Even as a child, Arnold Schwarzenegger dreamed of the United States, and of becoming something big. Thanks to his success as a bodybuilder, he got there.
He has won Mr Universe and Mr Olympia several times, he has been one of the world’s highest paid actors, and he managed to go from Terminator to Governator.
Hear P3 ID about the man who has personified the American dream, who has made an unlikely career and married into the Kennedy clan but who has also created scandalous headlines.
The program includes Roger Wilson, Swedish Radio’s correspondent in New York and cultural journalist, and film director and critic Stig Björkman.
The autobiography “Total recall” has been a great help in the research work.
Host and producer: Vendela Lundberg
Section author and reporter: Sally Henriksson
Final mix: Fredrik Nilsson
The episode was made in the winter of 2021 by Studio Olga.
The sound clips in the episode are taken from: BBC, CNN, Reuters, Pumping Iron, the Terminator movies, Hercules in New York, NBC, ABC, The Villain, Junior and Conan the Destroyer.
Source: ICELAND NEWS