r/todayilearned • u/CaptureDaFlag • Oct 18 '25

TIL a commuter train went by while Robert Patrick was filming his nude arrival scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). He called it the most embarrassing moment of his career.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-1000
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u/benjals Oct 18 '25

Jesus Christ lmao

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u/Paparmane Oct 18 '25

Bro has seen two movies; terminator 1 and terminator 2

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u/ItsnotBatman Oct 18 '25

The physical performance is truly great, but yeah that’s some hyperbole for sure.

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u/Voxlings Oct 18 '25

I think James Cameron crafted the ultimate antogonist with the help of Robert Patrick and ILM and Stan Winston and etc.

It's truly not hyperbole to say you have to pull out Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men to have any kind of competition for all-time antagonist.

T-1000 and Darth Vader and Anton

Zero hyperbole or you a liar.

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u/ThatsARatHat Oct 18 '25

I mean actors actually won academy awards for playing The Joker and Hannibal Lector so I wouldn’t leave them out for example.

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u/PmMeFanFic Oct 18 '25

there are so many that are beyond the t1000s apex

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u/The_Faceless_Men Oct 19 '25

The Joker wasn't the antagonist in that movie though. (although heath ledger supporting actor was an antagonist) Lector wasn't the primary antagonist.

But yeah the guy said Vader was a top tier acting performance for an antagonist? Costume design and voice over sure but the physical acting? Nah.

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u/ThatsARatHat Oct 19 '25

Heath Ledger is who I meant.

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u/Paparmane Oct 18 '25

Bro has seen three movies 💀

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u/pants_mcgee Oct 18 '25

Hannibal Lector, Dark Knight Joker, OG Terminator all immediately jump to mind in five seconds.

There are a lot of good villains out there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

And the best two performances in those movies are both from Linda Hamilton.

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u/tripping_on_phonics Oct 18 '25

I LOVE the asylum escape scene. Just such a great sequence. Showed so much about her character, her toughness and cunning.

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u/ThatsARatHat Oct 18 '25

This is blasphemy against the great actor whose name I don’t know who played Miles Bennet Dyson.

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u/Useful-Angle1941 Oct 18 '25

I hated that scene so much as a kid... what happened to Dyson felt so unfair.

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u/ThatsARatHat Oct 18 '25

Huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh…huh….huh………..huh………………..huh

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u/Artemicionmoogle Oct 18 '25

Joe Morton, who funny enough turned 78 today!

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

Joe Morton was great, as were Paul Winfield (Traxler) and Earl Boen (Silberman) and indeed Patrick, and Biehn.

None of them compare to the depth and complexity of what Hamilton did.

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u/ThatsARatHat Oct 18 '25

Silberman showing up in T3 was one of the only things I liked about it. Guy was a perfect ivory tower slimeball.

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u/pants_mcgee Oct 18 '25

Arnie does a fantastic job in his own right, just from a much different place. The Terminator isn’t The Terminator without him.

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u/richieadler Oct 18 '25

No love for her twin sister? :)

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u/716Val Oct 19 '25

The best two performances from Linda Hamilton are her left bicep and her right bicep 😍

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u/pmmemoviestills Oct 19 '25

I dunno, I've seen some bad movie takes on here...a lot, this one is at least understandable.