10 Actors Who Need To Stop Flogging A Dead Horse

9. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Done To Death: The aging warrior, cyborg or otherwise. After a stint as Governor of California, Arnie is back and though he's not extremely elderly at age 66, he's certainly not the marble-carved hulk of the Conan and Terminator series. Even so, Arnie has returned to films with predictable action fare, including an inevitable role in the Expendables 2, and now the Governator has his sights set on revisiting his most famous franchise. Terminator Salvation was the first in the time-travelling series to not feature Schwarzenegger's T-800 bounty hunter, and it fared decently considering the Austrian-American bodybuilder had previously been inextricable from the franchise. Now, with Terminator: Genesis on the horizon, Arnie is set to reprise the role all over again. Add to that a rumored Conan sequel, a confirmed Twins sequel called Triplets (cue facepalm), and the upcoming Expendables 3, and it's clear that Schwarzenegger is content to relive the past over and over again. Total Recall and True Lies are good examples from a time when Schwarzenegger participated in fresh, original projects, and though it's unlikely he's going to be approached for roles like that, Stallone's Copland does offer hope for an actor of his type.
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