Exclusive: Arnold & "Walking Dead" Cast & Crew Talk "MAGGIE"!

While the zombie art film, MAGGIE, rises towards it's Tribeca Film Festival premiere next month (limited theatrical release in May), TheArnoldFans had the opportunity to unearth some great comments from the film's stars and other well-known actors from the zombie genre. First up, we'll give you the latest, direct from Schwarzenegger himself. Katherine Camenzuli, our Australian correspondent, spoke with Arnold during the last leg of Melbourne's annual Arnold Classic. 


TheArnoldFans: You've terminated the Predator, robots and the Devil...so what's it like to face ZOMBIES in Maggie?

Schwarzenegger: "In Maggie, we have had tremendous obstacles from an acting point of view because when you deal with a disease, like the zombie virus or stuff like that, it doesn't really exist so you have to kind of imagine a lot of things; imagine the situation when I act with this girl, Abigail Breslin, who plays my daughter. She did a great job. It was similar like how when we did Predator, and I had to imagine the Predator up there in the trees that didn't really exist and you have to act always towards something that doesn't exist (no such thing as real zombies) that played later onto into the picture. So there were challenging things but that's all part of acting and the profession. Just like everything else, you have challenges and I liked working through it. I really enjoyed it."

It's nice to hear Arnold throw in a comparison to Predator. Let us hope with Arnold's new dramatic acting approach he gave towards Maggie that he will convince us we are looking at REAL zombies and a REAL threatening situation. 
Last week, Arnold also told TheArnoldfans why movie-goers should appreciate the film.

Schwarzenegger: "It will be something very different in that it has a lot of drama in it, but it is something that turned out great and I really think that people will enjoy it."

Finally, TheArnoldFans spoke with some cast and crew members of The Walking Dead to see what they think about Arnold taking on the undead. Let's hear from Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator and Walking Dead producer), Chad Coleman (who also played a Terminator in The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and John Bernthal (Shane from Season 1 of TWD).

TheArnoldFans: Schwarzenegger is coming out with a zombie movie this year. How do you feel he'd do up against some walkers?

Chad Coleman: (Chuckles) I'm sure he's incredibly equipped to deal with Walkers.

TheArnoldFans: What do you do to stay in shape? Do you lift or pump iron? If you had to pick a fight, would you have better odds to win against 30 walkers or 1 Terminator?

Chad Coleman: I do. I do. I lift weights, and I usually go in and choose 1-2 body parts a day, and then make sure I get in my ab work, and I do anywhere from 20-40 minutes of cardio, and take one day off on Sundays. Hahaha - I just had a flashback of playing a Terminator on Sarah Connor Chronicles. Shoot, man! I'd take 'em both on! How about me versus Terminators AND Walkers? How 'bout that?!

TheArnoldFans caught up with Terminator producer, Gale Anne Hurd, while she was out promoting "The Walking Dead." The last time we spoke with Gale, she admitted to us that a Terminator would easily win in the fight against zombies, even though her zombies are powerful enough to be in the number one television series. 

Finally, John Bernthal, Shane from The Walking Dead, talked to us from the red carpet of Arnold's last film.

TheArnoldFans: John, Arnold is in a new zombie film coming out soon.

Bernthal: "Is he?!"

TheArnoldFans: Yeah, Is there any advice you can give to Arnold to take on "walkers"?

Bernthal: (Laughs), Arnold doesn't need any advice from me, dude. Arnold's the strongest man on earth! He's fuckin' Commando, man! He doesn't need any advice from me; he'll be good!

He followed up by giving us his top three Arnold films.

Bernthal: "Total Recall. Ahh, it's hard man. It's embarrassing but I really dug Twins. Oh, and Running Man. Hmm, but then you gotta put Terminator in there. I don't know but those (fist) three are fuckin' dope!"

Maggie will first make its screen debut  at the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. After the nine million dollar zombie art film gets its premiere within the dates of April 15th-26th, we can catch it in limited theatrical release on May 8th, distributed by Lionsgate's Roadside Attractions.