In 2015, the T-800 looks like a man who has defeated the machine hiding inside. The fight was hard for him: he learned to say aloud not very clever jokes, lost physical training and just tired. Young Sarah Connor calls him daddy, and the new terminator, tired of returning, becomes "I'm not old, I'm outdated" - from the point of view of the Skynet corporation and from the standpoint of robotics.
When Cameron came up with the first Terminator, and Stan Winston assembled it literally from scrap materials, the inactive and frightening T-800 was the harbinger of a gloomy future that was vividly presented to the audience: not so long ago, the cold war, Greenhouse effect and environmental catastrophes from the agenda of UN meetings got into the public sphere, and the economic failures of US policy began to be attributed to technocratic democracy. The slow-moving T-800 with its unblinking red eyes was the epitome of all these threats.
If you don’t want to assemble a really working T-800, it’s enough to get a high-quality replica, which Adam Savage from MythBusters did
In the 21st century, the intimidating appeal of the Terminator is no longer so obvious; public performance on the topic environmental disasters are less and less on the news agenda; corporations are increasingly able to defeat the free will of a thinking individual, simply by placing a person in conditions of total comfort; and you can’t reproach any of the powers for the desire to build a combat android (the creation of exoskeletons and drones doesn’t count, they don’t look like people at all). But right now, when the prophetic power of the creation of James Cameron and Stan Winston is no longer active, almost all the components of the T-800 are available in the field of robotics and experimental cybernetics. And let James Cameron say, “we can build such a robot, rather, in 2029.”
Neural network
The Cartesian merciless consciousness of the Terminator is contained in a self-learning computer, built in the image and likeness of the Skynet neural network. Each T-800 has two modes of operation: Hive and Rogue. In the first terminators are synchronized with other models and the Skynet neural processor, receiving information from a single network. Steps in this direction are being taken by MIT employees, who in 2014 developed a collaborative learning program for machines - so that several service robots share their knowledge and can exchange it at any time.
In the second - in the "disobedience" mode - the T-800 proceeds to the process of self-learning - and each of his walks turns into an ethnographic journey. In this mode, his mind is confronted, in accordance with the mythology of the franchise, with dangerous questions and temptations: why do I exist, what highest goal I serve? Skynet protected cyborgs from such, of course, important issues with the help of "internal blockers" - they were bypassed by the rebels in "Terminator-2: Judgment Day" and managed to tame the T-800.
The main contender for Skynet's level of awareness is the network created by the scientists in the Google X lab. artificial intelligence within the known universe,” the Google X network is only doing what every child should do: guessing familiar shapes in the outlines of clouds.
First introduced in 2012, a neural network of 1,000 computers and 16,000 cores has learned to recognize cats on its own and human faces, and in 2015 expanded the library of images and concepts known to her so much that she was able to identify familiar images even in digital noise.
Google's neural network continues to self-learn and is aimed at image recognition - unlike Skynet, which, according to official mythology, gained self-awareness three years after its launch in 1997 and then decided that the time had come for a cleansing war.
machine vision
Dramatic video in which the AR-600 recognizes its creators and other people
Machine vision is inextricably linked to the cognition and learning of machines. Thanks to mechanisms like DeepFace, which distinguishes the faces of friends on Facebook even appetizingly taken breakfasts; as well as Google Photos (although they sometimes give curious failures), How-old.net from Microsoft and the development of Stephen Wolfram. Face recognition systems are used in the work of social and civil robots - even the first Russian robot AR-600, which looks desperately like Wally, can recognize people (at least its creators).
A similar vision will be implemented in a few years - DARPA
But, according to James Cameron, who allowed the T-800's flesh to age, the Terminator is a cyborg; it combines mechanical parts with living tissues. And the vision of cyborgs is more complicated than the vision of robots - it is being developed by programmers, roboticists, and specialists in optogenetics. Such specialists are also supported by DARPA, a Pentagon agency that implements combat ideas that have long been used by Battlefield players in real life. Thanks to DARPA, the US military will have access to the Terminator's vision - in February 2015, representatives of the agency presented an implant that allows projecting all available information about a visible object onto the carrier's retina.
