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Crusade

posted 2 years ago by NotoriousRio (12927)
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I remember reading about Schwarzenegger linked with a Crusades epic back in the 90's, such a shame it never came to be.

In the mid-nineties, star Arnold Schwarzenegger and director Paul Verhoeven were riding high. Arnold was arguably the world's biggest star at the time, while he had one of his biggest hits ever teaming with Verhoeven on the classic TOTAL RECALL, which was produced by Carolco Pictures. The two then pitched the studio on doing a massive, big-budget epic about the Crusades, appropriately titled, CRUSADE, which got so far into pre-production that the cast, which would include Jennifer Connelly, Gary Sinise, and John Turturro.

https://youtu.be/dSbDuHTL4h4

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

that would be great film. i would prefer to see this to junior and batman and robin.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 2 years ago

It would have been a massive hit, but instead Verhoeven directed Showgirls and Schwarzenegger starred in what is still the worst Batman movie.

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

yes agreed. 95-99 was dark ages for arnie. he make bad choise in this time. this film would be ideal for arnie who was make too many average film at that time.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 2 years ago

Arnie chose far too many mediocre films during that period, it would have been a great time for epics too, with Braveheart being a massive hit.

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

Agreeds. a big miss opportunity. arnie was made for crusade role.

[–] Hybrid66 (1516) 2 years ago

He was linked to a WW2 project once, playing a German soldier I think.

Would have been comical, not in a good way.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 2 years ago

He was going to play Sgt. Rock once too, I would have loved to have seen that!

[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

I never heard of Sgt Rock while I was growing up but I ran into this from one of my very favorite bands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE8ldywLXvQ

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 2 years ago

I totally forgot about XTC, I haven’t listened to them in years!

[–] AndyKing1967 (39707) 2 years ago

Vastly underrated.