American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was also interviewed this Monday doctor honoris causa University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) for services to public service, the environment and the arts.
“Few individuals have influenced global culture through sport, film and public life in the way that doctor Arnold Schwarzenegger has,” said Paul Bartholomew, the university’s vice-chancellor, at an event celebrated on the Belfast campus.
Earlier, on his way to the red shadow, the Hollywood star greeted dozens of students who received him with breadcrumbs as he read “Ulster is back” or “Hasta la vista Ulster”, which so much refers to his famous dialogues in the saga. Terminators how to return to a British province.
Schwarzenegger called the tour to the Irish capital “unbelievable”. 60 years after the first visitwhen she was invited to a local bodybuilding competition to participate in a sports competition that brought her fame and opened the doors to cinemas.
“When you come here, invited by Ivan Dunbar, this Irishman, I suppose your family is here? Unfortunately you failed, but Ah, that’s where it all started for mein Ireland, in Belfast”, noted the actor, who was also the governor of California (2003-2011).
In that regard, Bartholomew celebrated that Schwarzenegger, 78, has gained fame as a “platform for doing good” and as a politician has become “a staunch defender of the environment, the people of California and the philanthropic causes he promotes.”
“It’s amazing to be back in Northern Ireland and be able to go there. It’s not something I dreamed of when I was 19 years old“Now that he’s 60, it’s unbelievable that he would want to get an honorary doctorate any day,” the actor said.
The Austrian-born teenager took part in the Mister Universe competition in London in 1966 and then caught Dunbar’s eye, gave him some advice and invited him to a bodybuilding exhibition in Belfast.
In an interview with The Irish Times In 1995, Dunbar said he paid for her trip because Arnold had no money and spoke English: “I had nothing more than enthusiasm and talent, and I had talent anyway.”
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