Arnold Schwarzenegger Whipped Jake From State Farm Into Shape For Super Bowl 2024
The Superb Owl is more than just a big sports event. It is a time to relish in spectacle, be it a half-time music show where SpongeBob makes jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio, Netflix potentially releasing a previously unknown movie all of a sudden, and, of course, flashy trailers and big commercials galore.
One of the biggest commercials of this year's Super Bowl reunited Arnold Schwarzenegger with his "Twins" and "Junior" co-star Danny DeVito to promote State Farm Insurance. The ad shows Schwarzenegger shooting a film within a film, a commercial for State Farm wherein the former governor of California rushes out of a burning house while rescuing two dogs. Then a director yells cut and consistently chastises Arnold for the way he pronounces the word "neighbor" with his Austrian accent. The solution? Hire DeVito to co-star in the ad and correct Schwarzenegger's pronunciation.
Though he only shows up for a handful of seconds, Jake from State Farm (actor Kevin Miles) is also in the commercial and got to have the full Schwarzenegger experience — meaning, he got whipped into action star shape.
"We worked out together. I had to get him in shape for this because when I heard that he has 10% body fat, that was unacceptable," Schwarzenegger told People about working with Miles. "I said, 'By the time we do the commercial, you have to have 8% body fat.' And so he really whipped himself in great shape and he was a lot of fun to work with."
Schwarzenegger's Hollywood story
Arnold Schwarzenegger has one of the greatest Hollywood stories of all time. He's a man who went from driving tanks in the Austrian army to becoming Mr. Olympia, the most famous bodybuilder in history, a bonafide Hollywood icon, and the governor of California.
Still, despite his large, Jack Reacher-sized build, Schwarzenegger has always had a big sense of humor. He's starred in some major hit comedies (and some terrible ones, too), paving the formula that all athletes-turned-actors follow to this day. Still, he never lost his sense of competition, which included having a rivalry with Sylvester Stallone that resulted in plenty of costly pranks, and also a spirit of competition behind the scenes of the first "Predator" — one that infected Schwarzenegger's co-stars, including the late, great Carl Weathers.
The 76-year-old hasn't forgotten his body-building roots either and constantly shares his training routine on social media. Now, he's even seemingly taken everyone's favorite neighbor, Jake from State Farm, under his wing.