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Arnold Schwarzenegger Said No to $200,000 Offer as He Wanted to Become Like Clint Eastwood and Earn Millions With Movies


He turned down a promising opportunity to represent a fitness brand in order to pursue his dream.
From winning Mr. Olympia multiple times to becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest action superstars, Arnold Schwarzenegger has done it all. The former bodybuilding champion-turned-actor took a huge risk with his decision to become a movie star despite the fact that he could have still become a huge celebrity in the profession of bodybuilding.

Schwarzenegger was even offered a promising opportunity to become the face of a renowned fitness brand. The True Lies actor though, wanted more out of life and let go of this deal to not just pursue his dream of becoming an actor but also to achieve superstardom and make millions like many of his Hollywood counterparts.
Why Arnold Schwarzenegger Wanted To Emulate Clint EastwoodArnold Schwarzenegger is arguably one of Hollywood’s most iconic superstars, especially in the realm of action. Over 5 decades, the Austrian celebrity has been the face of some of the industry’s biggest blockbusters including Terminator, True Lies, Commando, and many more. Schwarzenegger was so passionate about his dream to become an actor, that he was willing to turn down a promising offer to represent Jack Lalanne Gyms, which was right up his alley as a champion bodybuilding exponent.

The Expendables star in an appearance in The Howard Stern Show, elaborated on the reasons behind refusing the deal and his passion to pursue movies. Speaking of what attracted him to Hollywood, who he was inspired by, and what prompted him to take the plunge as an actor, The former Governor of California said,
“I thought about it, and I said to myself, Wait a minute. My goal is to be a leading man in movies and to be another Clint Eastwood and Charles Branson. Those were the big stars at the time and got a million dollars a movie. I want to make a million dollars a movie and I want to shoot for that goal”

While the $200,000 that was offered by Lalanne Gyms to Schwarzenegger was not small change, the actor confessed that the hectic schedule of working 10 to 12 hours a day for the organization would have denied him the opportunity to study acting and do the things that he wanted to achieve in his life
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s First Million Did Not Come From The MoviesWhile Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed his dream to become a millionaire through films, the actor first achieved this feat before his acting career skyrocketed. In author Tim Ferris’s book titled Tool of Titans, the Terminator star revealed that he turned to real estate in the 1970s as a backup plan while transitioning from a bodybuilder to an actor.

Starting from a simple down payment for an apartment, Schwarzenegger spoke about benefitting from the ‘magic decade’ where buildings that he invested in, went on to sell at almost 3 times their purchase amount. In this way, the Austrian Oak made full use of the lucrative real estate market to earn his first million dollars. This windfall, in turn, gave him the financial freedom to pursue his acting career without the pressures of failure.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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