Such an innovation does not fully correspond to the vision of the Terminator, which can include an approximation, display data on the retina about the temperature of an object, its distance; include night vision and infrared vision modes, but correlates quite closely with it.
Human-Robot Interaction Interfaces
I / O systems that equip industrial and civil robots depend on deep learning mechanisms. T-800, characterized by a devilishly developed logical thinking, always correctly determines the situation in which he is, is able to lie, change the tone of his voice and make plans with Jesuit accuracy. Not a single service robot is yet capable of reaching the level of its awareness. Roboticists have spent many years designing a non-linear human-robot interaction so that the latter can make decisions and present information according to the context of the interaction and the status of the person requesting the information.
An interesting example of contextual interaction is the project of scientists from Cornell University who created the Tell Me Dave platform. Based on Dave, robots are trained to understand indirect commands and adapt to interaction contexts. As the scientists themselves write, “our task is to make sure that the robot, having received simple instructions"make a cup of coffee", was able to figure out how to pour milk into a cup; what to do if the milk is already there”, - in general, to cope with the situation. Terminator making John Connor "coffee as usual" is the ultimate level of paternal care.
Endoskeleton
The robonaut's hand is capable of making complex movements; she has 14 degrees of freedom - the wrist moves separately, the fingers bend in the phalanges, they are able to clench into a fist and show "victory" - just like human
The original appearance of the T-800 - a metal skeleton with a terrifyingly grinning skull - James Cameron came up with even before he took up writing the script for the first "Terminator". According to Randall Frakes, who developed the story with Cameron, the Terminator's skeleton is made of hyperalloy, a metal much more flexible and durable than regular steel. In the first version, the T-800 does not differ in graceful movements and sweats profusely (according to one of the assumptions, because the flesh rejects the metal and the human shell of the T-800 is constantly inflamed).
But the metal frame did without such difficulties - it was not harmed either by direct shotgun blasts or head-on collisions with giant cars. Perhaps, in the first versions, the skeleton lacked grace; but from the onset doomsday» The Terminator has become much more mobile.
Nigel's hand is able to turn 360 degrees - it does not work as accurately as a robonaut's hand, and greatly facilitates household chores
The Robonaut, developed with the help of Boston Dynamics for NASA missions, has the flexibility that the T-800 would have, a hand used for delicate work on spaceships, operates in a wide temperature range and is able to simulate a human grip in almost 90 percent of cases.
There is an inspiring example from the field of medical robotics - Nigel Ackland acquired a Bebionic arm in 2012 and has since regularly participated in robotics conventions; the specialized press calls him Human 2.0, and he handles the prosthesis perfectly: with a bionic hand, he can draw, write, use the refrigerator and even open beer cans. Nigel, unlike the first version of the T-800, rarely breaks out in sweat and usually radiates good nature.
Nutrition
Atlant robot released because it carries its own charger
Only a few significant limitations can frustrate the plan to build the Terminator (apart from some old-fashioned and irrelevant). First of all - nutrition. In the cinematic universe, the issue of recharging is solved simply - a cyborg can work for 120 years on one fuel cell using iridium isotopes. Randall Flakes, author of the novels based on the first and second films, wrote: "The Terminator can last 1,095 days in 24v7 mode. It is guaranteed to have moments of savings when energy consumption drops by 40 percent, and vision goes exclusively to infrared mode". In reality, such batteries with enough power for a vigorous walk have not yet been invented. Only in 2015 developed by Boston Dynamics humanoid robot"Atlant liberated" acquired a portable power source that allows you to turn it off from wired electricity.
Demonstration of exoskeletons of a real-life company Cyberdyne
However, the main condition for the construction of the Terminator has already been met. Cyberdyne, which designed the Skynet in the franchise, has actually existed since 2004. Its director, Dr. Sankai, develops exoskeletons called Robot HAL, enjoys taking pictures with T-800 models, and knows that to create an effective robot, you can do without a charismatic actor. True, he deliberately limits the company's working interests to medical and service robots, but in public interviews he sometimes competently refers to the name of the company.
