Schwarzenegger ya so ya motsa daga jiki zuwa wasan kwaikwayo, a karshe ya cimma shi lokacin da aka zaba shi don taka rawar Hercules a 1969 ta Hercules a New York. An ba da shi a karkashin sunan wasan kwaikwayon "Arnold Strong", maganganunsa a cikin fim din yana da kauri cewa an kira layinsa bayan samarwa. Ya fito na biyu na fim din shi ne a matsayin mai kurma-murya mob hitman a The Long Goodbye (1973), wanda ya biyo bayan wani muhimmin bangare a cikin fim din Stay Hungry (1976), wanda ya lashe kyautar Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year <unk> Actor. Schwarzenegger ya tattauna game da gwagwarmayar da ya yi a farkon lokacin da yake ci gaba da aikinsa: "Ya kasance da wuya a gare ni a farkon <unk> An gaya mini da kuma 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na' yan wasan kwaikwayo cewa jikina ya kasance 'ban mamaki', cewa ina da wani abin dariya, kuma cewa maganganun na sun kasance a ko'ina.
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