NEW DETAILS OF HAPI's "80 DAYS"!
Chan interview and Arnold statue!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Sunday, June 13, 2004

Our buddy Fred Topel from actionadventure.about.com is back with more Arnold! This time Fred interviews Jackie Chan and we get to hear a bit more about next week's release of "Around the World in 80 Days"!

Chan on why he did not fight Schwarzenegger in the film:
"I don't think so, because who's going to win? That¹s the big question! That's why the script I was supposed to do with Jet Li doesn¹t happen. It's the same problem. Two action stars together. If he's the villain and I'm the good guy, then at the end I beat him. Then he doesn't want to die. You want to beat me? I don't want to lay down. I don't mind, if there's a good script."

For the complete interview, clickHERE!

Arnold is back on the big screen! New "Around the World in 80 Days" details with Prince Hapi spoilers below!

Arnold Schwarzenegger gets "randy" in film cameo! The Governator appears as royalty in his latest film role, but the character is no Prince Charming. As the lusty Prince Hapi, Schwarzenegger is on the screen for only about five minutes, decked out in robes, baubles and kinky shoulder-length hair.

The prince is first seen deftly plucking a mandolin in his lavish home while a pair of scantily clad belly dancers twirl around him. Following a champagne-fueled banquet, he ends up in a hot tub telling bawdy jokes and sweet-talking comely French artist Monique (Cecile De France), the eventual love interest of wacky scientist Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan).

After feeding her a strawberry, the prince insists she leave her globe-trotting companions behind and become part of his harem.

"You have seven wives?" she asks in disbelief.

"One for each day of the week," Schwarzenegger's character explains calmly, his hand resting gently on her shoulder. "Do Tuesdays work for you?"

The prince releases her only after her friends threaten to destroy a beloved possession a larger-than-life-sized statue of himself, done in the style of Rodin's "The Thinker."

The $110 million film, also starring Jackie Chan, will be released by Disney June 16. Schwarzenegger has been invited to the premiere in Hollywood this Sunday, June 13th, but his office said he will not have any role publicizing the movie.

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TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff