Terminator 2 Star Still Has A Bone To Pick With One Detail Of The T-1000 34 Years Later: “It Looks Bad”

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Robert Patrick is famous for playing the iconic, unstoppable villain made of liquid metal in the hit movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. However, the actor recently revealed his character could have been even more impressive.

I was reading an interview with Patrick about bringing back his Love Ride charity event, and he shared something really interesting about Terminator 2. He explained what holds the T-1000 back from being as truly terrifying as Arnold’s T-800 – it all comes down to his motorcycle! Apparently, the bike the T-1000 rode in Judgment Day just didn’t measure up to the awesome machine Schwarzenegger got.

As a movie buff, I’ve always felt rock and roll has a certain energy – it’s exciting, a little dangerous, and just plain cool. And honestly, when I think about Harleys, I get that same vibe. They’re rebellious, thrilling, and have a similar edge. So putting those two together? It just works. It’s a really natural fit, and creates something special.

People often bring up the scene in Terminator 2 where Arnold Schwarzenegger rides a large Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It’s a really iconic, tough moment – Arnold as the Terminator on that bike just feels incredibly cool and powerful.

So there I am, the T-1000, on a small Kawasaki police bike. That’s the problem with the LAPD using Kawasakis – when they appear in movies, it doesn’t look great. It’s realistic, sure, but do they really want their image associated with a foreign motorcycle? They should be using American-made bikes!

In the movie Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger rode a 1991 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle. Robert Patrick, playing the T-1000, rode a Kawasaki KZ1000P, which fit his character’s disguise as a police officer.

Both motorcycles played significant roles in James Cameron’s hit sequel, and the Harley-Davidson was featured in a particularly memorable stunt: a motorcycle jump that used groundbreaking early CGI to remove the visible safety cables.

In Terminator 2, Patrick’s character needed a better way to chase his targets, so the T-1000’s Kawasaki police bike performed a daring stunt – jumping from a building onto a helicopter.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s powerful performance as a cold, metallic assassin in Terminator 2: Judgment Day made the film a huge success, earning over $517 million around the world. With a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s widely considered one of the greatest sequels ever made.

ScreenRant’s review of Terminator 2 praises it as almost flawless, highlighting how the film successfully combines innovative storytelling and thought-provoking themes with pure entertainment. It calls the movie a major accomplishment in science fiction cinema.

The T-1000 from Terminator 2 was so memorable that Robert Patrick playfully imitated the character in Wayne’s World and The Last Action Hero, the latter of which reunited him with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator series later revisited the T-1000 model in Terminator Genisys, but this time Byung-hun Lee took on the role instead of Patrick.

When director James Cameron was casting for Terminator 2, he wanted an actor who looked very different from Arnold Schwarzenegger. As he explained in 1991, he envisioned the original Terminator as a powerful, tank-like machine, and the new Terminator – the T-1000 played by Patrick – as a sleek and fast Porsche.

Before Patrick was cast, they also thought about rock musician Billy Idol and Michael Biehn, who starred in the original Terminator movie.

Patrick is known for playing memorable villains, including his iconic role in Terminator 2. He continues to take on tough characters, recently facing off against Jack Reacher in season 2 of Reacher and currently starring as the main villain, Jeremiah Dunmire, in season 3 of Tulsa King.

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2025-11-09 02:13