* That when Dyson uses the remote detonator which blows up the Cyberdyne building he has a piece of the broken processor prototype in his hand.



* That after having worked primarily playing villains in low-budget Roger Corman productions, Robert Patrick suddenly found himself in the big leagues, working with two major stars in a motion picture that seemed destined to be a blockbuster.


* Several men worked with hammers and grinding instruments to deface the tow truck.



* The nametag of Robert Patrick's copsuit says AUSTIN.

* They first thought about a 'two-Arnold' concept but there had to be a big difference between the T-800 and the T-1000 series, to create a bigger threat for the old Terminator.



* Schwarzenegger's stunt double is Peter Kent.

* James Cameron wanted to use the idea of a 'shape changer' (T-1000) in the first movie, but because of the low budget he stayed with the old concept.


* There wasn't a good three-story building to shoot the Cyberdyne scene so they used a two-story building and added a third-story glass facade to two sides of the building in San Jose. The glass windows were held in place by wooden scaffolding covered with a black backdrop.




* The molten steel in the giant ladles and on the floor were created with lighting only.

* The biggest job of the movie was to light a two-and-a-half miles of freeway. The used all of the electric cables existing in Hollywood, which they rented from Fox, Paramount, Universal and Disney. Eleven generators were spread all around and one-hundred-twenty-foot cranes with lights on them were positioned over the full two-and-a-half miles. There was a crew of 16 people working for 11 days just to set everything up.