Linda Hamilton reunites with Arnold Schwarzenegger for TerminatorDarkFate, opening Friday — 25 years after the release of the original film, which was directed by her future (and now ex) husband James Cameron
, thought it an iffy career move to play the emotionless killer. "There was no question it was a gamble," says Lou Pitt, his agent at the time. "But it had the potential to take his career to a different place and another level."
The Austrian bodybuilder, then 37, was wooed into the role by director Cameron, then 30, who he described as "a skinny, intense guy" in his 2012 autobiographyliked Cameron's casting choices. The first line of's rave review was: "No doubt about it: Arnold Schwarzenegger was born to play 'The Terminator.' "Arnie liked that he'd be paid $750,000, or $1.
films have grossed $1.2 billion, according to Box Office Mojo. They also produced a marriage — between Cameron and Hamilton, in 1997. The duo divorced two years later, with Hamilton, in a 2010 interview in U.K. magazineThis story first appeared in the Oct. 30 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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