That Time Arnold Schwarzenegger Traumatized His One-Year-Old Baby By Bringing Her To Set While Half His Face Was Melted Off
What a parenting choice!
After years of starring in several of the greatest action movies ever made, silver screen icon Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking his talents to streaming for the explosive Netflix series FUBAR, arriving on the platform on May 25. The show’s premise feels a little but like Schwarzenegger’s 1994 classic True Lies, which he made with James Cameron. In both stories, Schwarzenegger is an undercover assassin going on international missions while his family believes he works a boring, run-of-the-mill job. Except, in FUBAR, Arnold’s character learns (while on a mission) that his daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro), is a secret agent, as well.
You can almost imagine where the action goes after these deceptions are made clear. But watching FUBAR – which is available with your Netflix subscription – got me thinking about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s own family, and how they might have reacted once they learned how amazing his job was (and is). What I didn’t realize is just how young the kids were when Schwarzenegger decided to expose them to his craft! We interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro on behalf of FUBAR, and it was during the chat when Arnold told this terrific story:
All in the life of a Schwarzenegger. But that’s what happens when your dad is The Terminator, the Running Man, and the star of Commando, which some of us think as the best action movie of all time. And even if he’s finished with making Terminator movies, that doesn’t change the legacy he leaves behind, and the experiences his children witnessed as he worked on these films. Of course, Schwarzenegger eventually traded Hollywood for Sacramento when he became California’s governor. And he told us even that was an issue for his children. He told CinemaBlend:
Eventually, Arnold returned to Hollywood, which includes the Netflix series FUBAR and an action movie he has lined up for after the show. You know that Arnold Schwarzenegger will keep working until Hollywood runs out of ways to use him, and we don’t predict that will happen any time soon.
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Sean O’Connell is a journalist and CinemaBlend’s Managing Editor. Having been with the site since 2011, Sean interviewed myriad directors, actors and producers, and created ReelBlend, which he proudly cohosts with Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy. And he's the author of RELEASE THE SNYDER CUT, the Spider-Man history book WITH GREAT POWER, and an upcoming book about Bruce Willis.