Overview

• Daily Mirror and Daily Star articles published on October 2 cite an r/TodayILearned post claiming Arnold Schwarzenegger was not allowed to voice his Terminator role in German.
• The Reddit post alleges his Austrian accent was judged too rural or too ridiculous for audiences to take the character seriously.
• The coverage repeats the post’s assertion that the decision was not about cost but about accent suitability.
• Commenters quoted in the stories point to German dubbing norms favoring Standard German and professional voice actors, noting that self-dubbing often yields weaker results.
• The articles offer no studio statements or production records to corroborate the anecdote, leaving the claim unconfirmed.