Unlike Stallone who rehashed his two most popular action roles time-and-again (Rocky and Rambo), Schwarzenegger opted for slightly subversive storylines and characters– Terminator, Predator, The Running Man. Each of these films made Schwarzenegger the biggest movie star of the 1980s–only rivalled by that other bulging monosyllabic bicep Sylvester Stallone. Those men of few words action heroes like the sword and sandals beefcake in Conan The Barbarian, or relentless villains like the robot T-800 Model 101 in Terminator, or mercenary soldiers such as John Matrix in Commando and Major Alan “Dutch” Schaeffer in Predator, or just rogue law enforcers as in Raw Deal and The Running Man. When the former world champion bodybuilder made the switch from weights to movies he knew his acting ability was limited and therefore chose roles in which he could excel. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a very shrewd man.
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