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The funniest part of that doc, is when he talks about OJ Simpson not being convincing as a killer for the Terminator part and the crew losing it behind the cameras 😂😂
Fun fact: When Cameron was casting Arnold for Terminator, Arnold wanted to be the hero. However, he spent the entire meeting talking to Cameron about how a robot should act on film; how they should reload without looking at guns, how they should move, etc. He was raving about the performance of Yul Brenner in Westworld (the 1970s one). After that, Cameron went through great effort to convince him that he shouldn't play the hero, but the villain and won him over promising the villain would be the most iconic and memorable thing about the film. Arnold would eventually convince him to play the hero, but still a Terminator, leading to T2. Arnold really wasn't just an actor on those films, he was there from the very genesis of the character.
Everyone thought he didn't stand a chance but when he showed his depth (playing an emotionless machine I will add ) he took off Priceless storytelling Epic fairytale
That's amazing, I had no idea despite T1+2 possibly being my favourite movies of all time. Certainly both in the top 5, so I've read and seen a ton of stuff about them. Cheers for the interesting info. Cheers
You do not have to mention that Westworld featuring Yul Brynner* is from the 1970s. YB died in 1985, so he could not have been part of the 2010s HBO series.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 People are lazy by default on the internet so I would say he was just saving time and getting the obligatory answer to the inevitable question out of the way. We both know the mention of Westworld would automatically assume the current rendition, regardless of which actor's name came up.
If you look up Dydzak v. Schwarzenegger, and Dydzak v. Ronald George, there was a small problem about a missing $200 million from the California Court budget that Arnold gave to Chief Justice of the CA Supreme Court, Ronald George. That wasn't a very good run. In fact it was a bad run that hastened the demise of the California Court system to the bad joke it is today
I was Archival Researcher for the Arnold series, and this review had me in stitches! 😅 I'm glad to see that the work we put in has shown a bit of light on who Arnold is, and what he did as a man to be successful. Its a message that needs to be repeated over and over again.
I watched all three parts in one go. You did a great job. I mainly wanted to see how Arnold’s strategic thinking and personality got him to where he is and how he handled some situations that came up. I think one key takeaway from this particular story is that he didn’t pass up the opportunity in real estate just because he was focused on something else, and that having brash determination can be more important/effective than worrying about every situation and how things go. It’s more important to be aggressive than over analyzing/hesitant and it’s kind of amazing that he went into that meeting the way he did in spite of how important becoming an actor was to him.
@@educateyourself3872 I agree...Arnold didn't just wait for success to Fall on his Laptop.. he actively sought it out, and attacked with full force when opportunity presented itself
I love all your work man! Very few youtubers bring something great to the table but you really really do. Great to see you got to do something like that.
For years people always acted like Arnold was the dumb weight lifting but charismatic guy, but the guy is actually a freaking marketing savant. The stories of his life *before* becoming an actor are amazing. Dude really should sign off on a bio-pic while he's able to act as executive producer. Truly one of the most entertaining life stories ever. My favorite is still the "Exotic European Brick Layers" story, where he took an unsuccessful brick laying gig with guys at the gym, rebranded it and upcharged 500% then was a wild success.
You forgot to mention that he holds the world's the longest-running comic-book ad, and which ripped-off millions of ignorant children, by convincing them that "protein powder" (which turned-out to be just pure sugar, futhermore) is what grew his impressive physic.
Arnold owns his mistakes in the documentary. It actually changed my opinion of him, like a lot of us as we get older we know what we did in the past and usually try to do what we can to rectify those mistakes.
That's one thing I liked about it. He owned everything, both good and bad. Don't see that much these days, especially in the narcissistic culture of Hollywood.
In his first autobiography, he admits that after losing to Frank Zane in Miami in '68, he went to his hotel room and cried all night. Then Arnold assured his fans that "this was one of the only times in my life that I have ever cried."
