Terminator star Linda Hamilton offered her take on the franchise.
While speaking to Variety, during Las Vegas’s CinemaCon, she said: “They’re very forgettable, aren’t they?”
Hamilton returns to the franchise with this year’s Terminator: Dark Fate, which serves as the sixth film in the series and the first she’s starred in for over 25 years.
The actor first starred as Sarah Connor in 1984’s The Terminator, before returning for 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
While she had a small voice role in 2009’s Terminator: Salvation, which features audio tapes made by Connor, she did not appear in 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and 2015’s Terminator; Genisys. The latter featured Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke as Connor.
“You start something and you’re invested in the franchise, but somehow the characters that you care about weren’t there,” Hamilton added. “Too many people, too many story points. So I think we’ve done a good job of narrowing down the focus again so it will echo the first two films.”
The actor was initially hesitant to return as Connor. She said: “I gave it probably six weeks of intense thinking and consideration before deciding to do it. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to. I didn’t want it to look like a shameless money grab. I am living this quiet, lovely life that doesn’t involve being a celebrity, and you really have to think, do I really want to trade that in again for another 15 minutes?”
However, she added that, though the script wasn’t finished when she signed on, seeing how the characters had changed over time in the new film ultimately won her over.
Terminator: Dark Fate serves as a direct sequel to Terminator and Terminator 2, ignoring the events of the other films and TV series.
It’s unlikely Hamilton would return for any future films, however, as she joked: “I’m going to fake my own death so I don’t have to do another one.”
Terminator: Dark Fate will be released in UK cinemas on 1 November.
