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At 77 years old, Arnold Schwarzenegger is playing the role that has always suited him best. In the Netflix series Fubar, the Hollywood star portrays an ageing action hero with a hefty dose of self-irony, delivering witty one-liners.
It is clear that he is thoroughly enjoying himself.
Schwarzenegger says filming the new episodes was even more fun than the first season. “I think it was more fun because we knew each other,” he says.
The former governor of California returns as CIA agent Luke Brunner, a native Austrian who is on the brink of retirement.


At the start of season two, Luke is holed up in a safe house with his ex-wife Tally (Fabiana Udenio), his daughter and CIA colleague Emma (Monica Barbaro), Tally and Emma’s ex-partners, and several CIA colleagues after their secret identities have been exposed.
But the house is too small for so many people.
“Everyone hears everything. Everyone sees everything. We are starting to get on each other’s nerves,” Schwarzenegger says. “It’s really, really funny. But … then it just goes from these very comedic scenes to a full-blast action scene. Then all of a sudden, you see the action.”
The nods to classic action films are intentional. “I’m back!” the Terminator star exclaims in the first episode.
In season one, Luke discovered that his daughter Emma was a top agent – and vice versa. Together, the two had to take down an arms dealer while repairing their father-daughter relationship.

In the new episodes, they continue to engage in many amusing verbal sparring matches while tackling action-packed espionage missions – and ultimately trying to save the world.
New to the cast is Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays Greta, a former East German agent who once had a passionate affair with Luke.
Luke had believed her to be dead, but now she completely disrupts his professional and personal life.
In one of the best scenes, Greta forces Luke to dance. This naturally brings back memories of another Schwarzenegger action classic.
“I danced a lot of hours for True Lies, and I practised a lot for this dance,” the 77-year-old says. “I have to say that I’m a total idiot when it comes to dancing. It doesn’t come naturally.”
His dance partner Moss disagrees.
“It’s not true,” she says. “You made it look like you did.” Spoiler: she is right.

It also gets funny when the two discuss the challenges of ageing, like the struggle to find a “funny line” when killing someone.
Schwarzenegger is, of course, not known for being a character actor. But Fubar is a perfect fit for him. It is still fun to watch the action icon – especially because “Arnie” himself is visibly having fun.
“Some actors, they’re miserable b*****ds,” he jokes. “I’m not one of them. I don’t even know why they’re miserable because they have their wish. We’re talking about famous actors that are very successful, but that you can see in their faces. They’re cranky, they’re angry.”
Schwarzenegger says he is happy to be able to work.
“I always have fun. I’m so happy that I get to work, that I have a job, a challenge and good colleagues around me. I tell myself: ‘Hey, who am I to complain? I’m having a great time.’”

Even in his late seventies, Schwarzenegger says it was important to him to perform as many stunts as possible himself.
“That stuff that was very easy to do when I was in my forties is now much more difficult,” he says.
“But when you get to a certain age, you want to make sure that you still can do the things. You practise earlier, you rehearse with the stunt guys, you try to figure out how are you going to fall there, how are you going to roll out of the scene and all of this stuff.”
Alongside the upbeat Schwarzenegger and co-star Moss, Oscar-nominated Barbaro (A Complete Unknown) shines as the perfect counterbalance to her father.
Comedians Fortune Feimster (who plays Agent Roo) and Scott Thompson (who plays therapist Dr. Pfeffer), as well as guest appearances by Schwarzenegger’s True Lies co-star Tom Arnold, provide lots of laughs.
With plenty of humour and action, the second season of Fubar is at least as entertaining as the first.
All eight episodes of Fubar season 2 began streaming on Netflix on June 12.


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Schwarzenegger shares funny moments playing a CIA agent in Fubar season 2 with Monica Barbaro and Carrie-Anne Moss


Schwarzenegger shares funny moments playing a CIA agent in Fubar season 2 with Monica Barbaro and Carrie-Anne Moss.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger says Netflix’s Fubar season 2 was ‘even more fun’ to film than first

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Schwarzenegger shares funny moments playing a CIA agent in Fubar season 2 with Monica Barbaro and Carrie-Anne Moss