Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito appeared together in 1988’s buddy comedy movie Twins, produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. The story follows two fraternal twin brothers, streetwise Vincent and intelligent but naïve Julius, who were separated at birth.
The movie, upon its release, was a commercial success, and the audience lauded the performances of the actors. Despite being a commercial success, the movie received mixed reviews from critics. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in an interview, recalls the prank he played on Danny DeVito while they were filming Twins.
Arnold Schwarzenegger recalls forgetting his lines on set of Twins thanks to Danny DeVito’s prank
The two celebrated actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito played brothers in 1988’s movie Twins, which received much love from the audience. In his monthly newsletter, Schwarzenegger decided to share a story from the set of Twins, revealing that one day he had forgotten all his lines, and it was because of Danny DeVito’s prank. He explained,
“He’d [DeVito] always make the most delicious pasta at lunch, and we’d eat and schmooze and have a cigar before we went back to work. One day he packed my cigar with marijuana without telling me.”
The Terminator actor continued that his brain forgot the lines from the scene he had no trouble with before lunch. He added that DeVito was laughing up a storm, and the director flipped the cameras to film Danny DeVito’s close-up so he could read his lines off the page and no one’s time would go to waste.
Schwarzenegger mentioned that as time passed, he was able to come back to his senses, join in laughter, and finish his scenes. But the actor also revealed that when he tried to play the same prank on DeVito, it kind of backfired. He wrote,
“I also got together with my friend Danny DeVito to promote our movie, Triplets! Ivan Reitman, our director, who you know from Twins, wanted to get us together with our third brother, Tracy Morgan, over Zoom. Naturally, I saw this as the perfect opportunity to bring back a prank Danny pulled on me all those years ago on the set of Twins.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a video online stating that DeVito turned out to be wiser and figured it out pointing:
“He still has the nose of a bloodhound and sniffed out the special ingredient right way.”
He called DeVito a brutal prankster and a really funny guy .
Danny DeVito talks about reprising his Batman Villain role with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Danny DeVito, at the cocktail reception held to celebrate the official launch of Hulu on Disney+, shared with People that he had such a fun time sharing a stage with Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Oscars 2024. DeVito played The Penguin in Batman Returns in 1992, and Schwarzenegger played Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin in 1997. Upon asking if he would like to reprise his character from DC again, he said;
“Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think it’s a bad idea because you got Keaton, you got Schwarzenegger, and you got DeVito. We could do those same parts. Go tell co-chair and CEO of Warner Bros. Pam Abdi to do that.”
Talking about the close bond he shares with Arnold Schwarzenegger, DeVito joked that he does not like to work out like Schwarzenegger, but he wants him to pump up a little bit. DeVito shared with CNN (via People) that the two of them are working on a project together, noting that they have been friends for a while. DeVito clarified that they met way before Twins, and right now they are waiting for the nice script to get started with.
Following the death of Ivan Reitman in 2022, the sequel movie Triplets! took a back seat as Reitman’s son did not got on-board with their idea. Twins is streaming on Netflix.
