New Terminator (and future Governor of California) revealed

smcgiff

A tried and trusted formula?

A former body builder and Mr Universe winner from Austria has been cast as the new Terminator in the upcoming film 'Terminator Salvation'.

Canadian paper the Clinton News-Record interviewed Roland Kickinger, who confirmed that he would play the T-800 in the new blockbuster.

Kickinger said of the role: "It's Arnold's (Schwarzenegger) character in the first 'Terminator'. That's basically my role, but 20 years before, so it establishes how the Terminator [came] about."

The paper says that Kickinger emigrated from Austria to the US 13 years ago and has already starred in the spoof 'Baywatch' series 'Son of a Beach' and also played Schwarzenegger in the TV biopic 'See Arnold Run'.

'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins' opens in cinemas on 22 May 2009.


Via RTE website

Dudess

Bizarre. Never heard of him, but his life seems to be a mirror of Arnie's.

GhostInTheRuins

:pac:

jayteecork

Guess the accent will be authentic.

Galvasean

Jebus! Well, he's muscular enough.

BopNiblets

He will crush Christian Bale with his mighty buttocks.

Pigman II

Dudess wrote: »

Bizarre. Never heard of him, but his life seems to be a mirror of Arnie's.

In Son of the Beach he basically played a caricature of Arnie (a caricature of a caricature? ) so he's probably the perfect choice to replace the Gubenator.

Man that show was awful!

jayteecork

I think it's because the film will go into the back story on why exactly the Terminator T-800 machines are so muscular and have an Austrian accent.

In one of the Terminator canon books, it was because the inventor was a muscular Austrian!

I assume that the film will play like the new T-800 is exactly the same as Arnie's one.

lostexpectation

so he could be playing the inventor aswell?

Goodshape

lostexpectation wrote: »

so he could be playing the inventor aswell?

Jesus I'd hope not. Scientists / inventors / robot-mechanics don't tend to look like body builders - would make much more sense to suggest that the inventor based his design on, well, a body-builder.

Kickinger seems to look the part well enough anyway. And that teaser trailer doesn't look too bad. And Christian Bale is in it.

By all accounts this should suck... but maybe... just maybe... it wont.

grimm2005

i knew i recognised that name while i was reading that. i remember that lad from son of the beach

Standard Toaster

Pigman II wrote: »

In Son of the Beach he basically played a caricature of Arnie (a caricature of a caricature? ) so he's probably the perfect choice to replace the Gubenator.

Man that show was awful!

Agreed. I found the show funny at time though

AnonoBoy

The_Edge wrote: »

Agreed. I found the show funny at time though

You were high though.

Standard Toaster

LOL!

I'll be honest....I just watched it for B.J. Cummings :pac:

grames_bond

wait....if its a prequel, then how is bale gonna play john connor?! i thaught that was the plan! an older john connor!

Goodshape

It's not a prequel.

grames_bond

smcgiff wrote: »

A Kickinger said of the role: "It's Arnold's (Schwarzenegger) character in the first 'Terminator'. That's basically my role, but 20 years before, so it establishes how the Terminator [came] about."[/I]

doesnt this = prequel?!

Goodshape

Time travel.

(dates here for demonstration purposes.... more than likely they aren't accurate)

T1 was set in ~1985, in which Arnie came back from the year ~2035.
T4 is set in ~2015.... 20 years before the Arnie from T2 was sent back in time, but some 30 years *after* the events in T1 took place.

So John Conner is a grown man...... but T-800 is a brand new machine.

Sherifu

He needs a new haircut. :eek:

grames_bond

Goodshape wrote: »

Time travel.

(dates here for demonstration purposes.... more than likely they aren't accurate)

T1 was set in ~1985, in which Arnie came back from the year ~2035.
T4 is set in ~2015.... 20 years before the Arnie from T2 was sent back in time, but some 30 years *after* the events in T1 took place.

So John Conner is a grown man...... but T-800 is a brand new machine.

ah now i get ya, thanks man i was assuming it was 20 years previous to when we see terminator trying to get sarah connor! thats cool!

Galvasean

grames_bond wrote: »

ah now i get ya, thanks man i was assuming it was 20 years previous to when we see terminator trying to get sarah connor! thats cool!

In a way... all the Terminator movies are prequels... Think about it!