{"id":491735,"date":"2019-10-31T06:07:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=905816"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:07:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:07:20","slug":"was-billy-idol-really-almost-in-terminator-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/was-billy-idol-really-almost-in-terminator-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Billy Idol Really Almost in \u2018Terminator 2\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton return to the Terminator franchise in the new movie Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em>, Billy Idol<\/a> looked back at his own near-miss with the saga in a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now<\/a>. In 1990, at the peak of his fame, Idol nearly lost his leg in a nasty motorcycle accident, and he suffered through months of agonizing rehabilitation. While he was still recovering, he got a call from James Cameron about auditioning to play the morphing, cop-impersonating T-1000 in Terminator 2<\/a><\/em>. Cameron took Idol on a tour of Stan Winston\u2019s visual effects offices, where the singer was excited to see production sketches that already showed the new Terminator looking a whole lot like Billy Idol.<\/p>\n

\u201cI even acted some of the part,\u201d Idol says on the podcast. \u201cI had to act that scene where he goes to the stepparents with the picture\u2026   But the trouble is that I had this terrible limp. And James Cameron said, \u2018The only problem is, I really need you to be able to run\u2019\u2026 And I\u2019m just about walking, you know? It was going to take me a while to really get 100 percent back to normal. And [even] with the CGI thing, there was no way they could could really fake it right then, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Idol thinks it may have been good for the film that Robert Patrick ultimately got the part. \u201cCould I have brought that cold veneer? He brought this incredible cold veneer,\u201d says Idol.<\/p>\n

The accident likely derailed what was looking like a promising acting career; Idol was also supposed to have what became Michael Madsen\u2019s prominent part as Jim Morrison\u2019s friend Tom Baker in Oliver Stone\u2019s The Doors<\/em>, and had to settle for a much smaller role after his injuries. \u201cI was there for a lot of the movie,\u201d says Idol. \u201cIt was exciting watching Val [Kilmer] and everybody bring it to life. It was a shame I blew it by having a stupid accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

To hear the entire career-spanning interview, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes<\/a> or Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n

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