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initially struggled with portions of the script, once asking "What is |
'polyalloy'?" He also expressed concern about his character's non-lethal |
depiction, which conflicted with his action-hero persona and portrayal of the |
character in The Terminator . Cameron explained he wanted to defy audience |
expectations. Schwarzenegger requested: "Just make me cool". [4] Casting [ |
edit ] (Left to right) Edward Furlong (pictured in 2009) and Joe Morton (2019) |
Schwarzenegger became interested in reprising his role after finding the |
character more complex and sympathetic than in the previous film. [44] [45] To |
accurately portray a fearless and emotionless machine, he trained extensively |
with stunt coordinator Joel Kramer to remain unaffected by fire and explosions |
around him. Schwarzenegger earned $12–$15 million for his involvement. [f] |
Carolco had been blamed for the increase in exorbitant salaries paid to |
actors, having paid Schwarzenegger around $11 million for Total Recall (1990). |
They justified the expense as the value of their leads' wide appeal in markets |
outside the U.S. [26] [49] [50] To lessen the immediate financial burden, |
Carolco paid most of Schwarzenegger's salary with a financed $12.75 million |
Gulfstream III jet. [26] [32] [51] Cameron refused to re-cast Hamilton's role |
but developed plans to work around her absence if she chose not to return. |
Negotiations were protracted but concluded promptly after Cameron informed |
Carolco the script could not be finished until he knew if Hamilton would be |
involved. [4] Hamilton received roughly $1 million, which she described as |
"quite a bit more" than her earnings for The Terminator , but expressed |
disappointment at the pay disparity between her and Schwarzenegger. [g] |
Hamilton requested Sarah exhibit a "crazy" demeanor, explaining that after |
years of living with the impending doom of humanity, she believed Sarah would |
have transformed into an untamed entity, a warrior combined with a |
psychologically unstable woman. [4] [19] She continued: "[The T-800] is a |
better human than I am, and I'm a better Terminator than he is". [45] Cameron |
considered giving the character a facial scar but determined that applying it |
daily would be difficult. [53] Hamilton undertook extensive preparation for |
her role, working with a personal trainer for three hours a day, six days a |
week, and maintaining a strict low-fat diet, losing about 12 pounds (5.4 kg) |
of body weight. [4] [14] [18] She also received judo and military training |
from former Israeli commando Uziel Gal. [4] [14] [18] Between training, |
filming, and spending time with her infant son Dalton, Hamilton averaged only |
four hours of sleep per day. [18] She described her experience as "sheer hell" |
but enjoyed showing off her new physique. [4] [18] Hamilton's twin sister, |
Leslie, was also cast in scenes where two versions of Sarah appear on-screen |
simultaneously. [18] Patrick, who was living in his car, was one of several |
actors in their late 20s considered for the T-1000 role. Cameron wanted a |
lithe actor resembling a newly recruited police officer to contrast with |
Schwarzenegger. According to Cameron, "If the [T-800] series is a kind of |
human Panzer tank, then the [T-1000] series had to be a Porsche". [4] [54] |
[55] Casting director Mali Finn believed Patrick had the "intense presence" |
they wanted. Patrick auditioned by acting like an emotionless hunter and later |
participated in a screen test to judge the way lighting worked with his skin |
and eyes. [4] [56] [57] For his character, he drew inspiration from |
Schwarzenegger's performance in The Terminator and observed hunting |
creatures—reptiles, insects, cats, and sharks. Patrick's facial expressions |
were based on those of an eagle, keeping his head tilted down to imply |
constant forward movement. [h] He also employed a mixture of military posture |
with martial arts to express a fluid motion that differed from the T-800's |
rigid movements. [62] The role demanded Patrick be lean and fast, requiring |
peak physical shape. [56] He learned to sprint without displaying heavy |
breathing and exhaustion, and received specialized training from Gal. [56] |
[57] [60] Weapons master Harry Lu taught Patrick to operate and reload |
weapons, such as the T-1000's Beretta 92FS , without looking and eventually |
without blinking. [56] Singer Billy Idol was originally cast for the role |
before seriously injuring his leg in a motorcycle crash. In a 2021 |
retrospective, Cameron said Idol had an interesting aesthetic but in |
hindsight, he probably would not have cast him. [4] [56] [63] Singer Blackie |
Lawless of the rock band W.A.S.P. was also considered but deemed too tall. |
[58] Furlong, among hundreds of other prospects, secured the role at his last |
audition. Cameron believed that early candidates for the role of John Connor |
were either overexposed in other media or came from advertisement backgrounds, |
which trained them to be happy and perky. Furlong had no acting experience and |
was discovered by Finn at the Boys & Girls Club in Pasadena . Cameron |
described Furlong as having a "surliness, an intelligence, just a question of |
pulling it out". [4] He was required to take acting lessons, learn Spanish, |
and be able to ride a motorcycle and repair guns. [64] [65] Joe Morton |
believed his casting as Miles Dyson had to do with Cameron wanting a minority |
character to be integral to the changing of the world. [11] Morton avoided |
interacting with the cast so that their on-screen relationships would seem |
believably distant. [4] The role of Dyson was reduced after the preferred |
casting choice, Denzel Washington , declined it because the role mainly |
required him to act scared. [40] Filming [ edit ] The intersection in Bull |
Creek spillway, North Hills (pictured in 2018), from which the T-1000 crashes |
into the flood-control channel below The planned three months of pre- |
production was reduced to meet the release schedule, leaving Cameron without |
the time he wanted to prepare all aspects before filming began. [14] [66] Over |
a week, he spent several hours each day choreographing vehicle scenes with toy |
cars and trucks, filming the results, and printing the footage for storyboard |
artists. [19] There was no time to properly test practical effects before |
filming so if effects did not work, the filmmakers had to work around them. |
[66] Principal photography began on October 8–9, 1990, with a $60 million |
budget. [i] Scenes were filmed out of sequence to prioritize those requiring |
extensive visual effects. Schwarzenegger found this difficult because he was |
meant to convey subtle signs of the T-800's progressive humanity and was |
unsure what was fitting for each scene. [25] [45] Cinematographer Adam |
Greenberg , who also worked on The Terminator , described the greater scope of |
the sequel as the most daunting prospect. Where he had been able to shout |
instructions to his crew on the original film, he used one of 187 walkie- |
talkies to conduct efforts over an expansive area. [69] The production was |
arduous, in part because of Cameron, who was known for his short temper and |
uncompromising "dictatorial" manner. The crew made T-shirts bearing the slogan |
"You can't scare me—I work for Jim Cameron". [70] Schwarzenegger described him |
as a supportive but "demanding taskmaster" with a "fanaticism for physical and |
visual detail". [4] [39] Even so, by the 101st day of filming, Schwarzenegger |
and Hamilton were frustrated by the high number of takes Cameron performed, |
spending five days just on close-ups of Hamilton in the Dyson home. [19] To |
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