A bit of an off-topic tangent: is it true that Arnold Schwarzenegger once asked if he could dub his own part in a film for the German release, as he wasn't happy with the dubbing done for a previous picture, but was rejected due to his accent?

The story goes that his accent is from a part of Austria that is seen as rural so to many, particularly in urban parts of Germany, he'd "sound like a farmer" which wouldn't be right for the part - implying that his accent suffers from a stereotype like that associated with strong west country accents in England.

I heard that "fact" some time ago, and I dearly want it to be true!