(CNN) — Sunglasses. Leather jacket. Cold behavior, stone. This is how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be seen in “The Terminator”, the 1984 science fiction film that consolidated his status as a box office giant, and became a movie icon… but it turns out that one of the moments The most memorable parts of the film came about by chance.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published Tuesday, Schwarzenegger recalled how his line of dialogue in the film in which he says “I’ll be back” (“I’ll be back”) was an “accident”, stemming from a disagreement that had with its director, James Cameron.
“Jim Cameron and I were debating how to say the line because I didn’t feel comfortable saying ‘I’ll,’” recalled Schwarzenegger, who was also the governor of California. “I said, ‘I think it’s stronger to say ‘I will be back.’ “. Cameron said, ‘Are you the writer now? It’s just a word. Don’t tell me how to write. I don’t tell you how to act.'”
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie “The Terminator” from 1984.
Schwarzenegger later recalled how he responded, telling the director that he was telling him how to act “every minute!”
But in the end, of course, the director prevailed when he told Schwarzenegger: “Arnold, you think that sounds weird, it doesn’t. What makes it great is that you sound different from me or Charlie. That’s what makes it work.”
Cameron then told the actor to say it 10 times “Say it in different ways. I’ll keep rolling the camera. Then we’ll pick one.”
After a few tries, of course, they ended up with one that worked.
“The movie comes out. I’m in Central Park. A guy walks up and says, ‘Say the line!’” Schwarzenegger continued. He, too, said the phrase has stuck with him to this day, adding, “A few days ago, I was skiing in Aspen, and the concierge asked me to say the line.”
“So that’s where it started and where it ended. It’s crazy.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Schwarzenegger maintained that while he may have finished playing the Terminator, a robot from the future tasked alternately with saving or destroying humanity, depending on which installment of the franchise he is referring to, the franchise itself “is not finished”.
“I’m done. I got the message loud and clear that the world wants to move on with a different thing when it comes to ‘Terminator,'” he said. “Someone has to have a great idea. “Terminator” was largely responsible for my success, so I always looked at it very fondly. The first three movies were great.”
(CNN) — Sunglasses. Leather jacket. Cold behavior, stone. This is how Arnold Schwarzenegger could be seen in “The Terminator”, the 1984 science fiction film that consolidated his status as a box office giant, and became a movie icon… but it turns out that one of the moments The most memorable parts of the film came about by chance.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published Tuesday, Schwarzenegger recalled how his line of dialogue in the film in which he says “I’ll be back” (“I’ll be back”) was an “accident”, stemming from a disagreement that had with its director, James Cameron.
“Jim Cameron and I were debating how to say the line because I didn’t feel comfortable saying ‘I’ll,’” recalled Schwarzenegger, who was also the governor of California. “I said, ‘I think it’s stronger to say ‘I will be back.’ “. Cameron said, ‘Are you the writer now? It’s just a word. Don’t tell me how to write. I don’t tell you how to act.'”
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie “The Terminator” from 1984.
Schwarzenegger later recalled how he responded, telling the director that he was telling him how to act “every minute!”
But in the end, of course, the director prevailed when he told Schwarzenegger: “Arnold, you think that sounds weird, it doesn’t. What makes it great is that you sound different from me or Charlie. That’s what makes it work.”
Cameron then told the actor to say it 10 times “Say it in different ways. I’ll keep rolling the camera. Then we’ll pick one.”
After a few tries, of course, they ended up with one that worked.
“The movie comes out. I’m in Central Park. A guy walks up and says, ‘Say the line!’” Schwarzenegger continued. He, too, said the phrase has stuck with him to this day, adding, “A few days ago, I was skiing in Aspen, and the concierge asked me to say the line.”
“So that’s where it started and where it ended. It’s crazy.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Schwarzenegger maintained that while he may have finished playing the Terminator, a robot from the future tasked alternately with saving or destroying humanity, depending on which installment of the franchise he is referring to, the franchise itself “is not finished”.
“I’m done. I got the message loud and clear that the world wants to move on with a different thing when it comes to ‘Terminator,'” he said. “Someone has to have a great idea. “Terminator” was largely responsible for my success, so I always looked at it very fondly. The first three movies were great.”
