The first film cast current California Gov. Many cast members said they were fans of the series, which began in 1984 with the original "Terminator" and was followed by "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003). Moon Bloodgood, Australian native Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, rapper Common and Bryce Dallas Howard are Bale's co-stars. The other cast members said they got in prime physical shape for their roles as well. Getting that all down very important to me," said Bale. "The skill I had to acquire was weapons handling and understand the weapons. John Connor is the take-no-prisoners leader of what's known as the human resistance.įor the role, Bale - an actor known for immersion in his roles - went all out. The last human beings on Earth are fighting with the Terminators, overseen by Skynet. The film takes place in 2018, after the apocalypse brought on by Skynet, the computer-controlled defense system that becomes sentient and launches a nuclear war. Once Bale got on board - he was the first cast member to sign on - "Terminator Salvation" became a reality. "We got a really good writer on board that just had free rein to write whatever we wanted," said Bale.
He visited Bale on the set of the Batman movie and sold the story to him. With that response, McG said he had to really step up his game to persuade the "Dark Knight" star to sign on. "The whole idea of a 'Terminator' movie was sent to me and I said no," said Bale. Christian Bale, who plays John Connor, was similarly dismissive. McG wasn't the only person associated with the "T4" saga who was reluctant to sign on initially. "We wanted it to be very compelling and we did it in a way that is great." You've got to have a great story," he said. "Action for action's sake just becomes noisy. McG (born Joseph McGinty Nichol, though known by his nickname since childhood) said if he was going to take on another sequel in the internationally successful "Terminator" franchise, then he had better have a good reason to do it.
"Then I heard that the story was about the future man versus machine and that sort of piqued my interest." who needs it? The story's already been told and I'm not really interested in doing that," said director McG.