The “Terminator” Arnold Schwarzenegger gets his own espionage series on the Netflix streaming service. For the Hollywwood star, it is the first series starring role in his career.
Los Angeles (AP) – Netflix brings Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger (73) in front of the camera for a spy series.
Schwarzenegger was on board as the main actor and executive producer, the streaming service announced on Twitter. The “Terminator” star and his colleague Monica Barbaro (30) therefore play father and daughter who have to find out that they are both secretly working as CIA agents. Despite the lies and secrets, they have to work together in the end.
For the first time in his long film career, Schwarzenegger appears in a leading role in a series. The untitled series with one-hour episodes is produced by Skydance Television and “Sopranos” author Nick Santora.
Barbaro is known from series such as “Chicago Justice” and “The Good Cop” and most recently made the action film “Top Gun: Maverick”. Schwarzenegger, who starred in Terminator: Dark Fate in 2019, was Governor of California from 2003 to 2011, after which he went back in front of the camera.
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