The fantastic thriller "Terminator" has become a cult film that we all watched more than once. The plot of this film is well known to us, however, Interesting Facts few people know about its creation. It is about curious facts, for example, about the existence of 5 different versions scenario and the widespread use of dummies, we will talk further.
The idea of the film literally appeared to James Cameron when, in 1981, in Rome, finishing the shooting of "Piranha-2", he fell ill with a fever and for a long time was delirious. In this state, for the first time, an eerie image of a robot with red eyes appeared to him. He co-wrote the screenplay with William Wisher, which was turned down by a number of major studios in turn. A small company, Hemdale, saw the potential in the project and decided to finance the filming with $4 million.
Initially, a black actor and basketball player OJ Simpson was considered as a contender for the role of the Terminator, but the producers were afraid that he would not be taken seriously. Then Cameron began to write the role of a robot under Lance Henriksen, because he decided that the terminator should act covertly, without standing out in the crowd.
For the role of Kyle Reese, the producers decided to get rising star- Arnold Schwarzenegger, but one meeting between the director and the actor was enough to understand that the role did not suit him at all. However, Cameron had another idea.
“It was not possible to invite Schwarzenegger to the role of a robot. The Terminator is supposed to be an infiltrator, quietly penetrating to the enemy, and you can't help but notice Arnold in the crowd. But the beauty of films is that they don't have to be logical. They should only be plausible,” he later said.
As a result, Arnold got the role of a terminator, and Henriksen got a small role of detective Vukovich (who, by the way, according to the script, should be the head of the section, and on the screen became a modest subordinate of Lieutenant Traxler).
Having received Schwarzenegger's consent, the producers increased the film's budget to 6 million.
Schwarzenegger began preparing for the role a month before filming began. He based the image of the robot on the movements of a shark: slow and precise movements, a characteristic turn of the head following the movement of the eyes - nothing superfluous. Also, the actor brought to automatism the basic skills of handling weapons, disassembling and assembling them blindly. In addition, Arnold tried to get used to the sound of the shots so as not to blink when pulling the trigger. As a result, his robot acts smoothly so as not to give himself away, but at the same time too mechanical for a human.
After the villain was found, it was the turn of the rest of the characters. Rhys is Michael Biehn
For the role of Sarah, a huge number of contenders were considered, ranging from Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh to Debra Winger. In the end, as we all know, the most leading role in his career received Linda Hamilton.
Due to the modest budget wastebasket most of the script went. The action is moved to the present, and events in the future are greatly curtailed. Cameron had to scrap the idea of a transforming robot (which would turn into a T-1000 in the sequel). Removed the idea that the Terminator would have to eat to stay organic. In total, five drafts of the script were written, the first was dated October 11, 1982, and the last on March 3, 1984.
Several scenes were filmed but later cut from the film. Some to keep pace with the story, but two key ones, where Sarah suggests Reese destroy the Cyberdyne systems to prevent war and the one where we see Cyberdyne workers find the Terminator's microprocessor, were deliberately cut so that these ideas could be used in a possible sequel. As practice has shown, this decision justified itself.
Cameron did many drawings and storyboards to show his vision for the film. This is what the future war storyboards look like from Kyle Reese's first dream.
And these are storyboards of the Terminator self-repair.
Cameron on the set was unbearably punctual and demanding, directing every action of every member of the crew second by second: "Lie down there, Arnold. Then, when I say, start raising your head. Then your shoulders. Then sit down. Then look straight ahead ... "He clearly knew what and how it should look like. “If the frame deviated half an inch, he noticed it and started to get mad,” Schwarzenegger recalls. “And if it was necessary to demonstrate a trick, he himself showed it to you without any insurance.”
The entire production of the film was subject to the most difficult task - to meet the estimate, and searches in this direction sometimes led to unexpected finds. For example, in order not to rent an expensive camera cart ("dolly"), cameraman Adam Greenberg improvised "shooting from a dolly" by sitting with his handheld camera in wheelchair, which was pushed at high speed.
The fuel truck that explodes at the end of the film was a two-meter-long model whose explosion was filmed using fast motion and then slowed down. Scenes from the future were shot on miniature models, which were often far from perfect, but thanks to masterful lighting and competent direction, everything in the film looks impressive.
