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Arnold Schwarzenegger: Conan The Barbarian
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Arnold ... appeared with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the 1979 comedy The Villain. Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the "mythical epic" Conan the Barbarian in 1982, which was a box-office hit.[13] This was followed by a sequel, Conan the Destroyer in 1984, which performed disappointingly.[32] Later, he appeared on the cover of High Times magazine dressed as "Conan The Barbarian."[33]
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[One] of Schwarzenegger's early benefactors, Leigh says, was Paco Arce Gomez, a Spanish millionaire and renowned gay playboy. In a 1992 Spy magazine profile of the Conan the Barbarian star, Arce was credited as the lens man behind a series of photos from the Austrian's early days, showing him "eating breakfast off of very fancy china wearing a tank top and tight underwear." (Schwarzenegger ... posed nude for homoerotic photog Robert Mapplethorpe at least three times in the seventies and famously appeared naked in a 22-photo spread in now-defunct gay rag After Dark.)
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After this break Schwarzenegger's second ambition was quick to be realised. After one or two more bit parts, 1982's Conan the Barbarian established his muscles, if not his acting proficiency, as a competent lead. This led to an audition for the Terminator.
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