BORS managed to interview Gabriel Luna at FLEX Gym about his upcoming Terminator role. While the following google translation leaves a lot to be desired (swapping she for he etc.) readers should be able to get the general gist of what is being said. If you don’t want any form of potential spoilers we suggest you stop reading now.
How did you become the Terminator’s role?
Last December, I was invited to a hearing, and since there was no script at this time, I had to play one of the scenes of Collateral. A couple of weeks later I was called, I really liked it, I would like to meet with director Tim Miller. In January, then, there was no news, but I started to train and prepare as if I had the role.
Trust you?
I just did not want to start from zero. I waited and waited, and in February I met Timmel in his studio. He is an incredibly creative mind, full of ideas and immense imagination, and he has talked to me as long as he wants to make the movie with me. Then I met another three-week silence, and then David Ellison, and then in late March James Cameron asked me for a trial game. Thirteen days later I received an email from Tim Miller: congratulations, I am the Terminator.
Do you feel any pressure?
It is in itself motivating me to be the Terminator, and I can work with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, so not at all. I feel prepared enough, both in the body and in the head. Terminator 2 is my favorite movie and there have been several things that meant that I would once again be involved in the series.
Well …
For example, I previously shot the action on that bridge that was in the first part of the Terminator, and then later, in SHIELD’s agents, I ran at LA at Arnold’s Terminator 2.
How does it feel to work with such movie legends?
When you’re in it, you do not even notice it, but after a long day, I’m in the middle of what I can do. When I met Linda for the first time, my whole body shook the cold, because I think she is one of the most important links in the series. He has always been a soul between machines and many actions. Now that he’s back, the production’s heart reappears.
And what is Schwarzenegger?
It’s just arrived, but since I’ve seen all of my movies, it’s as if I know it, and here, in the gym, he looks back at me in every picture. In a few weeks we will have a lot of common scenes, look forward to it. I hope Adam will then bring him a joint workout here at Flex Gym, and if work is over, we can cook one together.
How do you train and what does the new Terminator eat?
One week I have five days of weight training, once a week, and there are also stunt training. It’s 14 o’clock a week. I eat five times a day, about every three hours, lots of eggs, brown rice, chicken, beef or pork, vegetables, beans and lentils. After weight training, I immediately use protein turmix.
And what can viewers expect from you?
I’ll get the best out of myself and work to keep the audience feeling the danger when I’m on the screen. I want you to be afraid of me. In the movie, there is not much dialogue, so I have to play with my body and movement, and instead of words, I have to build the character. Because I’m just a program.
So, if there was any doubt if Luna was playing a good or bad Terminator it would definitely seem he is… a villain and we love the fact that he will have minimal dialogue in the movie which is going back to what is more true of Arnold’s villain in the first Terminator movie.
Thanks to Nyulas for the news tip.
Source: BORS
