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DANES' FIRST NIGHT WITH THE TERMINATOR! Claire Danes "T3" interview with TV Guide! Reported By: René de Jong Tuesday, November 25, 2002 Claire Danes of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines spoke with TVGuide.com about acting with an occasional CG cast, her fat paycheck and her first night with Arnold. TVGuide.com Three weeks into filming last spring, producers realized that then-19-year-old Sophia Bush (Van Wilder) was a bit too young for the role of veterinarian Kate Miller. With no time to spare, they sought Danes, 23, to replace her. "I got the script literally that night, read it and had to evaluate it very quickly," recalls the actress, who decided to "take the leap of faith" and join the big-budget sequel. "It was very overwhelming and disorienting." As the Yale coed quickly discovered, that was nothing compared to her first day on the T3 set. "I'm doing this scene at night with flames all around me," she recalls, "and I'm on the ground when Arnold [Schwarzenegger approaches] in his Terminator garb holding a machine gun. He's looking down on me and I'm thinking, 'This is not happening.' I was like, 'How do I react?' Thankfully, my character was in a similar position. She suddenly found herself in this alternative reality, as did I. So, it didn't require too much imagination." Danes can't say the same about the rest of the CGI-heavy blockbuster, which hits theaters July 2, 2003. "I have no idea what the movie will ultimately look like, because I acted [opposite] a piece of yellow tape on a matte box throughout 70 percent of the film," she explains. "It was embarrassing, because I was making some pretty extreme facial expressions and screaming at the top of my lungs [while] acting to nothing." TVGuide has more Claire Danes! To read the entire T3 star's interview click HERE! ---------- |