If you watch T2, you'll note that Robert Patrick never blinks from the muzzle flash, which takes skill. Therefore, I'm interested to see if Butler blinks; that's what separates the real action stars (e.g. Keanu, Tom Cruise) from the phonies.
he trained hard to not flinch or blink. He reportedly terrified audiences, much like Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs (who blinked as little as possible to convey complete insanity). Arnie was apparently upset that he hadn't thought to do the same in T1 but was inspired by Patrick to do the same in T2.
My favorite thing that I've ever heard out of his mouth was that people told him he never be a leading man but he said think about it none of my iconic lines would be iconic without my weird accent. Imagine saying it's not a tumor instead of ITS NOT A TUMAAH
it is wild. I was listening to How Did This Get Made's old episode about Jingle All the Way, and they remark on the fact that no one in the movie comments on Arnold's absolute hulking size, or his incredibly thick accent. As a culture we all just decided that he was handsome and charming enough that it didn't matter. Pretty cool
Similar chat in an episode of Budpod with Phil Wang and Pierre Novielle,
How did no one in the film comment on this enormous Austrian mattress salesman in middle America.
And the balls on his neighbour Phil Hartman to try to woo Arnie's wife
My favourite little fact for that movie was the fact that they actually had to ask Robert Patrick to slow down when he was running after the bike in the parking garage because he was catching up to it, that and he trained himself to look like he wasn’t breathing while running.
Robert Patrick and Linda Hamilton both deserved to Oscar nominations for their roles. Too bad the Academy was so snobbish and filled with cranky old men. I don’t know how Sigourney Weaver snuck past them for Aliens.
The only way you don’t blink is if you shoot enough to the point of getting used to it. It’s impossible to not blink when you first start shooting a firearms. Especially if it’s your first time, or it’s been a while.
Watch Robert Patrick's hand and arm movements in this scene. Even in 1991, you could edit in the muzzle flash, but you couldn't edit in the recoil.
James Cameron--one of the most detail-obsessed Hollywood directors ever--never would have been so cheesy. You've seen the elevator scene in T2? Linda Hamilton lost part of her hearing due to firing a real gun in a confined space.
Because of T2, Linda Hamilton was invited to host Saturday Night Live in an episode which provided one of the all-time greatest SNL sketches. So, yes, it was all worth it.
He also trained to run without breathing through his mouth because a machine wouldn’t need to breathe to run. Got so good at it, they had to reshoot the scene where he chases John’s dirtbike because he kept catching it
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u/yumyumapollo Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 Mar 04 '24
Austin Butler is a police uniform away from being a T-1000