Arnold was and is a body building legend. I forgot to mention that perhaps his most enjoyable performance came in Pumping Iron Remember him against Lou Ferrigno?
Whoops! My last response was meant to be to #13 by LS, not to your #12. And while
Pumping Iron was at least as entertaining as any narrow film on a particular orphan sport can be [Surfboard competition movies,
On Any Sunday's motorbike racing, the Olympic Bobsled competion yarn
Cool Running or
Breaking Away I was happy to be there in Germany then for the real thing, though bodybuilding was not a big deal to me, then or now.
But it was to a couple of my German navy pals, who dragged me along to watch, and I was indeed at least as impressed as I was with Olympic weightlifters. And yes, it's genuine competition, and sport, or at least was then.
It's difficult, though, to imagine it set on stage as an act, but interesting that some of its participants have moved from that venue to the stage or screen. But I'd think that directly-related roles would be few and far between, and that though such parts might open the door for such a career, a fella might starve to death between jobs waiting for them.