skillzdadirecta Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rivalry With Sylvester Stallone Made Actor Want A Deadlier ‘Terminator 2’ But James Cameron Shot Him Down DEADLINE.COM Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted a bloodier and deadlier Terminator 2: Judgment Day but James Cameron shot him down. Quote During a panel at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ahead of a screening of the Terminator sequel, Schwarzenegger said that his rivalry with fellow action star Sylvester Stallone pushed him to want a much different kind of film. “The reason why it became a big hit was, number one, Jim Cameron. Jim Cameron is a genius writer,” Schwarzenegger said. “He came up with this brilliant idea, even though at the beginning I was suspicious. He said ‘I want to make you a good Terminator.'” He continued, “I said ‘What do you mean a good Terminator?’ I was killing 68 people in the first one. In the second one I have to kill 150. We go up! Cut their throats and shoot them with a cannon and run them over with a car.’ I had to outdo Stallone. I said that my whole mission was being number one at killing amounts of people on screen.” However, Cameron already had an idea of what he wanted for Terminator 2 and shot down Schwarzenegger’s suggestion. “He said ‘Arnold, stop it. You’re a very sick guy. I am gonna make sure that in Terminator 2, you’re not gonna kill one single person,’” Schwarzenegger recalled. “I said that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. How can this be Terminator 2 without me killing anyone? At least throw a few token bodies in there.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Boys will be boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 "James Cameron shot him down" of course he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 This gets talked about in the Arnold Netflix doc that came out a few weeks ago (from both Arnold and Cameron). Actually pretty hysterical. ”… can I at least shoot people in the leg or something?” ”sure, Arnold. You can shoot people in the leg” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Breaking news: one of films all time great storytellers made good story decisions making one of his best films. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Arnold was very fortunate to have solid caretakers guiding his career and projects.. I wonder what Stallone could have done with a visionary creator guiding a couple of his projects 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 2 hours ago, TwinIon said: Breaking news: one of films all time great storytellers made good story decisions making one of his best films. 2 hours ago, 5timechamp said: Arnold was very fortunate to have solid caretakers guiding his career and projects.. I wonder what Stallone could have done with a visionary creator guiding a couple of his projects THIS. This is the point. Stallone's problem was that he WROTE Rocky which won an Oscar and gave him TREMENDOUS behind the camera clout as well as in fron of the camera throughout the 80's. He had also directed a couple of film himself so I don't think there were too many directors that could overrule him. Arnold, fortunately for him, worked with GREAT directors who knew how to best utilize him despite his limited range. That's the contrast being drawn here. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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