Would OJ have been a good Terminator?
He recently passed away and since he was a big contender. I wonder if he could have been good in the role
shareHe recently passed away and since he was a big contender. I wonder if he could have been good in the role
shareI heard that supposedly a studio executive considered OJ for the role at first but Cameron thought he wouldn't be believable as a killer and instantly rejected the idea.
https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/james-cameron-denies-oj-simpson-casting-the-terminator-1234797932/
Maybe , but unlikely to be better than Arnold
sharewell he was the terminator in real life, I'd say yes.
sharefrom what i heard arnold had some ideas on how a robot man should maneuver, i wonder how oj would have portrayed the robot side of the character, movement and all.
share Arnold was the only actor who could play the t-800. I read his book and it said he learned to field strip every weapon he used in the film… while blindfolded. Guy literally was a machine.
Second choice would be lance henrikson (who I think was considered). He showed he could play an android in aliens. Robert Patrick made t-1000 his own as well.
I’ve seen OJ in Capricorn One, Towering Inferno & the Naked Guns and I can’t remember anything he did or said. He had no screen presence. I’m sure he was a great nfl player, but he wasn’t an actor.
Lance Henriksen was originally cast as the Terminator. They wanted Arnold to do Kreese. But he decided he wanted to be the T800 instead.
They gave Lance the cop role as a consolation. I don't know if it's true, but I was told since the contract was already signed, Lance received the full pay he would have gotten if he had.
Actually yes he would have made a very good terminator but not The Terminator.
Firstly, he’s black and it makes little sense for the machines to send a black man to blend into 80’s America and kill Sarah. Secondly he’s not the leap-off-the-screen behemoth that is Arnold.
But as a secondary future-war terminator he would have looked good.