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Arnold Schwarzenegger may be a widely beloved actor, but he's not one widely recognized for his acting skills. It's not lost on many viewers that his most iconic role is one where he plays a stoic, unfeeling robot, even if he did bring a surprising amount of subtle emotion to the role.

The good news was that Schwarzenegger was always pretty aware of this shortcoming, which is why he went to one of the greats to work on it. As chronicled in the 1989 book "Flights of Fancy: The Great Fantasy Films," Schwarzenegger asked his "Conan the Barbarian" co-star James Earl Jones to help him out with acting two years prior to the film's release in 1982. As author Kenneth Von Gunden put it:

"Aware of fine stage actor James Earl Jones' desi

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