Washington: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger surprised his fans when he revealed that his film ‘Twins’ was the most beneficial film of his career, despite his superhit franchise ‘Terminator’, the variety said.
During an interview on the ‘Watch What Hapts Live’ talk show, as quoted by Variety, Arnold said ‘Twins’ gave him a $ 40 million. It was a comedy-drama who starred Arnold and Danny Davito in the lead roles, with their first support on the big screen. The film was released in 1988.
Arnold said, “Well, the number one was ‘twins’ because we did not get any money for salary, but owned with a piece of back end. It was spectacular. We went with him all the way for the bank.”
Asked if he earned more than 20 million USD from the success of ‘Twins’, Schwarzenegger said that his last payday was more than that. Asked if it is more than USD 40 million, the actor replied, “It was more than that. It was more than any film that I ever made,” as quoted by the Variety.
‘Twins’ starred Schwarzenegger and Davito as brothers to join. While Schwarzenegger was a prestigious action star at that time, who was uncontrolled before his comedy chops, thanks to the ‘The Terminator’ films, ‘Predator’ and ‘Conan the Barbarian’.
“Why will they do [cast me in a comedy?]”Schwarzenegger recently told his son, Patrick, during a chat for actors on the actors of the variety.
“He said, ‘Are you crazy? The more people kill this man on-screen, the more money we make. Why will we change it?” Until Ivan came with Ritman and Danny Davito, the dialogue was, “Arnold said that as quoted by Variety.
No one wanted to make a comedy with Schwarzenegger, so the actor claims that he prepared a plan to increase the possibility of appearing in comedy films.
He said, “If we do not take any salary, we can shoot the film for 16.5 million USD. We made a deal, where we got 40% backndary of the film. This is the best deal that we have done so far,” as is quoted by the variety.
According to the variety, ‘Twins’ earned US $ 216 million worldwide in theaters and made even more profits on home videos.
Despite the huge payment of the film, Schwarzenegger never found a sequel with Davito. He planned a follow -up called ‘Triplets’. He also decided to add Eddie Murphy to the artists.
But Ritman died before the shooting started, “Arnold said as quoted by the variety.
Meanwhile, on the work front, the second season of Schwarzenegger’s action comedy ‘Fuber’ was premiered on Netflix on 12 June. His upcoming projects told the people, The Holiday Movie The Man with the Bag, in which he will play Santa Claus.
