Read my post about this week's Cinema Criticism Writing Class before you read this post because something similar happened in this class. This week we discussed The Long Goodbye with Elliott Gould, directed by Robert Altman. One scene late in the film features Arnold Schwarzenegger as one of a gangster's hired thugs. It's a very minor role and Arnold filmed it long before anyone outside of the bodybuilding community had any idea who he was. In fact, he's billed as Arnold Strong in the film. Yet, there were at least a couple of students who couldn't seem to understand that he was not cast for his star appeal because, at the time, he didn't have any. I guess I have to acknowledge that in certain extreme cases a star's image can work retroactively.
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