But what about the image of a robot without organic “clothes”, with a metal skeleton and the evil light of red eye sensors? The technology of frame-by-frame puppet animation helped.
Several models of the robot's endoskeleton were made: a small movable figure for filming in full height, which was animated in the traditional frame-by-frame manner;
A dummy of the upper body, which the assistant wore on his shoulders or drove on a special cart and thus depicted a robot in motion;
A full-length polyurethane model that Kyle blew up in the final.
In addition, it was made big model robot heads for filming the work of pupils of the T-800, which were made from ordinary photographic lenses. For the final scene where the robot dies under the hydraulic pressure (which, in turn, was represented by two pieces of foam painted in dark color), used a thick foil model with red lights for eyes. The smoke coming from the destroyed Terminator is just smoke from a cigarette, which completely fell into the frame by accident.
The hallmark of the tape was the face of "iron Arnie" with a red robo-eye. There were no mannequins here either.
In the middle of the film, there is a scene, disgusting in its naturalism, with the Terminator cutting out a damaged organic eye. The doll's face was made of silicone, and to give "liveness" it was moistened with water. The “face” of Schwarzenegger himself, which periodically appears in the same episode instead of an artificial head, was also sprinkled with water, applying makeup unnaturally of blue color. They say that during the preview of the material, the actor himself could not figure out where he was on the screen and where his silicone understudy was. This may be true, but to be honest, today the difference between the real face of the actor and the puppet in the film is noticeable to the naked eye.
Another artificial head is shown in the last quarter of the tape, shortly after the Terminator falls off his motorcycle and is hit by a truck. The battered robot then sports bare metal on the left half of its face and dangling scraps of skin.
In some scenes close-up we are shown the corresponding type of mannequin, and in some - the face of Schwarzenegger in makeup. The latter option looks more realistic, but only until the actor begins to speak: then it is noticeable that the “metal” moves like skin. According to Arnie, once during a break between filming, he went to dine in one of the restaurants in makeup with a bare jaw and a red eye. For some reason, the actor did not tell what effect his image had on those present.
Toy scenery was in full swing during the filming of the post-apocalyptic future. Everything that we see on the screen is made of plastic, cardboard and foil. Seemingly huge robotic tanks are actually similar in size to a baby stroller.
A grenade flying under the caterpillar is a 4-centimeter piece of plastic. It was not easy for them to get into Right place, so it took 26 takes before everything worked out the way James Cameron intended. Using a conventional movie camera, it was necessary to shoot miniature objects so that the audience had a sense of scale. Again, the effect of reality was achieved due to the accelerated shooting and subsequent slowdown.
Skulls the size of walnuts dotted the torn earth, the cardboard ruins of the city covered an area of only a few square meters, and the background film crew covered with fog. The real depth of the distance in such scenes was only 5-6 meters, and the smoke created the illusion of vast spaces. Mostly artificial smoke was used, although natural coal was sometimes used. The colorful explosions are to be thanked for by the illumination bulbs that colored the white flash of the exploding squib in Orange color, and peanut dust, which provided the effect of settling earth dust.
For study aircraft there was no time or money. Therefore, experts made a rather rough model, hanging it on cables in the pavilion. To make the flight of the device look smooth and natural, it was necessary to build a whole system of cables, without which the swaying movements betrayed the implausibility of the “aircraft”. Frames with the simultaneous presence of people and military equipment are the result of rear projection.
The first "Terminator" was made almost on the knee and was initially positioned as a B-movie aimed at teenagers. However, in the end, the real cultural phenomenon, one of the "film pillars" of the second half of the 20th century, revered in all parts of the world.
The word "Terminator" has become a household word, Schwarzenegger finally learned how to pronounce "I`ll be back" correctly in order to please the army of his fans that has grown many times over. The authorship of the phrase belongs to Arnold himself, however, in the script it sounded somewhat different: “I`ll come back”, but the actor remade it. Subsequently, she became very popular and repeatedly ranked high in the quote ratings. The phrase has become calling card Schwarzenegger himself, he says it in eleven of his films and often uses it in public speeches.
