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Arnold's Role

posted 19 years ago by Terminator4491
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Does anyone know why Arnold Schwarzenegger is credited in this movie as "Himself"?

(By the way I haven't seen this movie so don't think i'm retarded I just wanna know why Arnold is in this movie).

Thanks

[–] daring1972 19 years ago

Arnold was in the White House (as the Presidential Fitness Advisor I assume) and is in a short scene with the President saying...

"What you don't want to eat are desserts... donuts (pulls one from the Presidents mouth)."

Then they do a little Indian wrestling which is funny too. Check the movie out it rocks.

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[–] BurgGurl 18 years ago

I believe the person who made the original post stated that he didn't see the movie so he wouldn't have heard the president speak to Arnold.

[–] TEA-Time 18 years ago

Exactly right, BurgGurl, plus Arnold wasn't a politician back in 1993, so mitchconn's reasoning is not only wacked, but "self-schmucking".

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[–] TEA-Time 18 years ago

Nice to see you're only solidifying what we said, troll.

[–] stevenackerman69 13 years ago

Uh, he plays himself. That is why.

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 12 years ago

I don't remember this movie that well but I remember the scene is very brief. The president eats a donut and Arnold punches him in the face. Arnold doesn't even have any lines.

"Time to die! Like a man!" Venom Spider-Man Web of Shadows

[–] Clarisworkz 12 years ago

Arnold actually grabs Dave's hand and accidentally throws him to the floor after Dave eats a donut etc.

Arnold's cameo was most likely because of his friendship with Director Ivan Reitman, as they have done several projects together around the same time in the 90s.

[–] astimoli 8 years ago

Think maybe it had something to do with the fact that between 1990 - 1993 Arnold was the chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports?

Just a thought.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I love it when people know some history

[–] Sidha108 (2364) 3 months ago

It would have been interesting to have him play his Kindergarten Cop character again just for that scene since he is with a class of kids and Ivan Reitman directed both films.