🔗 Share this article I'm Known As the ‘Penis and Vagina’ Kid from Kindergarten Cop: An Interview. The action icon is rightfully celebrated as an action movie legend. However, in the midst of his cinematic dominance in the late 20th century, he also starred in several surprisingly great comedies. The standout film is Kindergarten Cop, which marks its 35th anniversary this December. The Story and The Famous Scene In the classic film, Schwarzenegger plays a undercover cop who goes undercover as a elementary educator to locate a fugitive. Throughout the movie, the crime storyline serves as a loose framework for Arnold to have charming interactions with kids. The most unforgettable features a child named Joseph, who out of nowhere announces and declares the former bodybuilder, “It's boys who have a penis, females have a vagina.” The Terminator replies icily, “Thanks for the tip.” The young actor was brought to life by child star Miko Hughes. His career featured a notable part on Full House playing the antagonist to the Olsen twins and the haunting part of the youngster who comes back in the film version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Hughes remains active today, with several projects on the horizon. Furthermore, he frequently attends the con circuit. Not long ago discussed his memories from the production over three decades on. Behind the Scenes Question: Starting off, how old were you when you filmed Kindergarten Cop? Miko Hughes: My understanding is I was four. I was the most junior of all the kids on set. Wow, I can't remember being four. Do you remember anything from that time? Yeah, to a degree. They're flashes. They're like picture memories. Do you recall how you were cast in Kindergarten Cop? My mother, mainly would bring me to auditions. Sometimes it was an open call. There'd be a room full of young actors and we'd all just have to wait, enter the casting office, be in there for a very short time, do whatever little line they wanted and that was it. My parents would help me learn the words and then, once I learned to read, that was some of the first material I was reading. Do you have a specific memory of meeting Arnold? What was your impression of him? He was extremely gentle. He was enjoyable. He was pleasant, which I suppose isn't too surprising. It would have been odd if he was unpleasant to all the kids in the classroom, that surely wouldn't foster a good work environment. He was a joy to have on set. “It would be strange if he was a dick to all the kids in the classroom.” I was aware he was a big action star because I was told, but I had barely seen his movies. I felt the importance — it was exciting — but he wasn't scary to me. He was merely entertaining and I only wanted to hang out with him when he wasn't busy. He was working hard, but he'd occasionally joke around here and there, and we would dangle from his limbs. He'd tense up and we'd be hanging off. He was really, really generous. He bought every kid in the classroom a Sony Walkman, which at the time was like an iPhone. It was the hottest tech out there, that funky old yellow cassette player. I played the Power Rangers soundtrack and the Ninja Turtles soundtrack for years on that thing on that thing. It eventually broke. I also received a authentic coach's whistle. He had the referee's whistle, and the kids all were gifted copies as well. Do you remember your days on set as being enjoyable? You know, it's interesting, that movie became a phenomenon. It was such a big movie, and it was such an amazing experience, and you would think, in retrospect, I would want my memories to be of the star himself, the legendary director, visiting Astoria, the production design, but my memories are of being a selective diner at lunch. Like, they got everyone pizza, but I didn't even like pizza. All I would eat was the pepperoni off the top. Then, the Nintendo Game Boy was brand new. That was the big craze, and I was pretty good at it. I was the smallest kid and some of the other children would hand me their devices to beat difficult stages on games because I knew how, and I was really proud of that. So, it's all youthful anecdotes. The Line OK, the penis and vagina line, do you remember anything about it? Did you know what you were saying? At the time, I likely didn't understand what the word shocking meant, but I realized it got a reaction and it made adults laugh. I understood it was kind of something I wasn't supposed to do, but I was given special permission in this case because it was comedic. “She really wrestled with it.” How it originated, from what I understand, was they were still developing characters. Some character lines were part of the original screenplay, but once they had the whole cast on the set, it wasn't necessarily improv, but they refined it on set and, I suppose it's either the director or producers came to my mom and said, "We're thinking. We want Miko to say this. Are you okay with this?" My mom paused. She said, "Give me a moment, let me sleep on it" and took a day or two. She deliberated carefully. She said she was hesitant, but she felt it would likely become one of the iconic quotes from the movie and history proved her correct.
