There are enough stars that have stopped in “The Simpsons” to cover all of the reputation of Springfield and Vice-Versa. Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, U2 and Daniel Radcliffe (who expressed more than one character) are only some of the names that have shared the lively space with Homer (Dan Castellaneta) and the rest of this beloved family. However, three names that you have never seen on the final credits were three emblematic action heroes which had to make an appearance but which unfortunately never made: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis.
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It turns out that the heroes who dominated the silver screen in the 80s and the early 90s never swung by the house of 742 persistent leaf terrace, even after being explicitly written in an episode. Season 5, episode 10 of “The Simpsons”, entitled “$ Pringfield (or, how I learned to stop worrying and like the legalized game)”, saw Mr. Burns (Harry Shearer) open a casino, and Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis agreed to obtain the recording stand for the episode while their restaurant chain, Planet Hollywood, Planet Hollywood was written in the field. While the writing team joined the request, it was not a match for the schedules responsible for the trio, which ultimately did not have a space to come in the show after all. Consequently, the Planet Hollywood Plug and the appearance of its owner were completely torn from the episode, and none of the aforementioned stars has appeared in the series since. Anyway, the series has not stopped making jokes about them, including a recurring character who usurped Schwarzenegger himself.
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Rainier Wolfcastle is the response of the Simpsons to Arnold Schwarzenegger
The story of the celebrity cameos in “The Simpsons” is not going well does not stop with Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis. Jim Carrey fell from an ill -received episode, and some invited appearances have aged as bad as Fat Tony’s rat milk. Despite this, a character who looked like a compromise for the missed visit of Arnie was the own star of the action of Springfield, Rainier Wolfcastle (also Harry Shearer), as well as another variant of Schwarzenegger Simpsonized which made its way in the oval office.
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Beginner in season 2, episode 12, Rainier Wolfcastle was an indiscreet riff on Schwarzenegger both in appearance and in voice. An Austrian action star, like the longtime Terminator himself, Wolfcastle was a hilarious vision of Arnie, making terrible word games with impassive delivery like the real business. You may remember him of films such as: “McBain”, “McBain II: you have the right to stay dead”, and don’t forget “I shoot you on your face” and “I get your face again”. Over the years, the character has become more than a simple gag in the cup, with Milhouse (Pamela Hayden) dating from his daughter at some point and Homer even taking Wolfcastle exercise advice after accidentally wandering in a gym.
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It was in “The Simpsons Movie” that the writers made an additional effort, including the character of President Schwarzenegger. Although never completely confirmed as the schwarzenegger that we know and love, appearance and voice showed obvious to whom the writers mocked, even if He was there to direct and not read.
