Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke out to LA Times about what he thought of early test footage shown to him of Terminator Salvation:
“I still don’t know how it will play out with this one,” said the star-turned-politician, who said he was given a private screening of early footage from “Terminator Salvation” by producers of the franchise reboot directed by McG. “They showed me some footage, but I don’t have a feel for the movie. I didn’t see enough. I wasn’t sure who the Terminator was. I don’t know if there is one or if he’s the star or the hero. These are the things that determine the success and how the strong the movie will be.”
“I’ve seen very little footage so I don’t really have a feel for it. I hope they do well, and I hope it is a huge hit. I do hope it creates a spectacle on the screen. That is what James Cameron created.”
Will Schwarzenegger be sad/feel a pang of loss that he isn’t in Terminator Salvation?
“No, the same thing happened with bodybuilding. Seven times I won the Mr. Olympia title, a record, no one had done that. Then someone else [South Carolina native Lee Haney] won it eight times. Do I sit and say, ‘Darn it, my record is gone’ or ‘Darn, I’m not up there on stage.’ No, because I’ve moved into other phases of my life. I moved on from bodybuilding into entertainment. Then I moved on from entertainment into a political life. Now this is the most exciting experience of my life. When this movie comes out, I won’t be sitting there saying, ‘Why can’t I do that?’ I hope it makes a lot of money and is very successful.”
Check out the full article on the LA Times website here
