Arnie Films We Missed Out On

What we could have got - Sgt. Rock (1988) - What we got - Twins (1988)

Would any Arnold Schwarzenegger fan have been disappointed by this switch of films? Even if it was so-so (which is almost unbelievable considering John McTiernan of Predator and Die Hard 1 and 3 was going to direct), it would have been another classic Arnold action film under his belt and Twins would be a script adrift for some forgettable gross out Rob Schneider flick. I'm betting it would have been better than Raw Deal, better than Red Heat, better than Red Sonja, better than End of Days and Eraser and slew of others. Perhaps if Arnold needed the money he may have gone through with it too, but as it's well documented in Arnold's book; Total Recall, he was financially well off by the late 80's and could choose to be picky about his films instead of jumping on sequels like many other action stars. I would have taken Sgt Rock over Twins and it's sappy overly sentimental third act, with it's obvious dated and cliche mismatched pairing comedy format, no slight against Arnold but they could have got any bodybuilder in the role of Julius and it'd been hardly different. In terms of films I don't mind Twins but I don't see it as anything remarkable more than say Vice Versa (1988) or other late 80's mismatched comedy movies, it may have widened Arnold's scope of acting but it's ultimately forgettable beyond Arnold being a larger than life character next to Danny Devito's mannerisms.

Never forget.

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