The film still serves as an example of how, thanks to perseverance, talent and self-confidence, one of the defining films of a generation can be made despite meager resources and the lack of faith in others around the project.
And then, in the very early 1990s, Terminator 2: Judgment Day came out. One of the few exceptions when the sequel turned out to be no worse than the original. It was a feast of the latest computer achievements with a huge budget compared to the first part. But that's a completely different story...
"Terminator" ... Cult film of the 80s. I still remember well the first time I watched it in the video salon (remember them - a couple of dozen chairs in a rented room and two Ruby or Electronics TVs connected to one video recorder. And before the Tom and Jerry session). They played it with a creepy translation called "Killer Cyborg". I, then not yet familiar with the complexities of translating film titles, later wondered why he later became the "Terminator". But it is not important…
Thanks to the film, the word "terminator" has become a household word, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's catchphrase "I" ll be back "was one of the most famous quotes in the history of cinema.
James Cameron literally dreamed of the idea of the film when, in 1981, in Rome, finishing the shooting of Piranha 2, he fell ill with a fever and was delirious for a long time. In this state, for the first time, an eerie image of a robot with red eyes appeared to him. He co-wrote the screenplay with William Wisher, which was turned down by a number of major studios in turn. A small company, Hemdale, saw the potential in the project and decided to finance the filming with $4 million.
Initially, a black actor and basketball player OJ Simpson was considered as a contender for the role of the Terminator, but the producers were afraid that he would not be taken seriously. Then Cameron began to write the role of a robot under Lance Henriksen, because he decided that the terminator should act covertly, without standing out in the crowd.
For the role of Kyle Reese, the producers decided to get a rising star - Arnold Schwarzenegger, but one meeting between the director and the actor was enough to understand that the role did not suit him at all. However, Cameron had another idea.
“It was not possible to invite Schwarzenegger to the role of a robot. The Terminator is meant to be an infiltrator, infiltrating the enemy unnoticed, and you can't help but notice Arnold in the crowd. But the beauty of films is that they don't have to be logical. They should only be plausible,” he later said.
As a result, Arnold got the role of a terminator, and Henriksen got a small role of detective Vukovich (who, by the way, according to the script, should be the head of the section, and on the screen became a modest subordinate of Lieutenant Traxler).
After the villain was found, it was the turn of the rest of the characters. Rhys is Michael Biehn. For the role of Sarah, a huge number of contenders were considered, ranging from Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh to Debra Winger. As a result, as we all know, Linda Hamilton got the most important role in her career.
Due to the modest budget, most of the script went to the wastebasket. The action is moved to the present, and events in the future are greatly curtailed. Cameron had to scrap the idea of a transforming robot (which would turn into a T-1000 in the sequel). Removed the idea that the Terminator would have to eat to stay organic. In total, five drafts of the script were written, the first was dated October 11, 1982, and the last on March 3, 1984.
Several scenes were filmed but later cut from the film. Some to keep pace with the story, but two key ones, where Sarah suggests Reese destroy the Cyberdyne systems to prevent war and the one where we see Cyberdyne workers find the Terminator's microprocessor, were deliberately cut so that these ideas could be used in a possible sequel. As practice has shown, this decision justified itself.
Cameron did many drawings and storyboards to show his vision for the film. This is what future war storyboards look like from Kyle Reese's first dream
And these are storyboards of the Terminator self-repair.
Cameron on the set was unbearably punctual and demanding, directing every action of every member of the film crew second by second: “Lie down there, Arnold. Then when I say, start raising your head. Then the shoulders. Then sit down. Then look straight ahead...” He clearly knew what and how it should look. “If the frame deviated half an inch, he noticed it and started to get mad,” Schwarzenegger recalls. “And if you had to demonstrate a trick, he himself showed it to you without any insurance.”
The entire production of the film was subject to the most difficult task - to meet the estimate, and searches in this direction sometimes led to unexpected finds. For example, in order to avoid renting an expensive dolly, cinematographer Adam Greenberg would improvise "dolly shots" by sitting with his handheld camera in a wheelchair that was being pushed at high speed.
The fuel truck that explodes at the end of the film was a two-meter-long model whose explosion was filmed using fast motion and then slowed down. Scenes from the future were shot on miniature models, which were often far from perfect, but thanks to masterful lighting and competent direction, everything in the film looks impressive.
