From his humble beginnings as an Austrian bodybuilder to one of the biggest action movie stars in history.

16. Total Recall took forever to make. Two scriptwriters started the original screenplay all the way back in 1976 (14 years before the final film would be released), yet ran into issues in re-imagining Phillip K. Dick’s short story. They took a break, casually wrote Alien, and rewrote the script 40 times before Arnie had a chance to do some seriously eye-popping acting.