History Trivia / ConanTheDestroyer

* BTeamSequel: Creator/JohnMilius and Creator/OliverStone didn't return for the sequel, resulting in a different tone and feel.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Wilt Chamberlain and Creator/GraceJones didn't get along on set. Chamberlain had to keep asking Jones to turn down her boom box.

** Ferdy Mayne's crown is actually the Aquilonian crown worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger before the closing credits.

* FranchiseKiller: This is the second and last ''Conan'' film with Arnold Schwarzenegger thus far. After this, Conan went to the back burner in live-action until the failure of the [[Series/ConanTheAdventurer 1997 series]] that tried to emulate ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', got an [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011 attempted reboot in 2011]], and a third installment with Arnold that renders ''Conan the Destroyer'' non-canon has been stuck in DevelopmentHell.

* FranchiseKiller: This is the second and last ''Conan'' film with Arnold Schwarzenegger thus far. After this, the series went to the back burner until 1997, got an attempted reboot in 2011, and a third installment with Arnold that renders ''Conan the Destroyer'' non-canon has been stuck in DevelopmentHell.

* YouLookFamiliar: Sven-Ole Thorsen, who played Togra in this movie, played Thorgrim in [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 the first film]].

* UncreditedRole: Wrestling/AndreTheGiant as Dagoth. There are set photos of him and Wilt Chamberlain together making Arnold look ''tiny''.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger wasn't happy with the decision to make a LighterAndSofter Conan film (although the opening action scene does feature a fair amount of blood shed despite a PG rating).

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Bombatta and Zula are fighting, Grace Jones actually bit Wilt Chamberlain's ear and that is real blood running down his neck. The shocked look on Wilt's face is genuine as Grace Jones never did stunts before as this is her first movie role.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones didn't get along on set. Chamberlain had to keep asking Jones to turn down her boom box.
* NoStuntDouble: Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones did 90 percent of their own stunts.

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Bombatta and Zula are fighting, Grace Jones actually bit Wilt Chamberlain's ear and that is real blood running down his neck. The shocked look on Wilts face is genuine as Grace Jones never did stunts before as this is her first movie role.

* * YouLookFamiliar: Sven-Ole Thorsen, who played Togra in this movie, played Thorgrim in ''[[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Conan The Barbarian]]''.

** Ferdy Mayne's crown is actually the Aquilonian crown worn by Arnold Schwarzenegger before the closing credits.

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Bombatta and Zula are fighting, Grace Jones actually bit Wilt Chamberlain's ear and that is real blood running down his neck. The shocked look on Wilts face is genuine as Grace Jones never did stunts before as this is her first movie role.

* PropRecycling: From the [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 first movie]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Bombatta and Zula are fighting, Grace Jones actually bit Wilt Chamberlain's ear and that is real blood running down his neck. The shocked look on Wilts face is genuine as Grace Jones never did stunts before as this is her first movie roll.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger wasn't happy with the decision to make a LighterAndSofter Conan film.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Because Universal Pictures and producer Dino De Laurentiis thought it would have been even more successful if it had been less violent, they wanted to tone down the violence in the movie. It was also recut in order to secure a PG rating. Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, who wrote the original script, were ticked off at how Universal had watered down their script, they went to Marvel and produced the graphic novel ''Conan: The Horn of Azoth'', which was their script in comic-book form (ironically, the movie had had a ComicBookAdaptation shortly after its release), [[SameFaceDifferentName but with a few name changes to avoid legal difficulty]].

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Musician/model/80s icon Grace Jones as Zula
** Basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain as Bunbaata
** Prolific actor Creator/{{Mako}}
** Prolific character actor Tracey Walter as Malak
** Former bodybuilder and professional Friend-of-Arnold-Schwarzenegger, Sven-Ole Thorsen as Togra, the boss royal guard
** Not that you'd know it, but that's Andre the Giant in the Dagoth suit.
** Queen Taramis is played by Sarah Douglas, ie Ursa from ''Film/SupermanII''

* HeyItsThatGuy: Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Creator/{{Mako}}, Tracey Walter.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Creator/{{Mako}}, Tracey Walter.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Lot of the violence turned down to give the film a PG rating. Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, who wrote the original script, were ticked off at how Universal had watered down their script, they went to Marvel and produced the graphic novel ''Conan: The Horn of Azoth'', which was their script in comic-book form (ironically, the movie had had a ComicBookAdaptation shortly after its release), [[SameFaceDifferentName but with a few name changes to avoid legal difficulty]].

* GenreKiller: This movie, along with ''Film/RedSonja'', is widely credited with killing the SwordAndSorcery genre in media for quite some time.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, {{Mako}}, Tracey Walter.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, {{Mako}}, Tracey Walter, and of course, [[{{The Ahnold}} Arnie]].