Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals hilarious reaction to Linda Hamilton’s muscly arms for Terminator 2
“This son of ab***h is cut more than me!” Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals Hilarious Reaction To Linda Hamilton’s Muscular Arms For Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed his hilarious reaction when he first saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s muscular arms as co-star Linda Hamilton.
The action icon, 75, recalled in the new Netflix documentary Arnold how Hamilton, 66, debuted her famously strengthened arms and looked like a “miniature bodybuilder” prior to filming the 1991 sci-fi classic.
He said, ‘A few days before we start shooting [director] Jim Cameron says to me, let’s all get together and have a nice dinner.
“Linda comes in and then she takes off her sweater and I look at her arms. Veins on the biceps, then the triceps – everything was like a bodybuilder except miniature.
“I said, ‘I can’t believe that son of ab***h is fucking more cut than me.’
Wow: Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed his hilarious reaction when he first saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day co-star Linda Hamilton’s muscular arms
I’ll be back: The action icon, 75, recalled in the new Netflix documentary Arnold how Hamilton, 66, debuted with her famously reinforced arms and looked like a “miniature bodybuilder” ahead of filming the sci-fi classic from 1991 (pictured with Edward Furlong in the film)
Hamilton added: “I remember the fierce pride I had to show Arnold.”
Schwarzenegger also revealed his initial trepidation about making his character a Terminator who doesn’t kill people.
Cameron said in the documentary, “Arnold was absolutely against the idea at first,” and recalled asking the actor, What’s going on? Do not you like it?’
Arnold said, “Jim, I’m not killing anyone,” to which the director said the machine is “the good man, the defender, the protector.”
Arnold joked, “Okay, okay. Can I shoot them in the leg?’
“I said, ‘Yeah, let’s just shoot them in the leg, what’s that like?’ He says, “That’s good,” Cameron said.
This comes after Arnold revealed that his iconic Terminator film line was almost non-existent due to an on-set clash.
In 1984’s The Terminator, Austrian actor T-800’s character says “I’ll be back” – a phrase that is still quoted to this day – but he revealed that he fought to get the quote out. speaking with director James Cameron.
Iconic: “Linda comes in and then she takes off her sweater and I look at her arms. Veins on the biceps and then the triceps — everything was like a bodybuilder except miniature”
Battle of the biceps: Arnold and Linda showed off their muscles in a BTS snap
Ha! In 1984’s The Terminator, Austrian actor T-800’s character says, “I’ll be back” — a line that’s still quoted to this day — but he revealed that he fought against saying the quote with director James Cameron.
Titanic director James, who co-wrote The Terminator with Gale Anne Hurd, said in a recently released Netflix documentary about Arnold’s life and career, “Somewhere in the middle of shooting, we do this scene at the police station . . .
“The rule is, ‘I’ll be back.’ It wasn’t meant to be a big moment at all. It was literally meant to say, “No problem, I’ll be back.” For some reason, Arnold didn’t say, “I’ll be back.” I said, ‘Well, just say “I’ll be back.” Keep it simple.'”
Arnold revealed that he wanted to change the line to “I will be back” to sound more “machine-like”, but James fought back: He says, ‘Are you the writer?’” And I said, “No,” and he said, “Well, don’t tell me how to write.””
Arnold continued, “It became the most quoted movie line, I think, in the history of cinema. So this just shows you who was right and who was wrong.”