Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most highly acclaimed actors who has earned immense glory and fame throughout his decades-long career in Hollywood. The award-winning actor has starred in dozens of big-budgeted, action-packed, thrilling movies, many of which have become fan favorites.
While the actor has worked with many big celebrities throughout his run as a leading man in showbiz, one of his co-stars, Jamie Lee Curtis, once shared an anecdote revealing how he was unsure about working with her in the James Cameron-directed 1994 American action comedy film True Lies.
The actor was uneasy filming an intimate sequence with his co-star Curtis as she revealed that the 76-year-old star was skeptical about portraying her love interest in the movie since he was friends with her father, Tony Curtis. Therefore, he was worried about her casting as his wife in the flick.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Was Uncomfortable Kissing His Co-star Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man of many talents. He is an incredible actor, businessman, filmmaker, and former professional bodybuilder. Schwarzenegger has showcased his extraordinary skills in all the fields he’s involved in. The Predator movie star has worked with enough A-list actors, including Academy Award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
However, one would be shocked to know that he was skeptical about working with her in the James Cameron-directed action comedy flick True Lies. In the movie, the actor played the role of Harry Tasker, husband of Helen Tasker, depicted by Curtis.
The Perfect movie star once opened up about how her co-star was uneasy about kissing her during a sequence in the movie while playing the role of her partner. She claimed he might be frightened to film those intimate scenes with her because he was friends with her father, Tony Curtis, with whom he had worked earlier in the shared 1992 film Christmas in Connecticut. The 64-year-old actress told Yahoo Entertainment,
“Arnold knew me as Tony’s (Curtis) daughter. He only knew me as Tony’s daughter. He loved Tony Curtis. So I’m sure Arnold just looked at me like it’d be like kissing your niece or something. I guarantee, in fact, he did not want me to be in that movie. I think he just thought it would be weird. We knew each other a little bit socially. I just don’t think he thought of me as his leading lady. I think he thought of me as Tony’s little girl. And it was Jim (James Cameron) who said, ‘No, I’ve written this for her. She’s the one to do this with you.'”
Jamie Lee Curtis claimed that because Arnold Schwarzenegger was friends with her father, Tony Curtis, he felt awkward kissing her during those intimate sequences and was initially unsure about her casting as his wife in the movie.
Jamie Lee Curtis Improvized her iconic Striptease scene in the movie
In a candid interview, the legendary actress Jamie Lee Curtis shared how director James Cameron allowed her to choose the song while filming her now-famous striptease scene in the movie in front of her co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actress helped improvise the part, revealing that she did no rehearsals, nor did any choreographer assist her,
“The thing that nobody knows: There was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer. Jim said to me, ‘What do you want to dance to?’ It was when John Hiatt’s ‘Bring the Family’ album was out, and I said, ‘There’s a song called ‘Alone in the Dark’ that has this really funky rhythm.’ And I said, ‘I really like that song.’ And that’s what they played.”
She continued,
“It’s because Jim knew that the dance was too sexy; it was too real. It started to actually be good, and he knew he needed to break the spell of what the husband had put his wife through. I think we did two takes where I let go of the pole.”
It was all her hard work, and she undoubtedly pulled off that scene effortlessly, even though Curtis was initially anxious about filming it. James Cameron-directed action comedy movie earned positive reviews from the audience and critics alike and grossed $379 million at the global box office.
True Lies is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
