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Not Arnold's shining moments.


Over all for a guy who went unbeaten for 7 years and won 6 straight Mr Olympia titles he was a down to earth and generous guy. He could have been a flaming egotistical dick but he wasn't.

That said there are a couple of moments in the film where he was not so kind.

1. He is posing at a prison. Why? Makes no sense. A girl is helping him off with his shirt and he is obviously flirting but not in a way that indicates he might want her. He then(Inappropriately today) pulls her to him and kisses her cheek. He then says she might not have kissed for years before that. Wow what a put down.

2. While posing on stage with Lou he bends over and whispers something into Lou's left ear. Huh? Lou is basically deaf! He reads lips he could not have heard a whisper like that. I think in that case Arnold simply forgot that.

Anybody have any other examples? Arnold plays mind games with people but that is normal when you are competing against them. He is inappropriate with his flirting but that was 1975.

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