In Protecting 40-Years of Friendship With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Director James Cameron, Completely Misjudged Terminator Fanbase: “I Refused to Do It Without Arnold”

Arnold Schwarzenegger has some great friendships in bodybuilding and the Hollywood community. The bodybuilding legend is known for his humor and ability to gel up with people easily. Hence, his extrovert personality makes Schwarzenegger a likable person and a friend. One among them is Schwarzenegger’s Terminator producer James Cameron. However, he revealed how his long-time friendship with Schwarzenegger led him to misinterpret his own audience.

So what exactly happened? Let’s find out.

Was Arnold Schwarzenegger to be blamed?

James Cameron is a renowned director-producer in the Hollywood industry. Cameron is known for his directorial brilliance in the Terminator franchise. Through this movie, he also met his lifelong friend Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Although, Terminator is one of the most successful movies in the industry. However, the latest part, Terminator: Dark Fate, gained poor results at the box office. And in a recent interview with Deadline, Cameron blamed his long-term friendship with the movie lead, Arnold Schwarzenegger, for the same.

The producer said, “I think the problem, and I’m going to wear this one, is that I refused to do it without Arnold. Tim didn’t want Arnold, but I said, “Look, I don’t want that. Arnold and I have been friends for 40 years, and I could hear it, and it would go like this: ‘Jim, I can’t believe you’re making a Terminator movie without me.’”

Although the movie was later released with its original leads, it did not succeed like other Terminator films. Schwarzenegger and co-star Linda Hamilton were old when they filmed the Dark Fate. Thus, Cameron believes that young audiences did not connect with their characters, and this might have been a key reason for the movie’s failure. He confessed, “So, it was just our own myopia. We kind of got a little high on our own supply, and I think that’s the lesson there.”

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Even though the sequel was a failure, the original film was one of the best in history.

When Camron went over the decided budget for Terminator 2

The 1984 terminator film turned out to be lucky for both Arnold Schwarzenegger and his producer-friend James Cameron. Hence, when they decided to release Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the team used CGI like never before.

Cameron once revealed that the original budget of the shoot was around 80 million. However, as the film progressed, the team wanted it to be the best cinematic experience for its audience. The budget later reached 100 million. Though Cameron was shocked, he did not settle for less.

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Luckily for Cameron and Schwarzenegger, their belief and hard work bore them positive results, as the film was one of the biggest hits at the box office. So what do you think of Arnold and Cameron’s friendship?