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Supermodels have played challenging and distinguished jobs for years, demonstrating that talent and beauty are not incompatible. Grace Jones was one of the prominent faces in the modeling industry who entered the film industry to explore the cinematic realm. From runways to photo shoots, everyone appreciated her; in addition, her one admirer was a dynamic bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

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One can say that models like Grace from the era of the 90s spectacularly took the modeling profession to another level with their charm. In addition, Schwarzenegger complimented her bold personality by describing an unbelievable incident in his movie, ‘ Conan the Destroyer,’ in 1984. 

Jones’ flabbergasting Arnold Schwarzenegger by freaking people on set

During an interview with David Letterman on his late-night show in 1984, Arnie described an incident about Grace. He stated, “She hospitalized, probably 12 people. One guy, one guy, was standing there in front of her. Like this, he was just standing there, and he was getting ready for the hit. Then it did. It did only a second, and the guy, well, and he went down. I mean, he got called heavy.”

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Adding further, Schwarzenegger said, “He turned white. This hurts down there.” Then, narrating his worries as appreciation, the Austrian Oak commented, “People like to know something in movies. It doesn’t matter if you kill people because as if you’re hot and a screen. That’s what counts, and she’s so hot than a screen. She’s she sizzles off that screen, and she will be fancy, and she will be hired over and over again.”

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Meanwhile, in the movie, Grace portrays the character of Zula. Her character was one of the war-leading females in the film. Also, the overall collection of the movie stood at $31 million. The film’s success was solely booming due to the role of Arnold’s character and his chemistry with Bombaata, aka Wilt Chamberlain.

Interesting facts from Arnold’s Conan installments

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Till now, the chemistry between Wilt and Arnold is recalled by their die-hard fans. The first installment of the movie Conan the Barbarian in 1982 brought them together. Their impeccable bonding further leads to several hilarious incidents, including Andre, the Giant.

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One of the lesser-known facts regarding the movie includes Andre. Any idea who was the actor hiding behind the bogey demigod Dagoth’s rubbery costume? It was the legendary wrestler André the Giant, aka André René Roussimoff.

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Watch This Story: Andre The Giant and Wilt Chamberlain Made Arnold Schwarzenegger Look Like A 8-Year-old In A. Resurfaced Image

Seeing the continuously rising success of the movie in 1982, directors brought its sequel in 1984, Canon the Destroyer. However, as the other sequel was about to come again, a political issue scrapped it. Finally, in 2002, Schwarzenegger and director John Milius came close to completing a third Conan flick. However, following the election of the governor of California, King Conan: Crown of Iron got discarded.