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Horse stunt; model jet; Digital Domain; tango rehearsal; hotel; body count
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- An anecdote says a frightened horse nearly threw Schwarzenegger off the roof and a stuntman saved him; the discussion expressly questions how reliable the story is.
- The near-fatal horse stunt anecdote is recalled for research, with explicit skepticism that it has grown exaggerated.
- Cameron and effects supervisor John Bruno reportedly planned to place a model plane on a real rooftop for a more convincing action sequence.
- Cameron’s founding of Digital Domain during this period is discussed as part of his continued drive to invent new filmmaking technology.
- The ice-tray joke is again traced to Tom Arnold’s divorce story.
- The hotel is identified as the Westin Bonaventure.
- The body count is reported as ninety, below the initial guesses.
- The discussion reports a $100 million budget, third-place annual box-office finish, and one visual-effects Oscar nomination. Its gross figure is transcribed as “$378 billion,” an apparent scale error retained as uncertain.
- Schwarzenegger reportedly rehearsed the tango for six months to match Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, with the same music used.