All it took from that point was a chance encounter between Schwarzenegger and director/former student of anatomy Paul Verhoeven, which ended with the two wanting to work together on a project.
With Total Recall’s option up for grabs, and Arnold Schwarzenegger making friends with upstart producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vanja, Carolco Pictures would now have the first of two back-to-back Schwarzenegger led hits.
Douglas Quaid was about to become a construction worker, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was about to gain a title for his eventual memoirs, as well as one hell of an injury.