54 years ago, this young man took his first steps in cinema, and today he is one of the biggest stars in the world. did you know him

Nicknamed “Austrian Oak”, “The Governor” or simply “Schwarz”, Arnold Schwarzenegger is undoubtedly one of the biggest action movie stars.

Also prolific in the field of comedy (with films such as Kindergarten Cop, Toy Race or Junior), he is particularly known worldwide for playing the excellent Conan the Barbarian, the merciless Terminator, the vulnerable hero of Predator, the tireless secret agent of True Lies or the Last Action Hero- He is an irresistible hero.

First role at the age of 23

However, even if he is one of the iconic figures of Hollywood today, 54 years ago he still had everything to prove in the world of cinema. At the age of 23 when he arrived in the United States in the early 1970s, this young Austrian bodybuilding champion, who had just won the Mr. World title, had his sights set on becoming an actor.

Playing a legendary mythological hero named Arnold Strong, he made his film debut in the adventure film Hercules in New York. This Arthur Alan Seidelman feature film, in which Schwarzenegger lent his features to a famous demigod who decided to leave Olympus to see Manhattan, is still considered one of the worst films of his career, with an average of 5 out of 1,430 stars. AlloCiné viewers.

“It was funny.”

“I hadn’t seen it in a long time when my kids found, shot and wrestled a bear. I had to stop and watch the whole thing. The bear fight sequence, just to see how funny it was.”said the actor many years later on Insider’s microphone.

Fortunately, this first, largely forgotten experience did not prevent Schwarzenegger from achieving fame and the career we know. After a decade of playing small roles and small projects, yet winning a Golden Globe for Most Promising Actor in 1982, he appeared in 1982 in what remains one of the biggest roles of his career: the muscular and bloodthirsty Conan the Barbarian.

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