Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carrie-Anne Moss Break Down ‘FUBAR’ Season 2

[This story contains mild spoilers from FUBAR season two.]

Among the many single most stalwart presences in American motion cinema, Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s present occupation retains him firmly entrenched within the style he dominated for therefore a few years — although this time, the display is a bit smaller than what he’s used to.

The erstwhile Terminator leads the best way on FUBAR, the Netflix spy sequence presently streaming its second season. (“C’mon! Stream it now!” a sure Predator-hunting Schwarzenegger may say.) The primary 12 months of the present targeted on Schwarzenegger’s Luke Brunner, probably the greatest spies within the sport, on the verge of retirement, solely to get sucked again in when he meets one of many different greatest spies within the sport: Emma, his daughter, performed by High Gun: Maverick star Monica Barbaro. If season one was all about getting Luke and Emma comfy working in the identical subject as each other, season two is all about getting the remainder of the household concerned, whether or not they need it or not. 

Amongst these drawn into the image is The Matrix icon Carrie-Anne Moss enjoying Greta, Luke’s former fling, to not point out former rival on the job. Lengthy thought lifeless, Greta returns to the combo to cut it up with Luke, bringing two of probably the most legendary ’90s motion figures collectively for the very first time. Beneath, Schwarzenegger and Moss open up about their shared time collectively on FUBAR season two, together with their most notable motion scene collectively — a tango dance ripped straight out of True Lies for the fashionable 2025 Netflix streaming viewer. However first, if you’ll forgive some self-indulgence… 

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Arnold, my dad and mom made the fateful determination to take their 6-year-old son to see Terminator 2: Judgment Day in theaters. All these years later, that 6-year-old is chatting with you now. I usually credit score that questionable parental selection for the good profession I’ve had, so now that I’ve the possibility to talk with you, I’ve to start out by thanking you for my profession.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Thanks very a lot. It’s good that you just acknowledge that I impressed you, as a result of now you’re doing precisely that along with your [work], inspiring different individuals. Carry on going!

There’s a lot in FUBAR that throws again to your earlier work, although the one which comes most readily to thoughts is True Lies. Why have been you curious about revisiting that touchpoint and tone?

SCHWARZENEGGER Initially, you all the time hope for the most effective. The primary season was so fascinating and so fashionable and was No. 1 for countless period of time. I feel that’s why Netflix dedicated to do a second season. I can’t take any credit score for something that you just see apart from once you see me appearing. However not the writing and the story.

Not even the one-liners?

SCHWARZENEGGER Possibly right here and there, they may ask me. However the writers know what works with me. Numerous occasions writers, in the event that they’re actually good, will determine that, “Nah, this line just isn’t ok,” or “Let’s provide you with one thing humorous.” They’ve a bunch of writers within the room, so somebody all the time comes up with one thing good. If not, they are saying plenty of occasions to me on set, “You probably have some extra strains you wish to attempt, we are able to attempt these.” And I do this. With each film, we do precisely that. However I assumed they got here up with a extremely nice continuation of the primary season as a result of it’s all the time a problem. You all the time go in simply eager about one season, and then you must begin once more. And after they agreed to do a second season, they are saying, “Oh my God, the place am I going to take this story?” That was why I used to be actually delighted when Carrie-Anne got here on this present of as No. 2. We had a beautiful time working collectively. I feel the world of her, not simply now after working together with her, but additionally after I watched her films previously. I used to be very excited when she got here on board and she grew to become a part of this.

Carrie-Anne, I grew up with Arnold’s films, however when The Matrix got here out, it was an enormous second for me as nicely, resulting in me and my pals making our personal films impressed by Neo and Trinity. It’s very enjoyable to see you right here mixing it up with Arnold. 

CARRIE-ANNE MOSS Attending to work with Arnold was epic for me. You saying all of that, it’s so transferring. I’ve youngsters. I’ve a 16-year-old, a 20-year-old, a 22-year-old. It’s wonderful to assume that you just encourage individuals. I imply, that’s why I needed to be an actor as slightly child. I needed to be an actor after I was 6 watching TV and all of the totally different reveals. I needed to be a part of that. So to have that mirrored again to me, I recognize. I had the most effective time. I don’t know if I’ve ever had extra enjoyable on a job working with Arnold and doing the dance stuff and the combat stuff and then all of the appearing, and then the sitting between takes and speaking about every kind of issues. I liked each minute of it.

The tango scene that happens between you two actually feels proper out of True Lies.

SCHWARZENEGGER You’re completely right once you discuss in regards to the present’s ’90s model. In True Lies, we had some nice dance sequences. It performed so nicely then, we thought it could play nicely right here, too. It actually was nice to rehearse and prep it. The important thing factor with all of that is that it has to look pure. It can’t be pressured. It’s as a result of we rehearsed and actually ready that we have been capable of do it in a really relaxed and very natural method. The massive problem is not only to tug off the dance sequence, however to tug additionally pull off all of the dialogue as a result of you’ve gotten 4 pages of dialogue throughout this dance sequence.

