This is the story of a man who was impossible to see coming.
The scenario of his life, like the scenario of most of the films he made, is not credible.
In three words, Arnold Schwarzenegger was, during his life: Mister Universe, Terminator and Governor of California - and yes, that's a lot.
But it also makes him extremely intriguing.
Who has never wondered if there was a human being with intelligence behind his giant pecs?…
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In reality, there was first a little boy under the influence of a tyrannical father in Austria.
Then a rather shy teenager but addicted to bodybuilding and fed the American dream by magazines.
Of course, then there was the one we all know, the actor and the politician.
And then the one we know less about, married to a Kennedy, father of four children first, then five, after the public discovery of a son he hid for a long time.
What does his life in the spotlight and his life behind the scenes tell us when we put them side by side?
Do we still look at Arnold Schwarzenegger like we used to?
For this episode of
Scandals
, at the microphone of journalist Marion Galy-Ramounot:
Jérôme Momcilovic, journalist and film critic, author of the book
Prodigies by Arnold Schwarzenegger
in 2016
Samuel Delacre, co-host of the VHS and Canapé cinema podcast
Mark Barabak, political reporter at the
Los Angeles Times
Carla Hall, investigative reporter at the
Los Angeles Times
Scandals is a
Madame Figaro
podcast
, written and presented by Marion Galy-Ramounot, and produced by Lucile Rousseau-Garcia.
Camille Lamblaut was put in charge of the investigation.
Océane Ciuni is the editorial manager of
Scandales
, a podcast produced by Louie Créative, the audio content agency of Louie Média.