Arnold Schwarzenegger, who stars in the upcoming sequel film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, told SCI FI Wire that he put up $1.4 million of his own salary to shoot part of a massive chase involving a construction crane. In the scene, the female TX cyborg (Kristanna Loken) is chasing John Connor (Nick Stahl), while Schwarzenegger's familiar T-800 cyborg is hanging from the crane's hook as it's dragged through a glass office building.
Schwarzenegger said that director Jonathan Mostow considered cutting the shot when the production fell behind schedule. "I didn't want them to cut certain things because they fell behind, because it hurts the movie," he said. "And this scene was written in, and I had very clear vision the way it should be. And so I said to Jonathan, 'Jon, we have to shoot the scene. It doesn't matter what anyone says.' And then I said to [producer] Andy [Vajna], I said, 'Why don't I put the money in, and then later on, when the money comes back, you pay it back to me.' But, I said, 'We have to have that scene in there, because I think it's a great scene.'"
The scene, shot on a quarter-mile street set especially built on the former Boeing aerospace plant property in Downey, Calif., required 14 cameras to shoot as the crane arm slams into the glass building, destroying it. "I would say it's about 50 percent to 70 percent me," Schwarzenegger said. "To be honest with you, sometimes I don't know."
Even Keanu Reeves was reported to have gave the movie makers about 30 million dollars of his salary to make the Matrix. But in the end, it was all worth it since he got a profit of about 200$ million dollars.
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no..she is Conner's girlfriend or something..Kristanna Loken is the TX....yeah im sure Arnold will make his money back 10 fold..unless the movie bombs..but it shouldnt
Arnold should have no problem making his money back for that "small" sacrafice.
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i have always been somewhat of a fan of arnold schwartzenwhatever... his movies usually are entertaining... i did like the other 2 terminators and i do know a girl that works at a movie house and she want me to go this weekend... so i'll let you know how it goes if you haven't seen it yet
i'm a arnie fan too, and of course a big terminator fan but the trailers etc look corny for the movie so i dunno plus this time the terminator is a chic she looks to hot to be scarey, rober patrick did a kick ass job on the last one i thought. Of course arnie as the terminator in the first one, kinda scared me too !
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i saw the first one whan i was 13 and it was great then. the second one was good... the previews did look a bit shotty, but since i can get into the movie for free i'll watch it. i don't think i'd pay for it though. my grading scale goes from -see at theater, rent on video, wait for cable, should have been tv movie and don't waste you time... and just judging from the previews id say rent on video... but since its free...
to be honest it looks like a B movie to me, i read one review that said it was worth the wait though!!! kinda shocked me, anyways i am sure its just good for effects but no more linda hamilton or the psycologist from the 1st one and the 2nd one so the only connection is arnie now which doesnt give it the same "feel" However i know i will end up watching it anyways. :/
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I think this will be one of the biggest dissapointments of the year.
How is it that aRnold is the only one hwo has returned. Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong turned down the movie because of the bad script.
I read somewhere that even the trailers got bad reviews and I agree. It defenitely looks like BAD.
Linda Hamilton turned down the role for two reasons. She did not like the direction in which her character was going in the script and also because James Cameron was not the Director. Edward Furlong wasn't asked to reprise his role as John Connor because of recent drug and alcohol problems.
I was excited about T3 until I saw the preview. It doesn't look very good. None-the-less I am probably going to see it tonight.
I am not being biased because of me being an Arnold fan BUT THIS MOVIE KICKED MAJOR ARSE. I thought it was going to be decent at best but I ended up loving it. My fav. movie of the summer thus far. GO SEE IT!
Hmmm yeah to be honest i am begining to wonder if it really is that bad, seems i been getting feedback here and there that its actuallly good, but as far a story line and continuity without sarah conner etc to me the movie may lack something, but guess not, perhaps with the explosions and all no one would care eh!
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Ok I watched T3 twice last night. First time I said to myself I was going to go into the movie and find everything wrong with it. The story line the actors the music ect. So I sat down and the movie opined with the new John Conner talking (like his mother did in the last one) and right away I was saying to myself “this guy is not John Conner” but then he throws a bottle in a stream and it sank down and turned to skulls and we went into the future (John still talking over must of this) Then I instantly fell back into the movie I begin to think this guy was Jon. He may not look exactly like him but he was a good enough actor to convince me. Throughout the rest of the movie there where so problems. The music I felt was not up to pare with T2. They went overboard with the one-liners and the way the TX was killed was rather disappointing.
BUT I LOVED IT
The ending was great the bombs are falling The way they tide John and Claire Danes together was good and the skynet kills Jon in the future with the same terminator that was sent back to protect his commanders and him in this one.
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It was no T2 but in my mind nothing is T2
If you are a hardcore Terminator fan like me just let yourself sink into the movie and but be upset about the new actors and no James Cameron (this stuff Doesn’t mater the actors that are in it are very goood)
If you are not a hardcore fan GO SEE IT. It is one of those old school action movies with No 10 minute long sex scenes. There is no 45-minute talk in the middle, which leads up to one last fight like in all action movies today. This movie is nonstop action. I cant wait to get it on DVD so I can learn all the lines like I have in T1 and T2 (god I’m such a loser)
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