Absolutely running man There was going to be some kind of Arnold Schwarzenegger cameo in it. But how does the film pull this off?
In Edgar Wright’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel, Glen Powell leads the dystopian action thriller as Ben Richards, a desperate man who signs up for a deadly TV show in which he travels across America in search of entertainment. This is not the only film version of King’s novel, Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film starring Schwarzenegger is arguably the most famous.
So, how does Wright nod to Powell’s heroic predecessor?
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While Schwarzenegger does not appear in person running man (2025), his face appears much earlier in the film. In fact, on a TV show run by an all-powerful, state-controlled network, you’ll see Schwarzenegger’s face printed on money, as if he’s a big thing in this totalitarian United States.
When Powell K. Richards is watching TV at home, he joins a game show set the wheel in motionIn which contestants race for their lives in a giant hamster wheel while answering trivia questions such as “Who invented pepperoni” (or fall to their death). When the $100 and $1,000 prizes flash on the screen, you can see Schwarzenegger’s face on the bills.
We’re not sure whether Schwarzenegger’s Ben Richards would be happy to see his face on the currency of the same police state he had to outwit in the ’80s, but there it is nonetheless.
running man Will be released in theaters on 14 November.