Arnold Schwarzenegger Says James Cameron Was Hands-On In Making ‘Terminator 6’
When it comes to theTerminatorfilms afterTerminator 2: Judgement Day,James Cameron’s involvement is nominal. He gets a credit, cashes a check, and plans some moreAvatarfilms. But that’s not the case withTerminator 6, AKATerminator: Dark Fate. According to the Terminator himself,Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cameron worked closely with director Tim Miller to get the film made. Could that mean the oldTerminatormagic is back?
It’s hard to get overly excited aboutTerminator: Dark Fate, because so many post-Terminator 2sequels have been disappointing. But maybe this sixth entry will turn out well, especially because James Cameron seems to have played a big part in the crafting of the film. Cameron and directorTim Millercame up with the story together, and according to Arnold Schwarzenegger, he even offered some direction advice to Miller. While speaking withThe Arnold Fans, Schwarzenegger said that while Cameron was mostly busy with hisAvatarsequels, he’s also a bit of a “control freak” who couldn’t just sit back and leaveTerminator 6alone.
“He does get involved in the filming,” Arnold said, “so there were interesting discussions about which direction to go with a certain scene or how the dialogue should finish or what the certain look should be of an individual and all that stuff so there was a big collaboration between Jim and Tim Miller. I feel it was in good hands with both of them.”
It’s good to hear that. I’m not the biggest Tim Miller fan, but I love knowing Cameron had some input for the shooting of some scenes. But Schwarzenegger was sure to praise Miller as well, lest you think he was trying to downplay the director’s work on the movie:
“The director, Tim Miller, was very, very talented and I can see why his movie,Deadpool, made so much money and why it was successful because he’s very organized. He’s an expert with visual effects and special effects and with stunts. He felt very comfortable directing all the actors, the young and the older ones. He was a pleasure to work with.”
The plot ofTerminator: Dark Fateis mostly a secret for now. All we really know is that it’s going to ignore the sequels afterTerminator 2, and serve as both a follow-up and a reboot. In addition to Schwarzenegger, the film starsLinda Hamilton,Mackenzie Davis,Gabriel Luna,Natalia Reyes, andDiego Boneta.
