>Lance Henriksen was originally considered to be the Terminator
>Henriksen was James Cameron's first choice to play the titular Terminator in The Terminator, when the cyborg conformed to its original concept of being a 'gray man' that could blend into a crowd before striking unexpectedly. Cameron even drew some concept art of Henriksen as the Terminator, but the character was eventually altered, becoming an unstoppable human tank instead of a stealthy infiltrator, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast in the role.
Would he have been a better choice than Arnold?
Billy Idol was gonna be the liquid metal dude in T2
Yes, Arnold destroyed all the movies he was in.
He turned kinos into flicks just by his presence.
Sometimes I imagine his movies with other actors.
Total Recall for Example could've been a masterpiece like Blade Runner with some other actor, Rufus Sewell for example.
Imagine Dark City with Arnold? It would've suck wouldn't it? Well then imagine Sewell in Total Recall
It would have been good but in a different way
He's not as threatening or imposing as Arnie, but it would have been more appropriate for the context of the future setting
The threat of the infiltrating grey man is removed once you know who it is and what he looks like - where's the threat afterwards?
>>83368074
It would make sense if there were different models of T-800. If they all had a more normal size and shape, it'd be much easier to slap a new skin on them.
But when they're all hulking 280lbs 6'2" slabs of muscle, it's hard to not be able to go "Yeah, that's definitely not human."
Doesn't in the movie appear some other cyborg in the future that is not as pumped?
>>83367781
His drinking would've fucked up the movie.
>>83367781
He became the brobot in Aliens so it's all fine.
>>83368210
Nah, the other one that you see is still pretty big
Obviously not Arnie big, but way more sculpted than the average post apocalyptic survivor
>>83368452
Him and Paxton are the only actors to have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien and a Predator.
>>83367781
He would have been great in the role but the movie would also be completely different. Hard to say.