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** The T800's hair got singed when it ran through the fire caused by a car explosion, it also burns off his eyebrows. Notice the T800's hair is longer when he begins chasing Kyle and Sarah, when it jumps on the windshield its hairstyle has changed.

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** The T800's hair got singed when it ran through the fire caused by a car explosion, it explosion which also burns off his its eyebrows. Notice the T800's hair is longer when he it begins chasing Kyle and Sarah, when it jumps on the windshield its hairstyle has changed.
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** It got singed off in the car explosion that Kyle caused, it also burns off his eyebrows. Notice the T800's hair is longer when he begins chasing Kyle and Sarah.

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** It The T800's hair got singed off in when it ran through the fire caused by a car explosion that Kyle caused, explosion, it also burns off his eyebrows. Notice the T800's hair is longer when he begins chasing Kyle and Sarah.Sarah, when it jumps on the windshield its hairstyle has changed.
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** It got singed off in the car explosion that Kyle caused, it also burns off his eyebrows. Notice the T800's hair is longer when he begins chasing Kyle and Sarah.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Arnold was originally up for Kyle and was encouraged by his agent because Kyle was a bigger role and had more lines, but he was more interested in the Terminator because of the challenge of creating a convincing robot character: the UnflinchingWalk, the unblinking stare and the casual displays of SuperStrength.



** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger tried to have the iconic line "I'll be back" changed as he had difficulty pronouncing the word I'll. He also felt that his robotic character would not speak in contractions and that the Terminator would be more declarative. Creator/JamesCameron refused to change the line to "I will be back", so Schwarzenegger worked to say the line as written the best he could. He would later say the line in numerous films throughout his career.

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** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger tried to have the iconic line "I'll be back" changed as because he had difficulty pronouncing the word I'll. He also felt that with his accent "I'll" just felt weaker and the robotic character would not speak in contractions and that the Terminator would be more declarative. Creator/JamesCameron refused to change the line to "I will be back", so Schwarzenegger worked to say the line as written the best he could. He found that his earliest fans would later say the ask him to repeat THAT line, and it would become his career-defining line showing up in numerous films throughout his career.other films.
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** Finland: ''Terminator: The Destroyer''
** Hungary: ''Terminator: The Death Dealer''
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* TroubledProduction: The action scenes were shot at a tight schedule given the nighttime setting, Linda Hamilton spraining her ankle at the beginning of the shoot and spending the rest of the movie in pain, and the Terminator endoskeleton being heavy and hard by Creator/StanWinston's team to carry (as they found out that building a prop robot out of metal is realistic, but not practical). Also, Creator/JamesCameron's MeanBoss tendencies started to show, leading to the first T-shirts written "You can't scare me, I work for James Cameron" among the crew.

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* TroubledProduction: The action scenes were shot at a tight schedule given the nighttime setting, Linda Hamilton spraining her ankle at the beginning of the shoot and spending the rest of the movie in pain, and the Terminator endoskeleton being heavy and hard by for Creator/StanWinston's team to carry (as they found out that building a prop robot out of metal is realistic, but not practical). Also, Creator/JamesCameron's MeanBoss tendencies started to show, leading to the first T-shirts written "You can't scare me, I work for James Cameron" among the crew.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Ironically, the thought the movie would flop, but it became his most iconic role.

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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Ironically, the he thought the movie would flop, but it became his most iconic role.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse having a more ordinary appearance appearance]] in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Contrary to popular belief, Creator/LanceHenriksen was never going to be the Terminator. However, Creator/JamesCameron based some of his early sketches of the Terminator on Henriksen's likeness. Henriksen also helped Cameron pitching the film's idea to the producers in a rather unique way: He prepared himself for the meeting by dressing up in some leathers, adding a cut on his head and putting gold foil on his teeth. Fifteen minutes before the meeting, he kicked the door to the office in. He then just silently sat there while staring at the producers, making them gradually uncomfortable. When Cameron arrived, Henriksen left the room. He later overheard that one of the producers even said "I don't care who you use for the Terminator, not him."

