🔗 Share this article I'm Known As the ‘Boys Have a Penis’ Kid from the Classic 1990 Film: A Candid Conversation. Arnold Schwarzenegger is rightfully celebrated as an iconic tough guy. But, during the peak of his cinematic dominance in the 1980s and 1990s, he also delivered several surprisingly great comedies. The standout film is Kindergarten Cop, which celebrates its 35-year mark this December. The Role and That Line In the 1990 movie, Schwarzenegger plays a undercover cop who masquerades as a kindergarten teacher to track down a criminal. During the film's runtime, the procedural element serves as a simple backdrop for the star to share adorable interactions with kids. Without a doubt the standout belongs to a student named Joseph, who unprompted stands up and declares the former bodybuilder, “Males have a penis, females have a vagina.” Schwarzenegger replies icily, “Thank you for that information.” The boy behind the line was portrayed by youth performer Miko Hughes. In addition to this part encompassed a notable part on Full House playing the antagonist to the famous sisters and the pivotal role of the youngster who comes back in the film version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. He still works in film today, with multiple films listed on his IMDb. He also is a regular on the con circuit. Recently shared his recollections from the set of Kindergarten Cop over three decades on. Behind the Scenes Interviewer: First, 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. That's remarkable, I can't remember being four. Do you remember anything from that time? Yeah, somewhat. They're brief images. They're like picture memories. Do you recall how you landed the job in Kindergarten Cop? My family, especially my mother would accompany me to auditions. Often it was like a cattle call. There'd be dozens of children and we'd all patiently queue, be seen, be in there less than five minutes, deliver a quick line they wanted and that was it. My parents would help me learn the words and then, as soon as I could read, that was the initial content I was reading. Do you have any recollection of meeting Arnold? What was your impression of him? He was incredibly nice. He was fun. He was good-natured, which arguably isn't too surprising. It would be strange if he was a dick to all the kids in the classroom, that surely wouldn't foster a positive atmosphere. He was fun to be around. “It would have been odd if he was unpleasant to all the kids in the classroom.” I knew he was a major movie star because my family informed me, but I had never really seen his movies. I felt the importance — it was exciting — but he didn't frighten me. He was merely entertaining and I was eager to interact with him when he had time. He was busy, obviously, but he'd occasionally joke around here and there, and we would hang off of his arms. 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 a major status symbol. This was the coolest device, that funky old yellow cassette player. I used to rock out to the Power Rangers soundtrack and the Ninja Turtles soundtrack for years on that thing on that thing. It finally gave out. I also have a genuine metal whistle. He had the teacher's whistle, and the kids all received one too as well. Do you remember your days on set as being enjoyable? You know, it's funny, that movie became a phenomenon. It was a major production, and it was a wonderful time, and you would think, looking back now, I would want my memories to be of working with Arnold, the direction of Ivan Reitman, the location shoot, being on a professional set, but my memories are of being a finitely child at lunch. For instance, 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 proficient. I was the youngest and some of the bigger kids would ask for my help to pass certain levels on games because I could do it, and I was quite pleased with myself. So, it's all childhood recollections. The Infamous Moment OK, the penis and vagina line, do you remember the context? Did you grasp the meaning? At the time, I probably didn't know what the word shocking meant, but I realized it got a reaction and it got a big laugh. I was aware it was kind of something I wasn't supposed to do, but I was given approval in this case because it was funny. “My mom thought hard about it.” How it came about, from what I understand, was they hadn't finalized all the dialogue. A few scenes were part of the original screenplay, but once they had the entire ensemble assembled, it wasn't pure improvisation, but they refined it on set and, reportedly it's either the director or producers came to my mom and said, "There's a concept. We want Miko to deliver this dialogue. Are you okay with this?" My mom didn't answer immediately. She said, "I need to consider this, I'll decide tomorrow" and took some time. She deliberated carefully. She said she wasn't sure, but she felt it could end up as one of the most memorable lines from the movie and she was right.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is rightfully celebrated as an iconic tough guy. But, during the peak of his cinematic dominance in the 1980s and 1990s, he also delivered several surprisingly great comedies. The standout film is Kindergarten Cop, which celebrates its 35-year mark this December. The Role and That Line In the 1990 movie, Schwarzenegger plays a undercover cop who masquerades as a kindergarten teacher to track down a criminal. During the film's runtime, the procedural element serves as a simple backdrop for the star to share adorable interactions with kids. Without a doubt the standout belongs to a student named Joseph, who unprompted stands up and declares the former bodybuilder, “Males have a penis, females have a vagina.” Schwarzenegger replies icily, “Thank you for that information.” The boy behind the line was portrayed by youth performer Miko Hughes. In addition to this part encompassed a notable part on Full House playing the antagonist to the famous sisters and the pivotal role of the youngster who comes back in the film version of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. He still works in film today, with multiple films listed on his IMDb. He also is a regular on the con circuit. Recently shared his recollections from the set of Kindergarten Cop over three decades on. Behind the Scenes Interviewer: First, 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. That's remarkable, I can't remember being four. Do you remember anything from that time? Yeah, somewhat. They're brief images. They're like picture memories. Do you recall how you landed the job in Kindergarten Cop? My family, especially my mother would accompany me to auditions. Often it was like a cattle call. There'd be dozens of children and we'd all patiently queue, be seen, be in there less than five minutes, deliver a quick line they wanted and that was it. My parents would help me learn the words and then, as soon as I could read, that was the initial content I was reading. Do you have any recollection of meeting Arnold? What was your impression of him? He was incredibly nice. He was fun. He was good-natured, which arguably isn't too surprising. It would be strange if he was a dick to all the kids in the classroom, that surely wouldn't foster a positive atmosphere. He was fun to be around. “It would have been odd if he was unpleasant to all the kids in the classroom.” I knew he was a major movie star because my family informed me, but I had never really seen his movies. I felt the importance — it was exciting — but he didn't frighten me. He was merely entertaining and I was eager to interact with him when he had time. He was busy, obviously, but he'd occasionally joke around here and there, and we would hang off of his arms. 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 a major status symbol. This was the coolest device, that funky old yellow cassette player. I used to rock out to the Power Rangers soundtrack and the Ninja Turtles soundtrack for years on that thing on that thing. It finally gave out. I also have a genuine metal whistle. He had the teacher's whistle, and the kids all received one too as well. Do you remember your days on set as being enjoyable? You know, it's funny, that movie became a phenomenon. It was a major production, and it was a wonderful time, and you would think, looking back now, I would want my memories to be of working with Arnold, the direction of Ivan Reitman, the location shoot, being on a professional set, but my memories are of being a finitely child at lunch. For instance, 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 proficient. I was the youngest and some of the bigger kids would ask for my help to pass certain levels on games because I could do it, and I was quite pleased with myself. So, it's all childhood recollections. The Infamous Moment OK, the penis and vagina line, do you remember the context? Did you grasp the meaning? At the time, I probably didn't know what the word shocking meant, but I realized it got a reaction and it got a big laugh. I was aware it was kind of something I wasn't supposed to do, but I was given approval in this case because it was funny. “My mom thought hard about it.” How it came about, from what I understand, was they hadn't finalized all the dialogue. A few scenes were part of the original screenplay, but once they had the entire ensemble assembled, it wasn't pure improvisation, but they refined it on set and, reportedly it's either the director or producers came to my mom and said, "There's a concept. We want Miko to deliver this dialogue. Are you okay with this?" My mom didn't answer immediately. She said, "I need to consider this, I'll decide tomorrow" and took some time. She deliberated carefully. She said she wasn't sure, but she felt it could end up as one of the most memorable lines from the movie and she was right.