![]() Arnold and his brother also had an estranged relationship because his father favored his brother and constantly pitted the two against one another. His father was a police chief and an alcoholic, it has been said that his father was abusive to him. In his childhood, Arnold dreamed of being a bodybuilder, his father however did not support that dream. You can watch his new action series FUBAR and docuseries Arnold on your Netflix subscription.Arnold Schwarzenegger, fully named Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, was born in Australia in 1947. After all, him being the quotable actor he is now is actually because of the Austrian accent he was born with. ![]() He remarked the sketch made the accent acceptable to a general audience and made it much easier for his career to use it.Īrnold Schwarzenegger may not be capable of doing an American accent, but he doesn’t need that skill. Schwarzenegger remarked how grateful he was for that sketch in showing you can have fun with an accent and entertain people with it. He was part of the hilarious sketch Hanz and Franz where Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon played the former Governor’s cousins who were muscle-bound bodybuilders trying to take the form of the Conan the Barbarian star. And we all know you can’t say quotes like “I’ll be back” or “Hasta la vista, baby” without that signature accent.Īccording to EW, what helped “legitimize” Schwarzenegger’s accent was appearing in one of the best single-season casts of SNL for season 14. The actor himslef even throws back his own movie quotes for his own amusement. ![]() I’d like to believe it’s because of his accent that people were able to shout Schwarzenegger's famous quotes. Like James Cameron told the working actor, Schwarzenegger's accent was perfect for playing a human-like killing machine in every piece of dialogue coming out strong and memorable. After a while, fans just knew what to hear from the actor during his big screen appearances. The same was said for all of the other movies Schwarzenegger did where his lineage was not a factor in the characters he played despite not being able to hide his accent. Howard was just a father trying to get a Turboman doll for his son. Despite still sporting his Austrian accent, his character Howard never had to explain it and wasn’t written in as an Austrian. For example, the first movie I ever saw Schwarzenegger in was the Christmas comedy Jingle All the Way. I always found it remarkable that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s accent in movies never had to be explained. … And then when I did Terminator, Jim Cameron said, 'What made Terminator work and why it became successful is because Schwarzenegger talks like a machine.' Because when I did Conan the Barbarian, John Milius, the director, said to the press, 'If we wouldn’t have had Schwarzenegger we would have had to build one,' because I was the only one that had the muscles to play that character the way Frank Frazetta painted it, and the way Robert E. But the funny thing was all the stuff that was said, the Hollywood producers and the directors and all the geniuses saying this was an obstacle for me to become a leading man became an asset. So things like that, I was saying things over and over again - it was very helpful but it didn’t’t get rid of my accent. This is pretty understandable, as American and Austrian accents are completely distinct from one another and can be quite a challenge to not have your native dialect slip up. The action star laughed and humorously said, “I can’t even do an American accent! What the hell are you talking about?!” He also mentioned that it’s possible his accent coach has never worked with anyone of German or Austrian descent to completely remove their accent to play an American. In fact, when the Total Recall actor touched up on the subject on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel asked him if he could do a New York, Southern, or Australian accent. Yeah, maybe Schwarzenegger should have asked for his money back because his Austrian accent hasn't strayed away from him. It’s three, with a T-H.' So he had me say three thousand three hundred and thirty three and one third with the T-H and not with the S. I remember he says, 'You know you always say three. I had an English coach and an acting coach and a speech coach and an accent-removal coach, who has passed away since then, but I mean, I should have otherwise gotten my money back. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke on The Graham Norton Show about the work he put into trying to remove his thick Austrian accent and the challenges he had. But not every actor can change their accent for their projects. ![]() Actors like Idris Elba, Christian Bale, Toni Collette and Florence Pugh who love doing accents for movies accomplish them so well that you forget they’re not Americans. ![]()
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