Commando Facts You Never Knew

It doesn’t matter if you’re a mercenary, a Green Beret, or a small army: if you mess with Arnold’s kid, you’re going down. That’s right, it’s Commando! Let off some steam as we talk about one of the best action movies ever. Here we’ll take a look at 10 things you never knew about Commando.

It was written for Gene Simmons.

Commando was originally conceived as a vehicle for none other than Gene Simmons. Despite the critical beating taken by KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, the Demon still had the acting bug going into the ’80s. He played the villain in Tom Selleck’s Runaway, turned up in an episode of Miami Vice, and played a radio DJ in one of MovieWeb’s favorite cult films, Trick Or Treat. Simmons actually turned down Commando, which was co-written by his friends Matthew Weisman and Jeph Loeb, who is now the head of Marvel Television. They rewrote with Nick Nolte in mind.