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‘WE CAN ENTERTAIN BETTER NOW’
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger says technology has enhanced the enjoyment of action films
Hollywood veteran Arnold Schwarzenegger is back to action — that, too, with the sixth instalment of the Terminator franchise, which has defined his career trajectory over 35 years now.
James Cameron’s directorial, The Terminator, was released in October 1984. The film went onto become a blockbuster and transformed former bodybuilder Schwarzenegger into a cinematic icon. Since then the Hollywood icon has never looked back.
With the release of Terminator: Dark Fate, the actor opens up on the evolution of action cinema — especially the Terminator films — over the years.
“[In general] I think everything is the same. You still have to come very prepared to the set, you still have to train, you still have to work with the weapons, you still have to know the training and all that stuff. From the Terminator point of view, you still have to fight with the machine, like it was in 1984,” Schwarzenegger shares.
“What actually has changed is that you can entertain people better now. When your stunts and physical action run out, you can then add visual effects. I think technology has changed in a way that it benefits viewers and fans,” he adds.
The 1991 sequel,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is still the highest-grossing part in the series, having raked in $520 million at the worldwide box office.
Ask if he expects the same from the latest instalment and Schwarzenegger laughs. “I don’t expect... You can’t. It’s like the same thing during political campaign and elections. You never know how the result will turn out to be. So I am not going to speculate, and I really do not believe in numbers,” the 72-year-old actor says.
Directed by Tim Miller, Terminator: Dark Fate is being touted as a direct sequel to 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day.