But what about the image of a robot without organic “clothes”, with a metal skeleton and the evil light of red eye sensors? The technology of frame-by-frame puppet animation helped.
Several models of the robot endoskeleton were made:
— a small movable figure for filming in full growth, which was animated in the traditional frame-by-frame way;
- a model of the upper body, which the assistant wore on his shoulders or drove on a special cart and thus depicted a robot in motion;
- a full-length model made of polyurethane, which Kyle blew up in the final.
In addition, a large model of the head of the robot was made for filming the work of the pupils of the T-800, which were made from ordinary photographic lenses. For the final scene where the robot dies under hydraulic pressure (which, in turn, depicted two pieces of foam painted in a dark color), they used a thick foil model with red lights for eyes. The smoke coming from the destroyed Terminator is just smoke from a cigarette, which completely fell into the frame by accident.
The hallmark of the tape was the face of "iron Arnie" with a red robo-eye. There were no mannequins here either.
In the middle of the film, there is a scene, disgusting in its naturalism, with the Terminator cutting out a damaged organic eye. The doll's face was made of silicone, and to give "liveness" it was moistened with water. The “face” of Schwarzenegger himself, which periodically appears in the same episode instead of an artificial head, was also sprinkled with water, applying an unnaturally blue make-up. They say that during the preview of the material, the actor himself could not figure out where he was on the screen and where his silicone understudy was. This may be true, but to be honest, today the difference between the real face of the actor and the puppet in the film is noticeable to the naked eye.
one artificial head is shown in the last quarter of the tape, shortly after the Terminator falls off his motorcycle and is hit by a truck. The battered robot then sports bare metal on the left half of its face and dangling scraps of skin.
In some scenes, we are shown a close-up of the corresponding type of mannequin, and in some - the face of Schwarzenegger in makeup. The latter option looks more realistic, but only until the actor begins to speak: then it is noticeable that the “metal” moves like skin. According to Arnie, once during a break between filming, he went to dine in one of the restaurants in makeup with a bare jaw and a red eye. For some reason, the actor did not tell what effect his image had on those present.
Toy scenery was in full swing during the filming of the post-apocalyptic future. Everything that we see on the screen is made of plastic, cardboard and foil. Seemingly huge robotic tanks are actually similar in size to a baby stroller.
A grenade flying under the caterpillar is a 4-centimeter piece of plastic. It wasn't easy to get them in the right place, so they had to do 26 takes before everything turned out the way James Cameron intended. Using a conventional movie camera, it was necessary to shoot miniature objects so that the audience had a sense of scale. Again, the effect of reality was achieved due to the accelerated shooting and subsequent slowdown.
The skulls that dotted the torn earth were the size of a walnut, the cardboard ruins of the city covered an area of only a few square meters, and the background was hidden by the film crew with the help of fog. The real depth of the distance in such scenes was only 5-6 meters, and the smoke created the illusion of vast spaces. Mostly artificial smoke was used, although natural coal was sometimes used. The colorful explosions are due to the light bulbs, which turned the white flash of the exploding squib orange, and the peanut dust, which provided the effect of settling earth dust.
There was neither time nor money for the study of aircraft. Therefore, experts made a rather rough model, hanging it on cables in the pavilion. To make the flight of the device look smooth and natural, it was necessary to build a whole system of cables, without which the swaying movements betrayed the implausibility of the “aircraft”. Frames with the simultaneous presence of people and military equipment are the result of rear projection.
The first "Terminator" was made almost on the knee and was initially positioned as a B-movie aimed at teenagers. However, in the end, a real cultural phenomenon appeared on the screens, one of the "pillars" of the second half of the 20th century, revered in all parts of the world.
The word "Terminator" has become a household word, Schwarzenegger finally learned how to pronounce "I`ll be back" correctly in order to please the army of his fans that has grown many times over. The authorship of the phrase belongs to Arnold himself, however, in the script it sounded somewhat different: “I`ll come back”, but the actor remade it. Subsequently, she became very popular and repeatedly ranked high in the quote ratings. The phrase has become a hallmark of Schwarzenegger himself, he says it in eleven of his films and often uses it in public speeches.
