Denzel Washington Was Right To Turn Down Terminator 2 Role
While Denzel Washington may have seemed foolhardy to turn down a Terminator franchise role, the actor was right to decide that one Terminator 2: Judgment Day part would not forward his career. It can’t be easy for movie stars to determine which projects they should pursue and which title they are too busy to commit to. Famously, Will Smith wished he could have taken on the role of Neo in The Matrix in retrospect since the actor had no idea how huge the franchise would prove to be in years to come.
However, the outcome can be equally terrible when stars try to reshape a role to work for them. Christian Bale’s original Terminator: Salvation role was the part of Marcus Wright, a fascinating fusion of man and machine who couldn’t comprehend his own existence, but the actor’s choice to take on the role of John Connor instead ended up changing the movie’s script and ultimately resulting in the project’s weak critical reception. With this in mind, it is understandable that Denzel Washington opted not to take a minor role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day despite the success of the sci-fi action sequel.
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Per the actor’s recollection, Denzel Washington turned down the part of Skynet’s original creator Miles Dyson inTerminator 2: Judgment Day because, without any disrespect to director James Cameron, "all this guy does is look scared and sweat.” That is a pretty accurate summation of a role that is essential to the franchise's lore but not particularly vital to the specific plot of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The sequel’s first draft had a bigger role for Dyson, but the character’s memorably terrifying nightmare sequence ended up being cut due to budget issues, further
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