There are sufficient stars which have cameoed in “The Simpsons” to cowl your complete Springfield Stroll of Fame and again once more. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, U2, and Daniel Radcliffe (who has voiced multiple character) are simply among the names that’ve shared the animated area with Homer (Dan Castellaneta) and the remainder of that beloved household. Three names that you’ve by no means seen on the top credit, nonetheless, had been three iconic motion heroes that had been scheduled to make an look however sadly by no means did: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis.
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It seems that the heroes who dominated the silver display within the ’80s and early ’90s by no means swung by the house of 742 Evergreen Terrace, even after they had been explicitly written into an episode. Season 5, episode 10 of “The Simpsons,” entitled “$pringfield (or, How I Realized to Cease Worrying and Love Legalized Playing),” noticed Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer) open a on line casino, and Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis agreed to get within the recording sales space for the episode so long as their newly opened chain of eating places, Planet Hollywood, can be written into the plot. Whereas the writing crew adhered to the request, it was no match for the trio’s busy schedules, which in the end had no area for approaching the present in any case. Consequently, the Planet Hollywood plug and its proprietor’s look was ripped from the episode fully, and not one of the aforementioned stars have turned up within the present since. Be that as it could, the sequence hasn’t stopped making jokes about them, together with one recurring character that spoofed Schwarzenegger himself.
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Rainier Wolfcastle is The Simpsons’ reply to Arnold Schwarzenegger
The historical past of celeb cameos in “The Simpsons” not going nicely would not simply cease with Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis. Jim Carrey backed out of a poorly acquired episode, and some visitor appearances have aged as poorly as Fats Tony’s rat milk. Even so, one character that felt like a compromise for the missed go to from Arnie was Springfield’s personal motion star, Rainier Wolfcastle (additionally Harry Shearer), together with one other Simpsonized Schwarzenegger variant that made his approach into the Oval Workplace.
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Debuting in season 2, episode 12, Rainier Wolfcastle was an indiscreet riff on Schwarzenegger each in look and voice. An Austrian motion star, identical to the longtime Terminator himself, Wolfcastle was a hilarious tackle Arnie, making horrible puns with a deadpan supply identical to the true deal. You may bear in mind him from such movies as: “McBain,” “McBain II: You Have the Proper to Stay Useless,” and remember about “I Shoot Your Face” and “I Shoot Your Face Once more.” Over time, the character has change into greater than only a cutaway gag, with Milhouse (Pamela Hayden) courting his daughter at one level and Homer even taking train ideas from Wolfcastle after unintentionally wandering right into a gymnasium.
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It was in “The Simpsons Film” that the writers went the additional mile, although, by together with the character of President Schwarzenegger. Whereas by no means absolutely confirmed to be the Schwarzenegger we all know and liked, the looks and voice made it apparent who the writers had been poking enjoyable at, even when he was there to steer and to not learn.
