People magazine that now they’re a little bit older, they really enjoy the
fact they have mutual experiences.
He says they no longer have to prove anything to anyone anymore.
You can tell they like being on set.
They like telling old war stories, they like smoking their cigars.
They earned it.
According to Stallone, when they’re together Schwarzenegger likes to shop and like a real
badass, play chess.
He’s addicted to chess.
Sly’s asked him about water skiing or something else.
But Chess?
Stallone summed up their bromantic relationship perfectly: “I don’t know why we get along
so well.
It goes to show you: A good enemy is hard to find.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger is responsible for a ton of iconic movie quotes
A lot of movie actors are lucky to be able to utter one iconic quote in their careers.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has had dozens.
“Come with me if you want to live,” and “Hasta la vista, baby!” and “I’ll
be back,” came from the Terminator movies, while “If it bleeds, we can kill it,”
and “You are one ugly ****!” and “Get to the chopper!” are all from Predator.
When he shoots his pretend wife Sharon Stone in the head, he tells her, “Consider that
a divorce!”
“You’ve just been erased,” was a line uttered by his character John “the Eraser”
Kruger.
In Commando, he tells a bad apple named Sully, “You’re a funny guy, Sully.
I like you.
That’s why I’m going to kill you last.”
And then when he doesn’t kill him last, he simply tells him, “I lied.”
So many iconic quotes.
Who knows why so many lines that Arnie has uttered on the big screen have resonated so
much with a wide moviegoing audience?
Maybe it’s because he’s smart in the scripts he chooses, picking only the ones with the
most memorable dialogue.
Maybe it’s simply because of his lovable Austrian accent.
Either way, the guy is responsible for some of the most iconic movie quotes of all time.
His thick Austrian accent
Arnold Schwarzenegger has become famous for his accent.
It has made him a fun impression to try out and has made his voice just as recognizable
as his face.
It’s actually one of the main things that people love about the guy – it’s one of
his trademarks as a movie star.
When you cast him in the lead role of your movie, you don’t just get a bulky man with
huge muscles – you also get that accent.
As it turns out, he actually doesn’t need the accent anymore, because he is actually
able to speak in perfectly clear Queen’s English.
So, why does he keep doing the accent?
Because his fans love it!
The actor has said that the accent has become such a big part of him and that people really
enjoy it.
The funny thing is that people had said it would be impossible for him to be successful
in acting when in actuality the accent became his asset.
It’s ironic, right?
Casting people never know what they’re talking about.
They told him when he was starting out that the accent would be his downfall.
It would’ve been fine if he’d been able to lose the accent at the start of his career
since he had his voice dubbed over in his first movie and got cast to play a deaf-mute
in his second movie.
But if he didn’t have the accent, would he be as popular and beloved as he is today?
Arnold stands up to bullies
If there’s one thing that Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t stand on social media, it’s not
persistent ads or fake news – it’s trolls.
A couple of years ago, during the Special Olympics, one troll wrote, “The Olympics
are for the best athletes in the entire world to compete against each other to determine
who is best.”
The troll continued with more derogatory comments.
And then Schwarzenegger’s bold response annihilated the vicious troll.
Saying “As evil and stupid as this comment is, I’m not going to delete it or ban you
(yet) because it’s a teachable moment.
You have two possible paths ahead.
Right now, I guarantee you that these athletes have more courage, compassion, brains, and
skill – actually more of every positive human quality than you.
So take their path ― you could learn from them, and try to challenge yourself, to give
back, to add something to the world.
Or you can stay on your path, and keep being a sad pitiful jealous Internet troll who adds
nothing to the world but mocks anyone who does out of small-minded jealousy.
I know that all you really want is attention, so let me be clear.
If you choose to keep going this way, no one will ever remember you.”
You tell him, Arnold.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s the Governator!
Of course, people love Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Anyone who can come from Austria and make their way to Hollywood and then star in a
series of action movies as a killer cyborg is going to attract a lot of fans.
If they can use that as a springboard to become one of the biggest movie stars of all time,
then they’ll attract even more fans.
If they manage to get out of the movie business and enter into a political career, even getting
elected the Governor of California, without losing any fans or slowing down their movie
career, then they transcend human existence and basically become a living god.
Well, that’s Arnold Schwarzenegger for you.
The main reason why so many people love him is basically that he is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Since he is known for playing a Terminator and he went on to become the Governor of California,
he was given a nickname that is a combination of those two names: he is the Governator.
That moniker proved to be so popular that it was adapted to becoming its own comic book,
and hey, that comic book might even become a movie someday.
Who knows?
It would be a huge hit!
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