Terminator 2: Judgment Day: actors, plot, interesting facts

Recently, James Cameron sounded interesting news: the next year is scheduled for the return of the project "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Actors who have played iconic images will again appear before the viewer, but this time in 3D.

Budget paintings and awards

The film came out in 1991, and at that time was the most expensive film in the history of mankind. The success of the thriller was truly stunning - its box office was ten times more than the first part. In addition, the sequel got four Oscar awards, while the original project did not receive a single nomination.

If you make an amendment to inflation, then to date, the production of his offspring, Cameron would have spent about $ 178 million. Note that for advertising the director shot a teaser, which did not include the shots from the blockbuster "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Actors again on the site gathered for the filming of a separate video, for which it was necessary to pay an additional 150 thousand dollars.

As a result, the thriller collected 520 million dollars, despite the fact that he was given a rating of R. We remind you that in this case, the underage audience can attend the session only in the presence of adults.

Plot

It's been about ten years since an attempt was made to kill the heroine, portrayed by Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor). The army of machines sends in the 90's a new robot that can take any kind of appearance. "Liquid metal" finds out where John Connor lives, and goes to its elimination.

Another robot comes to the rescue, the T-800, which belongs to the machines of the previous generation. This image was taken over by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator, by the way, distinguished himself by the fact that he did not kill anyone (he only wounded several characters).

The boy understands that all of his mother's "insane" stories were true, and he asks his new ally to go to a psychiatric hospital in order to rescue Sarah. Gradually, John is emotionally attached to the robot and even teaches him some skills inherent in ordinary people. Sarah, meanwhile, does not fully trust the car that came from the future.

How much is the word Schwarzenegger

Of course, the main star of this film was Arnold Schwarzenegger. The terminator in his performance turned out pretty colorful. In the whole film, the actor only pronounced seven hundred words. At the same time, his fee was $ 15 million. As a result, it turns out that one word of celebrity could be estimated somewhere in 22 thousand dollars. Although it is worth mentioning that in the original tape, the star says 58 words, and for participation in the project he was paid 750 thousand dollars.

Note that 15 million received only Schwarzenegger - much less fortunate second blockbuster actor "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Edward Furlong earned for his role only 30 thousand dollars.

References to Lem and Russia

Attentive spectators could not help noticing that the colors of the flag of Russia - red, blue and white - were painted on the hood of the truck, which was torn from the bridge. Note another noteworthy fact: the robot T-1000 (Robert Patrick), which first spread on the floor, and then took the form of a man, is described in detail in the science fiction work of Stanislaw Lem , entitled "Peace on Earth" - the book was presented in four years Before the premiere of Cameron's work.

The producer said that some scientists thanked him for the scene in which Sara is dreaming of a nuclear explosion. The luminaries of science noted that they first saw on the screen such a believable version of this process.

Work on special effects

There are other aspects that Terminator 2: Judgment Day is known for. Actors interacted not only with each other, but with puppets that were used in some scenes with Schwarzenegger, as well as in the reconstruction of a nuclear explosion. However, the fact of using revolutionary special effects for that time is more interesting. For example, the scene when "Liquid Metal" comes out of flame and gradually turns into a policeman - the first in the history of cinema, where the animated computer model of a man is shown in full growth.

Gemini in the movie

Finally, it should be noted that other features are not alien to the picture "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Actors - this is one of the main secrets of this cult cinema. In four scenes in the image of Sarah Connor in front of the audience was not Linda Hamilton, and her twin sister Leslie. It was she who played the heroine's reflection in the mirror when she opened the head of the T-800. Still Linda's sister appeared in the frame at a time when Kyle Reeves appears in the dream of a woman, and during a nuclear explosion.

Also in the filming of the sequel took part brothers Don and Dan. The first played in the scene, when the hero of Patrick killed in the hospital of his character, the guard of Lewis. Then Dan joined in, and he portrayed the robot, who instantly assumed the face of the murdered man.

Despite the abundance of action scenes, the plot killed a maximum of sixteen people, and the originator of the majority of deaths was the T-1000.