Bill Burr, thinking Arnie’s life is cool and wishing he did it, dude, Bill Burr is one of the worlds best stand ups, plays drums, flys helicopters, and has a great podcast! For the average Joe, Bill’s life is pretty cool too!
Bill Burr once told off an entire stadium of angry pissed off people in hot weather… for 12 MINUTES. And he’s saying he can’t believe the size of Arnold’s balls ??? He’s more than humble…he’s freaking ignorant lol.
the part where these skeleton looking robots are killing women and children with machine guns with no remorse is something that's stayed on my mind even though I barely remember the rest of it
Arnold’s greatest power was never taking himself too seriously. Confidence and humility are not antagonistic in principle, only in application, but he found a way to unit them. And we love him for it.
"Confidence and humility" etc.....Huh....?. Don't try to sound smart, you come across as pretentious and phony. No need to thank me for pointing it out and make you aware.
Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee, Arnold, Jackie Chan, Tom Cruise, Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo, I admire those guys who had the vision and the balls to see themselves up there in a podium, at the top of the world with an iron will, hard work and determination.
I read Arnold’s autobiography during lockdown and was genuinely taken aback by his whole extraordinary story. From abject poverty and tragedy in Austria to just crushing everything he ever turned his hand to was truly inspiring. He also completely owned his mistakes and infidelity. An extraordinary man and an incredible story.
It wasn't really abject poverty...his dad was chief of police. He was raised really strictly though and did without a lot of creature comforts like air conditioning, anesthetic for drilling teeth, and parents that didn't beat up their kids for getting bad grades.
I love Bill Burr storytelling and I love Aronld story of how he was determined to be a successful citizen of America , Arnold Schwarzenegger did what most could never have the guts to do .
Arnold is my fav success story because as much as he had confidence in himself you can tell from the stories people like Danny DeVito tell Arnold didn’t get where he is by stepping over other people, he just worked hard and bet on himself
I was an Arnold fan back in the '70's when he was dominating the body building world. I remember reading about him in magazines and in one article in particular he mentioned to some body building friends that he was going to be the highest paid actor in Hollywood. They all laughed at him. The man knew himself and had incredible will and vision.
*Lifelong Arnold fan. I was really hoping for a far more objective/penetrating biopic than essentially a three-hour (albeit fun) promo reel. (It reminded me of the Bible-sized, preemptive, autobiography Jobs shat out to try controlling all other narratives.) Given Arnold's vast power in Hollywood and the fear (and loyalty) he inspires, we won't get a truly definitive take until he's (sadly) gone.*
Comedian Joe list tweeted he didn't know his father was a nazi and wish they'd covered it more that 2minutes in the doc. He got hammered by people on Twitter. Saying how could you want to hear about that and blah blah. Joe basically said because it sounds interesting!
@@ImRanchWilder _Exactly._ I'm certainly not seeking a "hit piece" but I wish he'd have the courage (and trust in his fans) to present a more objective, fleshed-out, narrative ... including his toughest critics' perspective. He'd still be a personal hero. But simply an even _more_ compelling one.
Cheated on wife, took steroids, pretended to fill in pot holes as a publicity stunt, man's a pure blooded narcissist, I agree we won't the truth till way after
I'm convinced guys like Pacino and Arnold were just characters even before being actors so they decided why not be an actor in the movie? Al Pacino used to talk about how he one they looked into these mirrors(I donno if its called a three quarter mirror or what)that shows you from 3 or 4 different angles and he thought he looks cool so he decided to be an actor, but its not just Narcissism, they knew they can play certain characters well
Legit LOL.. Arnold is a very rare breed., I watched the series, it was surprising good, definitely lots of integrity there on his part. Liked how he made it very clear that none of it would have ever happened without help, and explaining that he was NOT a self made man speaks for itself. For whatever reason, he poured it out for this series, it definitely wasn't for money. I think it's fair to say that you can even look at this series like a massive thank-you as he referred to so many integral people in every episode. Watch it, it's great!
