![]() The "True Lies" premise – Brunner's personal life falls apart because of his secret profession – allows Schwarzenegger to lean into the comedy. Now everyone wants to do a TV show and movies at the same time." "In the 80s, it was not cool to do the TV series it was about being a movie star," says Schwarzenegger. Olympia bodybuilder kicked off his acting career with TV appearances, including an early role alongside Lucille Ball in the 1974 TV movie "Happy Anniversary and Goodbye." But he moved to big-screen domination with 1982's "Conan the Barbarian" and, of course, 1984's "The Terminator." Schwarzenegger was too cool for TV in the '80s ![]() ![]() Here's how Schwarzenegger, who was given the tongue-in-cheek title of Netflix's chief action officer this week, is still wreaking havoc. "I'm sold as a 65-year-old, but I'm 75," he says proudly. Brunner is endearingly described as the fastest 65-year-old on the planet after dispatching foes in one skirmish, a description that still makes Schwarzenegger proud. In the eight-part action comedy from Nick Santora (now streaming), Schwarzenegger plays retiring CIA agent Luke Brunner, who's forced back to the blow-up biz after discovering his daughter (Monica Barbaro) is also a secret agent. The onetime box-office titan stars in "Fubar," his first TV series. Movie action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger won't retire. ![]()
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