

I’ve seen him do it in real time with me. One talent I wasn’t aware of is his willingness to hear the other person’s side of things.

That third episode about his political career was the reason why I did the film. He’s a great character so I knew it would be a rich story. Also, I was struck by how Arnold has dealt with challenges after the first 30 years of his career were just win, win, win.Īnd “Conan the Barbarian” blew me and my brother away when we were 9 or 10, so I was a fan of his films, but when I found out he was a Republican I had mixed feelings about him. Hughes: It’s an incredible journey and the ultimate immigrant story. The interviews have been edited for length and clarity.

They spoke recently in separate video interviews about making the docuseries.
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“Arnold” is the second docuseries that Hughes has worked on this year - he also executive produced “ Dear Mama,” a five-part series about Tupac Shakur for FX. Chilcott was a producer on the Oscar-winning film “ An Inconvenient Truth” and “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” and she most recently directed a series about the Manson family, “ Helter Skelter: An American Myth,” and the film “ Watson” about Paul Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It also features interviews with director James Cameron, who worked with him on the “Terminator” franchise and the action film “True Lies,” and former co-stars Danny DeVito, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Lee Curtis and Sylvester Stallone.īoth Chilcott and Allen Hughes, the executive producer of the series, have worked on several documentaries over the years. The documentary shows everything from his unbearably pumped up body in the 1970s to the endless body count of films like “Conan the Barbarian,” “Terminator” and “Commando” (and his forays into comedy, like “Twins” and “Junior”) to his achievements on environmental policy as California governor between 20.
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The three-part docuseries titled “ Arnold” premieres on Netflix on Wednesday and comes on the heels of his first TV show, “ FUBAR,” also for the streamer. The fact that all three are about Arnold Schwarzenegger is a reminder of just how remarkable his life story is. And then there’s a third about one of the most surprising political careers in recent decades.

She directed another about one of Hollywood’s most successful action stars ever. Now they are partners, giving Saudi Arabia a commercial voice in golf’s premier organization.Lesley Chilcott directed a one-hour documentary about the greatest bodybuilder in history. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan was at the Canadian Open that week and said pointedly about any player who joined LIV or was thinking about it: “Have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?” The announcement comes a year after LIV Golf began. The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a stunning announcement Tuesday of a merger that creates a commercial operation with the Public Investment Fund and the European tour.Īs part of the deal, the sides immediately are dropping all lawsuits involving LIV Golf.įrom the golf side, still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson can rejoin the PGA Tour after defecting last year for signing bonuses reported to be in the $150 million range.įrom the commercial side, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund joins the PGA Tour board of directors and leads the new venture as chairman, though the PGA Tour will have a majority stake.
