TAFs’ NEW “T3” SET VISIT AND INTERVIEWS! Part one: “Crystal Peak” set visit! Reported By: Randy Jennings Thursday, September 12, 2002 We were the few and the proud. On Saturday, September 7th, TheArnoldFans.com was invited to the second and final online press set visit to T3: Rise of the Machines. Once again, no photography was permitted so I can't share set pictures but get a load of this exclusive “T3” publicity still given exclusively to TAFs by WB!  Click on the picture for a Terminator-size picture! The morning’s shoot, filmed at the L.A. Center Studio, was met by our mini band of online reporters that lead to a much more intimate session with the top-cast talent including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jonathan Mostow and the TX - played by Kristanna Loken. 
Our tour guide walked us through the backstage lots. Along our journey, we were pointed out
Arnold’s movie trailer and speaking of the God himself, The Oak just pulled up in a new
customized black Stogiemobile with his son Christopher. Walking forward a few extra feet,
John Travolta drove by on his way to his own stage and gave us a friendly smile and wave.Our first destination was Stage 5: Crystal Peak, the biggest movie set I had ever strolled. We were informed this giant set, containing many old-fashioned computers, was an abandoned secret government headquarters building from the late 50s (although later Mostow claimed that period wasn’t entirely accurate to keep an ounce of mystery). A huge symbol on the wall reads “U.S. Department of Defense”. Although we were not enlightened to the significance behind this defense location, we were told it would play a major setting towards the film’s end. The set designer, Jeff Mann, did an incredible job creating the the atmosphere to resemble early 50s architecture. It’s how earlier scientists envisioned the future just as Disneyland created their Tomorrowland. Little did they know, the future is today and they are far off the mark. An enormous chandelier, the size of a small truck, was dropped to the ground. Stylized clocks were in one room reading out all the times of different regions of the world and a control tower overlooked a huge mosaic mural of the envisioned future - with depictions of space and rocket ships. On our way out, I was treated to the best Schwarzenegger interview in a very long time. We were invited inside Arnold’s personal movie trailer. You’ll be back for part 2: TAFs’ Arnold Schwarzenegger T3 interview! ---------- |