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The Legend Of Conan: Arnie “isn’t fighting battles”

Conan producer Chris Morgan on what to expect from Arnold Schwarzenegger in the sequel

The Legend Of Conan

The Legend Of Conan
Arnold Schwarsenegger’s titular hero in 1982’s Conan The Barbarian

Speaking to the LA Times, The Legend Of Conan producer and screenwriter Chris Morgan gave a few more teasers about what to expect from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the titular barbarian in 2014.

“He’s not going out and fighting battles,” explained Morgan, “but he ends up getting drawn into something, and he has to access the barbarian he was in his youth. I love that Conan has been many things in his life, notably a pirate, a major tactician and a commander of men. In this movie, we’re going to tap into some of those things – things you haven’t seen on screen yet.”

There’s shades of David Gemmell’s Druss here, too.

“I want the warrior whose joints have started to fuse together, who has to crack the cartilage so he can pick up a sword again. I want the guy who’s not necessarily lost a step, but there’s some rust he has to shake off. I want to embrace that. It makes it a greater hero story.

“Conan needs to be faced with challenges,” concluded Morgan. “The greatest challenge to him isn’t the armies that are set before him. It’s, on some level, self-doubt, a little bit of slowing down and forcing yourself to be heroic beyond what people expect of you. What I don’t want is for him to step back in and look the same. That would defeat the purpose of our story.”

The 1982 Conan The Barbarian is available on Blu-ray for £8.78 from Amazon.co.uk