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Contrary to popular belief, Creator/LanceHenriksen was never going to be the Terminator. However, Creator/JamesCameron based did base some of his early sketches of the Terminator on Henriksen's likeness. likeness, and Henriksen also helped Cameron pitching the film's idea to the producers in a rather unique way: way. He prepared himself for the meeting by dressing up in some leathers, adding a cut on his head and putting gold foil on his teeth. Fifteen minutes before the meeting, he kicked the door to the office in. He then just silently sat there while staring at the producers, making them gradually uncomfortable. When Cameron arrived, Henriksen left the room. He later overheard that one of the producers even said "I don't care who you use for the Terminator, not him."



* WagTheDirector: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger tried to have the iconic line "I'll be back" changed as he had difficulty pronouncing the word I'll. He also felt that his robotic character would not speak in contractions and that the Terminator would be more declarative. Creator/JamesCameron refused to change the line to "I will be back", so Schwarzenegger worked to say the line as written the best he could. He would later say the line in numerous films throughout his career.

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Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger tried to have the iconic line "I'll be back" changed as he had difficulty pronouncing the word I'll. He also felt that his robotic character would not speak in contractions and that the Terminator would be more declarative. Creator/JamesCameron refused to change the line to "I will be back", so Schwarzenegger worked to say the line as written the best he could. He would later say the line in numerous films throughout his career.



