Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals shocking story from making one of his most famous films

Arnold Schwarzenegger never shows weakness and never gives up. At least that’s what the action legend’s one-man army appearances like The Phantom Commando or Predator suggest. When filming his fantasy hit and career breakthrough Conan the Barbarian, director John Milius (Big Wednesday) forced him However, there were tortures that he still remembers 41 years later. Arnold Schwarzenegger bit a vulture and crawled until it bled for fantasy action

Variety quotes a passage from his new book Be Useful in which he reports on the shoot:

Millius made me do a lot of horrible crap. I crawled through rocks until my arms bled. Wild dogs dragged me into a thorn bush. I bit into a real, dead vulture and then rinsed my mouth with alcohol. On one of the first days of filming, I injured my back and needed 40 stitches.

However, he did during Milius’ shoot also learned to ride horses, camels and elephants, Climbing ropes and falling from great heights, according to Schwarzenegger. “I went to a whole new school, one for aspiring action actors.”

Despite all the hardships, the hard filming seems to have been worth it in the end. Conan the Barbarian became a fantasy hit (via The Numbers) and launched Schwarzenegger’s career as an action star.

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