Arnold went into the meeting believing that he is Conan the Barbarian come alive. What would Conan say in that meeting? “Why does such a small man have such a big desk?”
That little man was Dino De Laurentiis: producer of Dune, Flash Gordon, Barbarella and of course Conan. Great film producer. I think he was notoriously hard to work with himself. Lolol!
Bill's description of how you try to imagine yourself saying something or doing something cool, and not being able to wrap your head around it is something I def relate to. lol
Not role models for men as much as role models for guys that want to be action stars. None of those listed are particularly honorable guys but they have been immensely entertaining over the years.
@@dexterwestin3747 they are role models , came from nothing to most famous and succesfull , worked hard , belived in themselfs , had goals they reached , kept in shape and stayed healthy , are respectfull and nice people , made mistakes and did overcome them , strong and good people
That Arnold story was amazing - but somehow with Bill's retelling it's impossibly like 10 times better. I wish we get a movie with them both before the big guy passes (I doubt it but we can dream)..
@@galaxyspace76 Yea - Bill somehow plays the hype man, the second fiddle probably the best out there alive now.. He'd make a decent Robyn (though I don't like the character)... But Bill running alongside Arnold doing crazy cool shit goin crazy about how amazing everything Arnold doing would be hilarious.. I could watch a whole movie around it lol..
I agree with Bill Burr. This documentary was extremely inspiring. This man succeeded in becoming big in 3 completely different areas. Respect to both Arnold and Bill for always being themselves!!
The don’t give a fuck thing because he leaned towards responses that are more amusing to him is a type of European man. My Norweigen uncle is like that but even heavier on the jokes
Arnold more or less knew he had the roll but he knew the producer thought he was a dumb body builder who could be pushed around. Arnold is an insanely nice person. Arnold went up there and went Conan the barbarian on him. The producer got pissed off and started screaming at other Hollywood executives telling them what Arnold did. They realized Arnold was straight up intimidating the producer physically and mentally which worked in Arnold's favor to seal the job plus they kind of hated the producer so having Arnold on the film was a jab at him. The producer saw the daily shots, realized Arnold was full into and training like a body builder to be an actor and that Arnold was in barbarian mode when he met him. He ended up helping Arnold get terminator.
There is no one currently in Hollywood that can play the big action hero tough guy roll. Come to think of it, they don't even make those types of movies anymore. I'm sure if they made one it'd be a wild success but I don't think Hollywood cares about making money nowadays.
And not only that, he still has THE tank that he drove in the army. Periodically he'll take it out, and for charity, the winner gets to be a passenger in the tank when Arnold drives it over old cars. And Arnold matches the donations made to the charity. Fantastic !
I loved this doc. I found the first episode especially fascinating. I knew very little about Arnold’s early life and it’s a great little history of both body building and postwar America and especially postwar Austria. Arnold might be the most fascinating man ever
I agree , Arnold has had the most incredible career , can't take anything away from him . Self belief , hard work , determination . Seems whatever career he chose to take , he made sure it was a success . The man practically created the action movie genre , those roles were made for him , when you saw the things he did in the movies , you believed he could actually do them because he was so awesome . He created the market for hummers as a domestic vehicle . Arnold deserves all the success he has worked for .
Great documentary. There's also a bit during the end where he talks about getting old, he goes "There's this feeling sometimes where you waek ahp and den you go... *WHATDEHFUAHK??"* 😂😂 Absolute truck of a man, in the best way.
I'm watching this on Saturday morning, March 2, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio as I get ready to go to " The Arnold Sports Festival" here in town tonight and Sunday afternoon. I have gone for the last 20 years and it is a great experience each year! The very first time I heard Bill's AH-NOLD bit a few years ago STILL has me dying to this day. I would love to see Both Bill and Arnold get together for a chat and a Cigar together. THAT would be magic on film!