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** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. Allegedly, studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] However, Cameron himself would later claim that he vetoed the casting, because he feared what would happen if L.A. police saw a black man chase a white woman with murderous intent. Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow, Creator/RandyQuaid and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.
** One of the concept art showed a T-800 skeleton crawling after Sarah with a butcher knife.
** The film was actually meant to end with the tanker explosion and Reese living through the movie. But Cameron found this too anti-climatic and rallied for the factory ending. He won out leading to the much more BittersweetEnding.
** Creator/MichaelBiehn almost didn't get the role of Kyle Reese because at his audition he read his lines in a Southern accent because he had just come from an audition for a stage version of ''Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'' and hadn't reverted to his normal voice, which the producers didn't like since they didn't want Reese to seem "regionalized". Biehn's agent had to call and explain what happened, after which he got the job following another reading.
** Creator/MelGibson was considered for either the Terminator or Kyle Reese.
** Creator/MickeyRourke, Music/{{Sting}} and Creator/BruceWillis were considered for Kyle Reese.
** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/BrookeShields, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.
** Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh was considered for the role of Sarah Connor, but Cameron feared she was too young for the part. She was later recast as Ginger but she was replaced at the last minute with Bess Motta.
** Creator/DarylHannah turned down the role of Sarah Connor in favour of ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Creator/KateCapshaw turned it down in favour of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Creator/KathleenTurner turned it down in favour of ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' and Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus turned it down in favour of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos was considered for Lt. Traxler.
** In a first script, Reese wasn't the only soldier sent to the past. There was another guy called Sumner who died after [[TeleFrag materializing just in the place of a fire escape structure.]]
-->'''Reese:''' ''(to Dr. Silberman)'' The Terminator had already gone through. Connor sent two of us, but Sumner didn't make it.
** The whole Cyberdyne plot from the sequel was meant to be in this film, but was cut due to budget reasons. Hence why as WebVideo/RedLetterMedia put it in their commentary, the sequel is essentially a remake that allowed Cameron to do the things he couldn't do in the first film, but reimagined.
** In Cameron's original treatment, Sarah Connor has an old figure skating injury that was fixed with a couple of surgical pins, and the Terminator cut the legs open of the first two Sarah Connors to find this identifying mark. In the novelization of the story, the pins were instead inserted into her leg after it was broken during her final fight against the Terminator. [=SkyNet=] knew Sarah had surgical pins in her leg, but not when or why she got them. The Terminator was therefore looking for a sign of an injury she had not yet sustained.
** In the original script the Terminator was supposed to steal a car at the beginning of the film. The scene involved the Terminator observing an elderly woman getting into a car and as she saw the Terminator she panicked and put it into reverse hitting a trash can then correcting herself put it into drive and sped off. The Terminator then enters the car, puts it into reverse then into drive mimicking the woman's actions. This was cut from a later script.
** Music/TonyBanks was considered to compose the soundtrack and was sent the script, but he was busy doing the score to ''Film/LorcaAndTheOutlaws''.
** "I'll be back" was originally written as "I'll come back". Arnold himself tried to get the line changed to "I will be back" to better convey MachineMonotone (and he felt his accent made "I'll" a weak sounding word) but Cameron insisted on the line exactly as is. It became his personal CatchPhrase.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for
WhatCouldHaveBeen: See the role of the Terminator. Allegedly, studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] However, Cameron himself would later claim that he vetoed the casting, because he feared what would happen if L.A. police saw a black man chase a white woman with murderous intent. Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow, Creator/RandyQuaid and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.
** One of the concept art showed a T-800 skeleton crawling after Sarah with a butcher knife.
** The film was actually meant to end with the tanker explosion and Reese living through the movie. But Cameron found this too anti-climatic and rallied for the factory ending. He won out leading to the much more BittersweetEnding.
** Creator/MichaelBiehn almost didn't get the role of Kyle Reese because at his audition he read his lines in a Southern accent because he had just come from an audition for a stage version of ''Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'' and hadn't reverted to his normal voice, which the producers didn't like since they didn't want Reese to seem "regionalized". Biehn's agent had to call and explain what happened, after which he got the job following another reading.
** Creator/MelGibson was considered for either the Terminator or Kyle Reese.
** Creator/MickeyRourke, Music/{{Sting}} and Creator/BruceWillis were considered for Kyle Reese.
** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/BrookeShields, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.
** Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh was considered for the role of Sarah Connor, but Cameron feared she was too young for the part. She was later recast as Ginger but she was replaced at the last minute with Bess Motta.
** Creator/DarylHannah turned down the role of Sarah Connor in favour of ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Creator/KateCapshaw turned it down in favour of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Creator/KathleenTurner turned it down in favour of ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' and Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus turned it down in favour of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos was considered for Lt. Traxler.
** In a first script, Reese wasn't the only soldier sent to the past. There was another guy called Sumner who died after [[TeleFrag materializing just in the place of a fire escape structure.]]
-->'''Reese:''' ''(to Dr. Silberman)'' The Terminator had already gone through. Connor sent two of us, but Sumner didn't make it.
** The whole Cyberdyne plot from the sequel was meant to be in this film, but was cut due to budget reasons. Hence why as WebVideo/RedLetterMedia put it in their commentary, the sequel is essentially a remake that allowed Cameron to do the things he couldn't do in the first film, but reimagined.
** In Cameron's original treatment, Sarah Connor has an old figure skating injury that was fixed with a couple of surgical pins, and the Terminator cut the legs open of the first two Sarah Connors to find this identifying mark. In the novelization of the story, the pins were instead inserted into her leg after it was broken during her final fight against the Terminator. [=SkyNet=] knew Sarah had surgical pins in her leg, but not when or why she got them. The Terminator was therefore looking for a sign of an injury she had not yet sustained.
** In the original script the Terminator was supposed to steal a car at the beginning of the film. The scene involved the Terminator observing an elderly woman getting into a car and as she saw the Terminator she panicked and put it into reverse hitting a trash can then correcting herself put it into drive and sped off. The Terminator then enters the car, puts it into reverse then into drive mimicking the woman's actions. This was cut from a later script.
** Music/TonyBanks was considered to compose the soundtrack and was sent the script, but he was busy doing the score to ''Film/LorcaAndTheOutlaws''.
** "I'll be back" was originally written as "I'll come back". Arnold himself tried to get the line changed to "I will be back" to better convey MachineMonotone (and he felt his accent made "I'll" a weak sounding word) but Cameron insisted on the line exactly as is. It became his personal CatchPhrase.
franchise's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Terminator}} page]].
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** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains: #22 Villain, The Terminator

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* BreakthroughHit: Creator/JamesCameron became one of the most successful filmmakers of all time after ''The Terminator'' was released.


