Schwarzenegger Talks Terminator Salvation Cameo

In a recent webcast interview, Schwarzenegger talked about his proposed cameo in Salvation. One bit of info he gave was pretty conflicting: he said he met with the director (McG) and agreed to be in the film, so long as he didn’t have to perform.

I’m sorry, Arnie… what?…

Turns out Schwarzenegger was referring to the question of whether or not it would be actually him who appeared in the film, or just his face, which McG has said he wanted to superimpose over the body of T-800 Terminator model using CGI. That technological leap would allow the Governator to appear in the movie without, you know… actually appearing in the movie. Here’s what “Ahnuld” had to say:

“I made it very clear that I don’t have the time to do the movie… I said that I would be willing to be in the movie if they get the technology together, and so they are working on that right now.”

He also gave his thoughts on the overall idea of adding to the existing franchise, as well as his future therein:

“I think it’s cool to continue on with the franchise … in case I want to jump over again and get into the acting after I’m through here.” Read more …