The film still serves as an example of how, thanks to perseverance, talent and self-confidence, one of the defining films of a generation can be made despite meager resources and the lack of faith in others around the project.
And then, in the very early 1990s, Terminator 2: Judgment Day came out. One of the few exceptions when the sequel turned out to be no worse than the original. It was a feast of the latest computer achievements with a huge budget compared to the first part.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back on the big screen as everyone's favorite Iron Arnie, the storm of bad guys. "Return of the Hero" - that's what it's called New film, which he personally came to represent in Moscow. About how difficult this return was for the hero, and why the famous politician and actor bought himself a tank, Schwarzenegger told the Echo correspondent.Once upon a time you, Arnold, declared that you would never return to the cinema. What made you change your mind?
One day I thought: do I want to return to the cinema or should I forget about it forever? I said to myself: yes, I want to go back. There was a time when I was really not interested in acting in films. I was primarily interested in my job as governor of California. This job requires total dedication. You cannot be fifty percent in the world of cinema and the other fifty in the world of politics. People won't like it. People want to be sure that your attention is one hundred percent focused on the work of the governor. You don't have to fantasize about movies. It should be absolutely clear to you that now you are a servant of the people, serving the people of California. Well, when the term of duty has expired, you can already sit down and think about what you want to do: cinema or something else.
Then I stepped down as governor and starred in The Expendables. The character I'm playing thinks he's too old, thinks he's behind on everything. He retired from the Los Angeles Police Department and SWAT, where he once proved to be a real hero. And now he feels the strength in himself only to be a sheriff small town. Until he is challenged, until an incredible threat appears. And then the hero awakens in him, which he once was ...
Many viewers called, thanked for the role played. It can be said that my fans have restored my faith in the profession of an actor.
When you returned to film set Perhaps they wanted to prove something to someone?
No, I have not proven anything to anyone for a long time. It would be strange to return after so much time to the cinema to prove something. I can't even imagine what it is. That I haven't forgotten how to be myself yet?
Many were surprised by the message that you will star in the fifth part of the Terminator. Are you not afraid to return to the image, from which the audience is still tired?
No I'm not afraid. Always ready to return to the popular favorite Terminator. I already said that I don’t mind becoming one at all. real life. Yes, and the viewer was waiting for the Terminator. How can I let millions of people down! But while the script is being finalized, and filming will most likely begin in the summer.
You are currently working on several other projects. One of them is a sequel to the movie "Conan the Barbarian". Why repeat what has already been done?
There is nothing wrong with revisiting old, beloved fairy tales. If you look at it like that, then, probably, almost everything was once filmed by someone. I think a fresh, updated sequel good movie does not lose to new pictures.
Danny DeVito, while in Russia, mentioned another sequel to the film "Gemini", where you both will be filming.
The script is being written at Universal Studios. But the name of the film will be "Triplets". The third will be Eddie Murphy - you can imagine what happens. The script is very funny and the story is very good. I hope that by the end of the year we will shoot this film as well.
Everyone was very excited about the question: why did Arnold Schwarzenegger buy a tank for himself?
I would not classify my tank as a combat vehicle. I don't drive it around LA and I don't shoot people.
The story is like this. When I was 18 and served in the Austrian army, I drove a tank. Buy this tank was mine big dream. And she came true. I feel pleasure when I see military equipment.
When I moved to the USA, became an actor, a restaurant owner, I thought it would be great to bring my favorite tank to America so that it would always be with me. They found it in one of the parts in the warehouse - 1955, series No. 47, number 331. I paid for the delivery of the tank to America. The mechanics had to puff: they put in a new engine, tracks, repainted the car. Sometimes my tank is filmed in the movies, I also ride children on it.
You said that it's hard for you to play older roles because you feel young. Does sports help you with this?
And sports too. Sport helps the body to feel good, and the body supports the inner spirit. It is necessary to go in for sports, support the promotion of sports, because when there are healthy and happy people- that's great. You always need to start with yourself, take care of yourself, maintain discipline.
Victoria Politova
