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

Recasting Couch

Leonardo DiCaprio as John Connor; Michael Biehn as the T-1000

In the discussion (4)
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  • A recasting-couch pick moved into aged-worst: two years earlier, Leo could have played John; earlier still, River Phoenix or Christian Slater.
  • DiCaprio as John would work by making him 13 and nudging the war to 2000, countered that the first film fixed the date.
  • Michael Biehn as the T-1000, out of respect for an under-appreciated glue-guy actor who was the hero of the first film and was off shooting Tombstone while everyone returned.
  • The pick is called porn for Chris, president of the Biehn fan club, and Biehn's appearance in The Mandalorian is celebrated.