Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Rewatchables
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Casting What-Ifs

Michael Biehn as the T-1000; Billy Idol; Blackie Lawless; Charlie Korsmo as John Connor; Denzel Washington as Miles Dyson

In the discussion (4)
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  • Michael Biehn was the first choice for the T-1000 in a role reversal, dropped as too confusing for viewers; it would have been too messed up for Sarah, though it could have been cool.
  • Cameron considered Billy Idol, dropped after a motorcycle accident left him unable to run, and W.A.S.P. singer Blackie Lawless, who was too tall.
  • Charlie Korsmo from What About Bob? was supposed to be John Connor but was filming that movie; he may not have read as a delinquent.
  • The Miles Dyson role was offered to Denzel Washington, who passed because all the character does is look scared and sweat; the panel debates whether pre-Philadelphia Denzel was already too famous.