If they asked him what he could do in Hollywood, he would, without hesitation for a minute, answer that he could improve the image of a villain in jewelry. He could not even dream of such a role as Imhotep. The film "The Mummy" was a tremendous success, which changed his life instantly and forever. He calls himself misfortune in disaster films. So, Arnold Voslu - the hellish cinema fire with a sweet smile.
No life off stage
June 16, 1962 in the family of theater actors in Pretoria, a baby was born, who was named Arnold. His parents were John Voslu and Joanna Petronella. In their family there is another child - the sister of Arnold Nadia. Due to the special work of the parents, the family quite often moved from one city to another.
The boy studied at the most ordinary school and was the same as the rest of the guys. But Arnold Voslu showed remarkable talent as a dramatic actor. This could be seen in the boy’s childhood, when he actively participated in any school productions.
Villain or romantic hero?
After military service, Voslu graduated from acting classes in his native Pretoria. And a little later he became one of the members of the troupe of the State Theater of South Africa. If someone had told him, an actor acting on the stage in the role of a romantic character, that in the future he would become an invincible hero of horror films and action movies, he would never have believed. Arnold Voslu would have thought they were laughing at him.
Nevertheless, on that stretch of his life he played a lot in Shakespearean plays. For the role of Don Juan, he was even three times awarded the national Dalro Prizes. This award confirms significant achievements in South African art and literature.
"Attention! Camera! Motor!"
His film career began just as successfully. Perhaps this was served not only by the talent and excellent diligence of the actor, but also by the fact that he had a reputation as a serious and intelligent person. At home, without exception, all the films in which he starred were loved by viewers of different ages, and critics were rather favorable to him.
Periodically, American film groups visited South Africa in order to shoot adventure militants in such an unusual and beautiful exotic. For films, they needed local youth, possessing some bits of artistic talent. Arnold Voslu, movies which is now very popular, fit perfectly. So, almost without leaving his native country, he managed to make useful contacts. And in the very beginning of the nineties, Voslo was invited to work in the theater of the United States.
After Arnold Voslu became a citizen of America, he began to slowly act in films. At first, they offered him small roles, with which he successfully coped. The first was the character Guevara in the historical drama "1492: The Conquest of Paradise." In Russia, this film is not well known, but Voslu shared the same set with Sigourney Weaver and Gerard Depardieu, which added experience to him.
So began his career Arnold Vosl. His biography in those years was replenished with the action movie "Difficult target". The actor got the role of the "right hand" antagonist of the protagonist. Perhaps, due to the fact that the character was quite bloodthirsty, a "villainous" role was assigned to Vosla. A little later, there were Conquest of Paradise and Diaries of the Red Shoe 2.
The role of Imhotep - a business card in the world of big cinema
Closer and closer was the year 1999. The year in which Arnold Voslu, whose films are still loved by millions of viewers, literally woke up not just famous. He became a world-class star. This year the first part of the Mummy trilogy was released. At first glance, unpretentious history became a world masterpiece overnight. The plot is simple. Somewhere there, in the Egyptian desert, several daredevils are searching for the treasures of the pharaoh, on whom lies a terrible curse. Not far from the treasure lies the mummy of the priest, who was executed by the worst Egyptian execution for the murder of the pharaoh. The ancient Egyptian priest Imhotep and the concubine of the pharaoh Angsunamun fell in love, which in no case should have happened. When the ruler of Egypt found out about their connection, the priest killed him. To save her lover, the concubine sacrificed her life, confident that Imhotep would resurrect her. But nothing happened: at the very last moment the servants of the pharaoh seized him. The priest was sentenced to Homeday - this penalty has never been used, it is so terrible. His tongue was cut off and the living was closed in the sarcophagus, releasing scarabs there. During their excavations, gold miners broke the peace that reigned in the tomb for many centuries. And the mummy rebelled to take revenge and immerse the world in the realm of nightmares.
One of the best decisions of the creators of the picture was to invite the role of lover and risen from the ashes priest Arnold Voslu. Subsequently, it was said that this film became his hallmark. By the way, in order to correspond to that era, the actor had to shave his body twice a day. Many viewers later said that this film sparked their interest in Ancient Egypt, despite the fact that the creators of the picture made some mistakes in the field of Egyptology (for example, the cat was never a guard in the world of the dead, the jackal god Anubis escorted him into the soul) .
Arnold Voslu was magnificent in this role. The personal life of the actor was more successful than that of his on-screen character. The first time he married Nancy Mulford, with whom he lived for three years. But a divorce followed. The second time he entered into a marriage only seven years later. In 1998, his wife was Sylvia Ahi.