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"T3" SET REPORT AND BIG ONE-LINER REVEALED! Empire magazines exclusive set report! Reported By: Empire Magazine Thursday, October 24, 2002 Empire Magazine reports: Arnie is in a snit. He's just stalked off the set of Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines muttering ominously to himself and throwing the entire crew into a panic. "What just happened?" croaks an AD. What just happened is this: having done 10 or 12 takes of the same scene-walking down a corridor and delivering the single line, "I was made here" - the big guy has discovered he can't go straight into the next set-up because the cameraman is AWOL. Consequently, he's thrown a wobbler. To be fair, it's not much of a hissy fit, as superstar tantrums go. Moments later, he's back with a wry smirk and raring to get on with it, much to the relief with all concerned. After all, we're talking about the eagerly-awaited sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a benchmark in action cinema and the film that just might rescue Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger from the career doldrums. Empire has come to a mysterious studio in downtown LA, where T3 is shooting on a couple of vast soundstages. The aforementioned corridor is part of the SkyNet complex, design HQ for the Terminators-hence Arnies one liner. The set is suitably hi-tech-grey concrete walls, banks of blinking computer monitors with wires and cables snaking them up like vines. Viewed up close, it looks like an old episode of Dr Who, but you can bet it won't when it hits screens in July next year-after all, T3s reported budget $170 million budget is the biggest greelight wedge in history. Even with the aid of German financiers Intermedia and Arnie on board, Warner Bros must be sweating. As far as the plot line goes, we're ten years down the line, with Connor and his metal mate embroiled in the human race and the SkyNet cyborgs. "It's good to be back", says Arnie, his huge frame filling a directors chair. It must be said that being in close proximimity to him in full Terminator gear-leather trousers, steel-toe bike boots and sever buzz cut-it is a disquieting, surreal experience. It's like sitting down for a chat with Chaplins Tramp, or Brandos Corleone! He's, not surprisingly, he is confident that T3 will live up to T2's high standards. "That's what it's all about", he says, "You try to outdo the last thing. It's like in sports - records are there to be broken." If you're expecting any details on exactly how it ups the ante, forget it - this is a resolutely tight set. And although Stan Winston let it slip that we will see a 3rd Terminator - the T-100, a heavy duty battle machine that preceeded the T-800 - Arnie himself isn't giving anything away. "I think T2 was extraordinary," is all he'll say, "and I think this one has a chance to be extraordinary too." Arnie is full of praise for Jonathan Mostow; "He measures up very well, he's a terrific director!" "Working with Arnold is a joy", says Mostow, "I feel like I'm making the Bible and I've got Moses playing Moses. There's nothing I can tell him about playing the role - he invented it and he's been living it for almost 20 years. Frankly, in a movie like this, it's nice to have something that runs on autolpilot. I get to have my own personal Terminator. I mean, how many people would pay 8 bucks to sit in my chair and just watch him blow stuff up?!" Then, as if on cue, Mostow and Arnold record a take where Arnie does just that. Arnie stumps up to a huge window, peers out and pokes his huge gun through. "She'll be back," he growls. Well, it is the franchise hook, after all!" Thanks to The Chuffster for the tip! ----------  |