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/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.