Defeating Tom Cruise and Will Smith, Arnold Schwarzenegger Was the First Choice for Saving The World From Foreign Invasion in 2021

In an unpredictable world such as ours, who’s to know what would happen next? While one may not be sure of any future disasters, once 2000 British adults participated in a survey about choosing a leader in case of an alien invasion. Amidst some of the strongest potentials like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and Bruce Willis, people chose Arnold Schwarzenegger as their leader!

In a survey commissioned by the media house Blaze TV in 2021, a sizeable number of people were posed with a simple question – who would be their leader during a foreign invasion? Many lucrative options included a healthy mix of actors, activists, and political leaders around the globe. Let’s dive into the details of this survey.

Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger geared up to fight aliens

The hypothetical scenario was simple – people had to choose a leader amidst a plethora of options, who could save them from an alien invasion, one who was capable enough. The options held many potentials, including Will Smith, Bruce Willis, Chris Pratt, and so on. Arnold Schwarzenegger was also one of them.

Taking a quick look at the contenders, a common pattern emerged. Most celebrities had some experience fighting aliens on the big screen. Will Smith gathered his experience from his movie Independence Day. Chris Pratt, Schwarzenegger’s son-in-law, is the protagonist in Guardians of the Galaxy. Sci-fi is the dominant theme, and the stars delivered!

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Despite having many political leaders on the list, fans went ahead and chose Schwarzenegger as their leader. Turns out, the Governator and his political career played well with his sci-fi role. Instead of choosing a celebrity who fought fictional aliens, or a political leader who took care of affairs, fans placed their bets on Schwarzenegger. And he was ready to take up the responsibility!

Incidentally, instead of fighting the bad guys, Schwarzenegger once played the role of an iconic supervillain as well!

A terrifying role that forced Arnold to threaten his crew

In 1997, Batman & Robin featured one of the most characteristic supervillains in their arc – Mr. Freeze. Schwarzenegger played the role and was quite terrifying as he embodied the costume of the antagonist.

An interesting anecdote emerged during the shoot of this film. Since the character called for a bald head, Schwarzenegger needed to do something about it. His makeup artist, Jeff Dawn, tried persuading him to shave his head, since wearing a bald cap would be time-consuming. To this, Arnie only had a jokingly threatening statement, “Jeff, go ahead! I dare you”.

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