Linda Hamilton is taking back her initial assumption of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting ability on “The Terminator” set.
The actress revealed during Netflix’s three-part documentary “Arnold” (via Insider) that she had a “snotty definition” of what it meant to be an actor, one that professional bodybuilder Schwarzenegger didn’t fit into.
“By our snotty definition, Arnold was a poser, a bodybuilder pretending to be an actor,” Hamilton said. “But because I was curious, I went and stood off the sidelines watching Arnold, and I bought it. The physicality and the stiffness, and all of the things that he was implementing. I was like, ‘Ok, this might work.'”
She added that the film was “truly just another job,” and she had no idea it would become a franchise.
“I didn’t think that it was particularly greater than over scripts that I’d read. I mean, really clueless,” Hamilton said.
The actress revealed during Netflix’s three-part documentary “Arnold” (via Insider) that she had a “snotty definition” of what it meant to be an actor, one that professional bodybuilder Schwarzenegger didn’t fit into.
“By our snotty definition, Arnold was a poser, a bodybuilder pretending to be an actor,” Hamilton said. “But because I was curious, I went and stood off the sidelines watching Arnold, and I bought it. The physicality and the stiffness, and all of the things that he was implementing. I was like, ‘Ok, this might work.'”
She added that the film was “truly just another job,” and she had no idea it would become a franchise.
“I didn’t think that it was particularly greater than over scripts that I’d read. I mean, really clueless,” Hamilton said.
- 6/8/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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