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* {{Blooper}}: Schwarzenegger apparently got a haircut in the middle of the Tech Noir shootout because his hair is in a crewcut by the time he chases Sarah and Kyle outside, as opposed to the longer style he had until then.
* BreakthroughHit: Creator/JamesCameron became one of the most successful filmmakers of all time after ''The Terminator'' was released.

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* CastTheRunnerUp:
** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".
** Creator/LanceHenriksen was originally set to play the T-800 before Schwarzenegger was cast. He ended up playing Detective Hal Vukovich.

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CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".
** Creator/LanceHenriksen was originally set to play the T-800 before Schwarzenegger was cast. He ended up playing Detective Hal Vukovich.
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** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos and Creator/LouisGossettJr were considered for Lt. Traxler.

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** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos and Creator/LouisGossettJr were was considered for Lt. Traxler.
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** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos and Louis Gossett Jr. were considered for Lt. Traxler.

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** Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos and Louis Gossett Jr. Creator/LouisGossettJr were considered for Lt. Traxler.
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** ''The Exterminator of the Future'' (Brazil)
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/MaikDarah voiced both Sarah's roommate and friend Ginger and Sarah's co-worker Nancy in the French dub.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".

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Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine". machine".
** Creator/LanceHenriksen was originally set to play the T-800 before Schwarzenegger was cast. He ended up playing Detective Hal Vukovich.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Ironically, the thought the movie would flop, but it became his most iconic role.
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** "I'll be back" was originally written as "I'll come back".

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** "I'll be back" was originally written as "I'll come back". Arnold himself tried to get the line changed to "I will be back" to better convey MachineMonotone (and he felt his accent made "I'll" a weak sounding word) but Cameron insisted on the line exactly as is. It became his personal CatchPhrase.
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* SleeperHit: No one involved had much faith in the movie. Orion buried it with InvisibleAdvertising, Arnold Schwarzenegger thought the script was schlock and only signed on for the money, and James Cameron's only previous director credit was for the infamously terrible ''Film/PiranhaPartTwoTheSpawning''. Furthermore, the entire production was on a shoestring budget and a rushed schedule.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese, as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".



* CreatorCameo: Creator/JamesCameron is the voice on the answering machine.



** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. Allegedly, studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] However, Cameron himself would later claim that he vetoed the casting, because he feared what would happen if L.A. police saw a black man chase a white woman with murderous intent. Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich. Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.

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** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. Allegedly, studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] However, Cameron himself would later claim that he vetoed the casting, because he feared what would happen if L.A. police saw a black man chase a white woman with murderous intent. Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich. Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow Creator/JurgenProchnow, Creator/RandyQuaid and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.



** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger himself was originally considered for the role of Kyle Reese (the hero) while Lance Henriksen was the original choice for the Terminator as Cameron originally envisioned the killing machine as having a more ordinary appearance in order to blend in with the rest of society, but changed his mind when he met Arnold and felt that he was in the presence of "a living machine".
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Arnold was interviewed for the role of Kyle Reese to make his producers happy, but Cameron never intended to give the role to him. Further, Cameron knew after meeting him that Arnold would never be able to provide plot exposition like Kyle Reese needed to. However, the intense and powerful look on Arnold's face while they spoke made Cameron realize that he was ''born'' to play a cyborg killing machine. The entire script was thus rewritten to fit Arnold as the Terminator, and turn him into a walking behemoth.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Arnold PopCultureUrbanLegends: Contrary to popular belief, Creator/LanceHenriksen was interviewed for never going to be the role Terminator. However, Creator/JamesCameron based some of Kyle Reese to make his early sketches of the Terminator on Henriksen's likeness. Henriksen also helped Cameron pitching the film's idea to the producers happy, but in a rather unique way: He prepared himself for the meeting by dressing up in some leathers, adding a cut on his head and putting gold foil on his teeth. Fifteen minutes before the meeting, he kicked the door to the office in. He then just silently sat there while staring at the producers, making them gradually uncomfortable. When Cameron never intended to give arrived, Henriksen left the role to him. Further, Cameron knew after meeting him room. He later overheard that Arnold would never be able to provide plot exposition like Kyle Reese needed to. However, one of the intense and powerful look on Arnold's face while they spoke made Cameron realize that he was ''born'' to play a cyborg killing machine. The entire script was thus rewritten to fit Arnold as producers even said "I don't care who you use for the Terminator, and turn him into a walking behemoth.not him."
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** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. The studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich. Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.

