James Cameron Considered Arnold as Hero Before Casting Him as T-800

Описание: When The Terminator was being cast in 1983, Arnold Schwarzenegger met James Cameron for lunch at a small restaurant in Los Angeles. Cameron had wanted him for the hero role of Kyle Reese. But as Arnold described how a machine should kill — slow, precise, without emotion — Cameron leaned back, intrigued. He later recalled saying, “You know what? Forget the hero. You’d make a hell of a Terminator.” That single lunch changed film history — and Arnold became the unstoppable T-800.