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Arnold Schwarzenegger defeated all odds to become the 7 times title-holder of Mr. Olympia. With a plethora of iconic roles and movies to his name, Schwarzenegger’s Hollywood career was going down a smooth road until he hit a bump.
Being born with a defect, Schwarzenegger had a defective valve (around the heart) which caused the blood flow to minimize due to the contraction of the nerve. The only solution was to replace it in a heart surgery but when he underwent it a second time, the doctor’s mistake would have killed Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2018!
A Doctor’s Mistake Nearly Killed Arnold Schwarzenegger
Born with a defective valve,Arnold Schwarzeneggerfound out about it in his 30s. Wanting to replace the valve, Schwarzenegger underwent surgery in 1997 to replace it with an artificial one. With the artificial valve having a lifespan of 10-12 years, theTerminatoractor had to again go through the procedure in 2018.
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The actor revealed in his book,Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life,that in 2018, the surgery planned was supposed to be a simple surgery. What ended up happening was that the doctor accidentally burst through Schwarzenegger’s heart wall! The surgery turned into an open-heart surgery as doctors rushed in to save Schwarzenegger’s life!
“I don’t tell this story very often, but when I do, a lot of people ask me if I sued the doctors for nearly killing me on the table. Beyond the fact that I’d prepared for this possibility, these doctors are only human. They did the best they could. And don’t forget, they saved my life! What would be the point of suing them?”
Suffering from surgeries and wounds, Schwarzenegger wasn’t always one with friends. Talking about how Schwarzenegger’s persona caused him to stay away from George Clooney.
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One of the most horrible movies that Schwarzenegger starred in wasBatman & Robinin 1997. Portraying the role of Mr. Freeze with George Clooney as Batman, theOcean’s Elevenactor revealed in a documentary (viaLuis Place) that he never shared the screen with Arnold Schwarzenegger despite him being the villain in the movie.
“[I]’m in a lot of scenes with Mr. Freeze, I never worked a single day with Arnold. Not a single day. I was on the set with him a lot. I’d hang out and talk to him, I did a lot of publicity with him, but literally, they had a double for him that was so good..”
Well, lucky for the actor and the world, Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t die as he continues to shoot other movies and upcoming projects on his way.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