So you must say the strains precisely on the similar time once you make a sure transfer. You need to keep on with that as a result of in any other case it doesn’t edit collectively. In order that was the actually difficult factor. As a result of we did it so many occasions earlier than we bought to the set — she believes in apply, I consider in apply and in reps — so we have been in a position to try this and on the similar time have a good time. Then after all there comes the opposite problem: at one of many dances is impulsively a combat. Now you’re choreographing a dance with a combat with the brutality, the weapons, the motion. It turns into very, very difficult, however nice writing.

MOSS Each time I might see Arnold, we stayed in the identical lodge and we have been training. I’d see you and be like, “We could?” I couldn’t see him with out considering of that. Prepping the dance was such a giant a part of what we have been doing.

SCHWARZENEGGER You probably did a extremely good job with the accent! You needed to have a sort of Jap European accent, which I do know was an actual problem.

Arnold, did you’re employed together with her to develop that accent?

SCHWARZENEGGER No. I wouldn’t dare. I wouldn’t need her to sound like me.

MOSS I want I sounded such as you.

SCHWARZENEGGER You’ll be able to actually inform she’s performed plenty of motion films as a result of she’s so accustomed to the choreography. She’s in nice form and very versatile. I keep in mind this one scene the place we had unbelievable motion. It was an countless quantity of troopers coming in and they have been attacking us, and then they needed her to go and give a kick to this one man within the face. They stated, “Are you able to attain up and do that? If not, the stunt lady can.” And [Carrie] says, “Nicely, let me attempt.” So we went via the motion. Then impulsively, the soldier got here in and she simply leaned sideways, growth. And it was thisclose to the face together with her foot. Te stunt coordinator stated, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, I feel she will be able to do it herself.” I used to be blown away by that. You save plenty of time since you don’t need to rehearse and rehearse, you simply actually get proper into it.

MOSS I like the motion. I actually do.

You’ve had such a flexible profession however is there one thing in regards to the motion style that calls you again, Carrie?

MOSS I like to inform tales with my physique, I suppose. I grew up dancing. I used to be a Scottish dancer, which is sort of an uncommon factor to do, however I simply love physicality. As I’m getting older, I really feel much more inclined to wish to entry that energy and have that capability to proceed to do it, and perhaps get higher at it. I’m impressed by Arnold and different motion stars that I actually look as much as. I by no means in 1,000,000 years thought I might ever be an motion actor, however I actually find it irresistible greater than I might’ve ever imagined. I like the problem of it. It’s so arduous. The training of it’s so arduous. After which on the day of capturing, it’s a lot simpler than what you must take into consideration. Within the second, the adrenaline hits however you then damage so dangerous afterwards, you’re recovering for weeks. However the athlete in me, the dancer in me loves it.

Arnold, as I discussed earlier, you’re a fixture in plenty of moviegoers’ lives. Right here with FUBAR, you’re nonetheless at it, however within the new venue of the streaming mannequin. Taking a look at your profession from this vantage level, what are a number of the methods you are feeling the style has modified probably the most from once you began?

SCHWARZENEGGER Let’s begin with one factor that hasn’t modified, which is you might want to have the precise feminine lead as we now have with Carrie. And I’ve been very lucky right here. I all the time say I’m not a self-made man. I’m the product of so many different gifted individuals round me that helped make me shine, and certainly one of them is how lucky I’ve been to have so many feminine heroes round me like Linda Hamilton and Jamie Lee Curtis. If we hadn’t had Jamie Lee Curtis, True Lies doesn’t work. She was the precise particular person on the proper time, the precise dynamic. That’s the identical factor right here. The individuals actually liked the dynamic between me and Monica in season one, and once we began exhibiting individuals FUBAR 2, they actually liked the dynamic between me and Carrie. I don’t take any credit score. It was the writers’ concept and Netflix’s concept. However I simply assume it’s so necessary to have the precise feminine lead.

The most important factor that has modified? Visible results. As you recognize, there are films being made now the place you’ll be able to actually present a lot extra. I want we’d’ve had the visible results in Conan the Barbarian as a result of then we wouldn’t have needed to take this Oliver Stone script and minimize it down. John Milius did such an important job slicing it down from an $80 million to $20 million film. We’re speaking in regards to the ’80s, which in the present day could be a $150 million price range. However the backside line is that we may have shot The Tree of Woe, we may have the enormous snake, we may have all of these items that Robert E. Howard wrote in his novels and that Frank Frazetta painted in his work. We may have performed that with visible results, nevertheless it was not obtainable then. That space is one thing that I want we’d’ve had method again. There’s a huge change that has occurred in the previous few a long time in that course.

Nicely you’ll simply need to make King Conan and get a second probability in any respect of that, proper?

SCHWARZENEGGER Sure, completely. We’re wanting ahead to that.

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FUBAR season two is now streaming all episodes on Netflix. Learn THR’s profile on Schwarzenegger for season one.