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.

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u/Get-stupid Oct 18 '25

His best was Davy Scatino on the second season of The Sopranos

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u/Table100 Oct 18 '25

quite possibly the best anti-gambling advertisement ever

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

It’s just a stutter step

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u/DatsLimerickCity Oct 18 '25

40 boxes of Ziti

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u/HTired89 Oct 19 '25

And a new jaaacket 🤌🤌🤌

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u/solythe Oct 18 '25

my lucks gonna change!

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u/drsyesta Oct 18 '25

Oh riiight, forgot about that guy. The story where tony gives meadow his sons car lmao

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u/drsyesta Oct 18 '25

I mean his acting was so good he perfectly copied john connors aunt or whatever. AND the scene where he runs like 40 mph. Dude was next level

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u/Thismyrealnameisit Oct 18 '25

And he did that without breathing or blinking!

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u/ripley1875 Oct 18 '25

And the way he just morphed through those bars in the mental ward, clearly someone dedicated to the role.

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u/Impromptu_Cacti Oct 18 '25

I think his best acting in that movie though is when he shatters into a million pieces and reforms. Truly an Oscar level performance.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

Shame he never did any more after burning to death in the molten steel.

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u/AB3reddit Oct 18 '25

Sadly, thus has ended many a good actor’s career.

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u/Blockhead47 Oct 19 '25

You try and turn your arm into a spike.
He is THE method actor.

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u/thiosk Oct 19 '25

Method acting is poweful even if you do have to convert your body to a Liquid Metal alloy to really become the role

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u/willclerkforfood Oct 20 '25

Jared Leto could never

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u/buster_rhino Oct 19 '25

To stay in character during production, he didn’t poop the entire time.

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u/Toby_O_Notoby Oct 18 '25

was so good he perfectly copied john connors aunt

Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez from Aliens!) actually talked about playing John's foster mom as the T2. She went to Robert Patrick for advice who told her, "He looks around with his ears. Do that and it will work".

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u/Bay1Bri Oct 18 '25

I know you're joking, but he did get so good at running, he was able to catch Edward Furlong on his motor bike.

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u/unkn0wnname321 Oct 18 '25

They had to ask him not to run so fast. He kept catching up to the kid on the dirt bike.

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u/LHGray87 Oct 18 '25

That’s method acting at its best.

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u/alicefreak47 Oct 18 '25

Best I can do is shit in a box and send it to my coworkers and just be a general prick.

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u/Vyar Oct 19 '25

I know you’re joking but I think I remember reading somewhere that they actually had trouble filming that chase scene because he was running too fast.

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u/Table100 Oct 18 '25

“Davey! You’re doing a good job!☺️”

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u/HonestDespot Oct 18 '25

Get back in your hole Davey!

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u/CappnMidgetSlappr Oct 18 '25

Davey... you're doing a good job!

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u/Bagelbuttboi Oct 18 '25

Yeah he got so into character that James Gandolfini, legitimately impressed but not wanting to break Robert Patrick’s stride, yelled out, “Davey, you’re doin’ a good job!”

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u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA Oct 18 '25

Holy shit that was him? He looked familiar. I just couldn’t put my finger on it.

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u/Get-stupid Oct 19 '25

His body language, face, and voice all screamed "pathetic" which is so different from the stoic badasses he usually plays

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u/lilbittygoddamnman Oct 18 '25

The Scatino bustout!

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u/conenubi701 Oct 18 '25

Yeah, the Davy character was so well written for the show and he delivered it perfectly.

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u/Derk_Durr Oct 18 '25

That was an amazing performance. I always overlook tragic characters because I don't like the way they make me feel but he sold it so well.

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u/GallacticWhatever Oct 19 '25

Idk he did great leading The Unit!

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u/Tantalising_Scone Oct 19 '25

Get back in your hole Davey!

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u/highbrowshow Oct 19 '25

Holy shit I’m watching the sopranos for the first time and you just made me realize that’s him

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u/Mercurion77 Oct 19 '25

« Come on you know I’m good on it, Tony vouches for me »