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Since the 80s, Arnold Schwarzenegger cemented himself as one of the biggest action stars in the globe, but apart from playing a valorous hero, he is also pretty good at playing a ruthless antagonist. Although there aren’t a lot of instances when we witnessed the actor playing an antagonistic role, the one time he did, he absolutely terrified everyone.
The James Cameron-ledThe Terminatorand its sequel revolutionized the sci-fi genre, and in doing so, it elevated Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career to the top, making him one of the biggest names in Hollywood. But before the first movie took the world by storm, he once terrified a bunch of people in a restaurant, following theTrue Liesactor’s terrifying look as T-800.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Harmless Prank Resulted in a Chaos
BeforeThe Terminatormade its official debut, Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to pull off a harmless prank in a restaurant, wearing his damaged make-up for the movie. Witnessing a hugely built guy with a damaged face would’ve made anyone panic, and the same was the case for the waiter and the fellow customers present in the restaurant.
Recounting the hilarious situation, the actor recalled after he walked up to the waiter,“He freaked out”after witnessing the Terminator make-up. This went on to cause a chain reaction with other customers also freaking out.
“The people around him were screaming and running in other way.”Schwarzenegger recalled.
However, this little experiment did give theTotal RecallStar confidence that he was the perfect fit to play the villainous cyborg, and was quite satisfied with the makeup following people’s reaction.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Wanted to Double Down on the Villainy
But after mastering playing the ferocious bad guy,Arnold Schwarzeneggerhesitated to switch sides in the next entry, as he wanted to double down on the first movie’s approach. However, his desire to be more violent and kill over 150 people was eventually shut down byJames Cameron, as he had other plans for the sequel. ThePredatorStar recalled,
“I said, ‘What do you mean a good Terminator?’ I say, ‘I was killing 68 people in the first one.’ I say, ‘In the second one I have to kill 150. We go up,'”
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But despite his desire to continue where he left off, the actor was satisfied with how things turned out in the sequel, as it cemented itself as one of the greatest sequel and action films ever made.
The TerminatorandTerminator 2: Judgment Dayis available to stream on Max.
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
