4 Amazing Facts about the Conan the Barbarian Movie

Conan the Barbarian movie helped Arnold Schwarzenegger to gain incredible popularity from all parts of the world. You can say that it is one of the first movies of Arnold that enabled him to put his name in the Hollywood industry actor’s list. Here in this article, you will get some amazing facts that might be still unknown to you.

• Arnie’s hair was natural in the movie
• Arnie took classes of “How to ride, flight and kill” to become a Conan expert
• Arnie got several acting lessons from James Earl Jones
• The set of Conan the Barbarian was built in a Madrid’s Warehouse

Arnie’s hair was natural in the movie:

The long-hair look of Arnie in the Conan the Barbarian movie was a mysterious fact for many people. Most of the people thought that Arnie used a wig in the film, but it was wrong. He grew long-hair for his whole scene. In an interview, he said, “It was quite difficult for me to grew long-hair for the movie, but I was successful in this stuff.” Before the movie, he used to have short hair; that’s why it became quite difficult for him to take care of his long hair.

Arnie took classes of “How to ride, flight and kill” to become a Conan expert:

Before the movie, Arnie didn’t know how to flight like a Conan. Moreover, he was also unfamiliar with the primary battle tactics of Conan. Therefore, he took several classes to perform for this challenging role. He also practiced with the Conan the Barbarian sword. 

He also had many specialists on the set that helped him for the martial arts, horse riding, and sword training. Arnie was facing issues regarding the Conan the Barbarian sword weight, but his trainers helped him how to hold sword firmly. The great success of Conan the Barbarian is the result of Arnie’s hard work that he did in the coaching classes with the heavy weight Conan the Barbarian Sword.

Arnie got several acting lessons from James Earl Jones:

Likewise fighting, riding, and killing training, Arnie also got several acting lessons from James Earl Jones. Arnie was focusing more on his physical exercise; therefore, it was becoming harder for him to read the script well. Thus, James was there for the acting. Before Conan the Barbarian movie, James and Arnie weren’t friends. They met for the first time on the set of this movie. Due to the help of James, Arnie was able to give his 100% in the amazing acting scenes of Conan the Barbarian movie.

The set of Conan the Barbarian was built in a Madrid’s Warehouse:

If you have watched this movie, then you will second my thought that it was from the list of fantastic fighting movies of all times. The set of this movie was built in a warehouse that was near to Madrid, Spain. You will be amazed to know that more than 200 workers were used in the construction of Conan the Barbarian set. It also took more than five days.