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** UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. The Allegedly, studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]] However, Cameron himself would later claim that he vetoed the casting, because he feared what would happen if L.A. police saw a black man chase a white woman with murderous intent. Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California). Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich. Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.
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* EconomyCast: The girl soldier in the first future flashback is played by Jean Malahni, who was Linda Hamilton's stunt double
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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.

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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/BrookeShields, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.
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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.

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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/TeriGarr, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.
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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.

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** Creator/RosannaArquette, Creator/KimBasinger, Creator/GlennClose, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/GeenaDavis, Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/JenniferGrey, Creator/MelanieGriffith, Creator/GoldieHawn, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/AmyIrving, Creator/DianeKeaton, Creator/MargotKidder, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/JessicaLange, Music/{{Madonna}}, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/SusanSarandon, Creator/JaneSeymourActress, Creator/SissySpacek, Creator/SharonStone and Creator/SigourneyWeaver were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.

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* AuthorPhobia: Creator/JamesCameron originally based the movie on a nightmare he had of a robot skeleton emerging from a fiery explosion and coming after him.

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* AuthorPhobia: BasedOnADream: Creator/JamesCameron originally based the movie on a nightmare he had of a robot skeleton emerging from a fiery explosion and coming after him.



** OJ Simpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. The studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]]
** German actor Jürgen Prochnow, known for his role as the Captain in ''Film/DasBoot'', was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California).
** Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich.
*** This idea ends up being used in the sequel.

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** OJ Simpson UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was originally considered for the role of the Terminator. The studio did not go with this casting choice because they could not see a nice guy like OJ playing a killer. [[HarsherInHindsight Uh, yeah....]]
** German actor Jürgen Prochnow, known for his role as the Captain in ''Film/DasBoot'',
]] Creator/JurgenProchnow was also considered for the part. HilariousInHindsight, as he ended up playing Arnold in ''See Arnold Run'' (a film about Arnold's run for governor of California).
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California). Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') was considered for the part of the Terminator, back when the role was conceived as [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse someone who could blend in]]. Instead he ended up playing Detective Vukovich.
*** This idea ends up being used in
Vukovich. Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast, but was forced to turn the sequel.role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.



** Creator/TomSelleck was rumoured to be cast as The Terminator, but was forced to turn the role down due to his commitment to ''Series/MagnumPI''. Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/RichardGere, Creator/HarrisonFord, Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JurgenProchnow and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.

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** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains:
** #22 Villain, The Terminator
** AFIS100Years100MovieQuotes:
*** #37, "I'll be back"

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** AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains:
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AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains: #22 Villain, The Terminator
** AFIS100Years100MovieQuotes:
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AFIS100Years100MovieQuotes: #37, "I'll be back"



* BillingDisplacement: Kyle and Sarah are the main characters in the first film - The Terminator is the BigBad and isn't seen as frequently.

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* BillingDisplacement: Kyle and Sarah are the main characters in the first film - film, yet are billed below The Terminator Terminator, who is the BigBad and isn't seen as frequently.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as the ruthless, terrifying villain of the title. Both before and after this film, his roles have primarily been action heroes.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as the ruthless, terrifying villain of the title. Both before and after this film, even in the later ''Terminator'' films, his roles have primarily been action heroes.

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