Terminator icon Linda Hamilton has admitted that there was ‘just something missing‘ in the sixth installment to the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate.
To promote the second season of SyFy‘s ‘Resident Alien‘ the actress has been interviewed by Empire Magazine, with a profile of some of Ms. Hamilton’s most notable movie characters, and, of course, Sarah Connor had to feature front and center – though not really for Terminator 2: Judgment Day… and not with particularly fond memories of Terminator: Dark Fate.
On returning to play the legendary mother of the future, Linda said:
“It just felt so emotionally loaded, going back. I’d worked my ass off beforehand, going to the most painful, disappointing places, combing through bitterness and darkness.”
Linda Hamilton told Empire Magazine
On Terminator: Dark Fate’s unfinished script:
“when we started and there wasn’t a finished script, it all of a sudden became clear that it [Terminator: Dark Fate] might not be a good movie.”
Linda Hamilton
Linda previously told the A.V. Club that:
“The script wasn’t really finished when we started, and it was kind of coming along as we went along. And we all found that very hard to work that way. I heard too many people say, ‘Well, that’s how they make movies these days.’ It’s like, you know what? I need a beginning and a middle and an end.”
Linda Hamilton
It sounds like James Cameron wasn’t the only one butting heads with T6 director Tim Miller.
James Cameron told Cinemablend of his ‘creative battles‘ with Miller:
“And the blood is still being scrubbed off the walls from those creative battles. This is a film that was forged in fire. So yeah, but that’s the creative process, right?”
James Cameron
Linda on Tim Miller‘s vision for Sarah Connor:
“I had an existential crisis on that film. Tim [Miller] would say, ‘I want her relatable.’ And I would go back to my room and say, ‘Relatable? When was Sarah Connor ever relatable?’”
Linda Hamilton
So, what did Linda Hamilton think was lacking in Terminator: Dark Fate?
“I love Tim. I love my ladies. But to me there was just something missing. It moved a little too fast. And there were so many beautiful moments that didn’t make it in. I’ll need to see it again, ten years from now, when I’ve stepped way, way back.”
Linda Hamilton
Tim Miller also recently admitted that he’d made mistakes by making a Terminator movie for himself rather than the prospective audience.
Do you agree with Linda’s feelings toward Terminator: Dark Fate?
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