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Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Predator" in 1987 ©20th Century Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection
He won’t be back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected a brief appearance in the “Predator”
reboot as his character from the original 1987 version of the film,
Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer, director Shane Black revealed.
“There were a couple of ideas to include [Schwarzenegger], mostly in the third act,” Black, 56, told Yahoo Movies UK.
The reboot takes place in the present day, 31 years after Schwarzenegger’s iconic first appearance as Dutch.
“The studio wanted, I think, something a bit fresh, that didn’t rely on
solely on Arnold’s re-emergence, but they were open to the idea to the
notion of having him in in a smaller role,” he continued. “I was fine
with that, but it did present a problem, because when you call Mr.
Schwarzenegger, you don’t want to say, ‘Hey, we got this smaller role
for you if you want it.’ I felt embarrassed to ask him.”
In 2016, Schwarzenegger, 71, mentioned that he’d planned to meet with Black to discuss the role.
Black recalled, “He said, ‘Well, if I was featured more, yeah, but what
you’re suggesting is that you’re creating this new thing and just using
me to bless it.’ And so [I said], ‘Ahem … yes.’ And so I was not
surprised when he said, ‘Look, I wish you luck, but that’s too small a
role for me.’ ”
You won’t have to miss Schwarzenegger on the silver screen for too long:
He’s slated to reprise previous characters in “Triplets” (the sequel to
1988’s “Twins&rdquo, an untitled “Terminator” reboot and “The Legend of Conan.”
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