25 December 2023, 08:58 PM IST അർനോൾഡ് ഷ്വാസ്നെഗർ | ഫോട്ടോ: പി.ടി.ഐ
HoArnold Schwarzenegger is one of the names that are enthusiastically carried in the minds of Hollywood movie lovers. Conan the Barbarian, Predator, and Terminator are just a few of the Arnold movies that fans cherish. Arnold has now opened up about the journey he took to become an action star. Arnold says these things in his recent book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.
In the book, Arnold mentions an incident that took place on the location of Conan the Barbarian. Arnold says he had to bite a real dead eagle several times for a scene in the movie. He did that painful act because of his sincerity towards work. Arnold also recalled that he washed his mouth with alcohol after each take. Arnold wrote this openly to show the non-colorful side of Hollywood.
Arnold said that he wanted to do the stunt scenes with naturalness. He was injured while filming Conan the Barbarian and required forty stitches. He also stated that since there were no good stunt dupes at that time, he was forced to act in scenes where he crawled until the skin on his knees and elbows shook. The actor also remembers the accident in the water during the shooting of the film The Sixth Day.
“It was a very simple scene of swimming in a swimming pool. But the pool had a cover. It was enough to reach the same place where I started swimming. But I couldn’t breathe. But luckily the stunt double, Billy Lucas, recognized the impending danger and saved me.” Schwarzenegger said.
Arnold noted that stunt work in Hollywood changed significantly as the importance of weightlifting was recognized. The actor points out that as weightlifting became more popular, more stunt doubles were employed and this reduced the workload of the actors. Arnold wrote that the change gave him and his contemporaries a more stable and secure working environment.
