Reading Entertainment Weekly’s "oral history" of the 1984 sci-fi classic, "The Terminator," in celebration of its 30th year since its release, I came across this section from the lengthy piece that I thought was well-worth sharing.
It’s part of the conversation between director James Cameron, then Orion Pictures chief Mike Medavoy (the company that backed the film), and star Arnold Schwarzenegger, as they recall when Orion Pictures proposed that the production should star then retired NFL star O.J. Simpson as the lethal killing machine from the future.
CAMERON Medavoy came to me and Gale and he said, “Are you sitting down? You must sit down. I want O.J….
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