
Former California "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger
is back in Hollywood and pulling no punches. Currently working on
back-to-back film projects, Schwarzenegger says he is open doing
sequels to his prior blockbusters—but only if they are done well—he recently told Collider.com.
"'Terminator'… the last one was awful. It tried hard, not that they
didn't try, the acting and everything. It missed the boat," the action
star-turned-politician said of 2009's "Terminator Salvation" (with
Christian Bale)—the last installment of the iconic film franchise
originally launched by James Cameron back in 1984. (It also is the only
film not to star Schwarzenegger.)
Schwarzenegger got particularly excited about the idea of a
follow-up to the 1988 comedy "Twins." He and Danny DeVito would reprise
their roles while Schwarzenegger expressed keen interest in a new
recruit for what would be called "Triplets." "I'd find somebody like
Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, 'How does that
happen, medically speaking?' and, 'Physically, there's no way,'" he
said.
The again-actor also expressed that his image may need time to heal before he can approach family-themed sequels: "Or ' True lies 2,' with that we'll probably have to wait a little bit because it's more of a family kind of a movie… My personal situation doesn't work so well right now. Until that's settled, then we can go off and do that again, with family subjects.
In the meantime, Schwarzenegger is keeping busy, having wrapped
films "The Expendables 2," "The Last Stand," and is set to work on
"Unknown Soldier" and "The Tomb." Action flick "The Expendables 2" will
hit theaters in mid-August and also stars a returning cast of Sylvester
Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and Jet Li, with
the new addition of Jean-Claude van Damme.
In the meantime, Schwarzenegger is keeping busy, having wrapped films "The Expendables 2," "The Last Stand," and is set to work on "Unknown Soldier" and "The Tomb."
Action flick "The Expendables 2" will hit theaters in mid-August and
also stars a returning cast of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jason
Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and Jet Li, with the new addition of
Jean-Claude van Damme.