The action icon is rightfully celebrated as an action movie legend. However, in the midst of his cinematic dominance in the late 20th century, he also starred in several surprisingly great comedies. The standout film is Kindergarten Cop, which marks its 35th anniversary this December. The Story and The Famous Scene In the classic film, Schwarzenegger plays a undercover cop who goes undercover as a elementary educator to locate a fugitive. Throughout the movie, the crime storyline serves as a loose framework for Arnold to have charming interactions with kids. The most unforgettable features a child named Joseph, who out of nowhere announces and declares the former bodybuilder, “It's boys who have a penis, females have a vagina.” The Terminator replies icily, “Thanks for the tip.” The young actor was brought to life by child star Miko Hughes. His career featured a notable part on Full House playing the antagonist to the Olsen twins and the haunting part of the youngster who comes back in the film version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Hughes remains active today, with several projects on the horizon. Furthermore, he frequently attends the con circuit. Not long ago discussed his memories from the production over three decades on. Behind the Scenes Question: Starting off, how old were you when you filmed Kindergarten Cop? Miko Hughes: My understanding is I was four. I was the most junior of all the kids on set. Wow, I can't remember being four. Do you remember anything from that time? Yeah, to a degree. They're flashes. They're like picture memories. Do you recall how you were cast in Kindergarten Cop? My mother, mainly would bring me to auditions. Sometimes it was an open call. There'd be a room full of young actors and we'd all just have to wait, enter the casting office, be in there for a very short time, do whatever little line they wanted and that was it. My parents would help me learn the words and then, once I learned to read, that was some of the first material I was reading. Do you have a specific memory of meeting Arnold? What was your impression of him? He was extremely gentle. He was enjoyable. He was pleasant, which I suppose isn't too surprising. It would have been odd if he was unpleasant to all the kids in the classroom, that surely wouldn't foster a good work environment. He was a joy to have on set. “It would be strange if he was a dick to all the kids in the classroom.” I was aware he was a big action star because I was told, but I had barely seen his movies. I felt the importance — it was exciting — but he wasn't scary to me. He was merely entertaining and I only wanted to hang out with him when he wasn't busy. He was working hard, but he'd occasionally joke around here and there, and we would dangle from his limbs. He'd tense up and we'd be hanging off. He was really, really generous. He bought every kid in the classroom a Sony Walkman, which at the time was like an iPhone. It was the hottest tech out there, that funky old yellow cassette player. I played the Power Rangers soundtrack and the Ninja Turtles soundtrack for years on that thing on that thing. It eventually broke. I also received a authentic coach's whistle. He had the referee's whistle, and the kids all were gifted copies as well. Do you remember your days on set as being enjoyable? You know, it's interesting, that movie became a phenomenon. It was such a big movie, and it was such an amazing experience, and you would think, in retrospect, I would want my memories to be of the star himself, the legendary director, visiting Astoria, the production design, but my memories are of being a selective diner at lunch. Like, they got everyone pizza, but I didn't even like pizza. All I would eat was the pepperoni off the top. Then, the Nintendo Game Boy was brand new. That was the big craze, and I was pretty good at it. I was the smallest kid and some of the other children would hand me their devices to beat difficult stages on games because I knew how, and I was really proud of that. So, it's all youthful anecdotes. The Line OK, the penis and vagina line, do you remember anything about it? Did you know what you were saying? At the time, I likely didn't understand what the word shocking meant, but I realized it got a reaction and it made adults laugh. I understood it was kind of something I wasn't supposed to do, but I was given special permission in this case because it was comedic. “She really wrestled with it.” How it originated, from what I understand, was they were still developing characters. Some character lines were part of the original screenplay, but once they had the whole cast on the set, it wasn't necessarily improv, but they refined it on set and, I suppose it's either the director or producers came to my mom and said, "We're thinking. We want Miko to say this. Are you okay with this?" My mom paused. She said, "Give me a moment, let me sleep on it" and took a day or two. She deliberated carefully. She said she was hesitant, but she felt it would likely become one of the iconic quotes from the movie and history proved her correct.