QuoteLast year, Arnie revealed that he turned down the chance to star in the sequel and hinted that it would have just been a cameo. Black confirmed to Digital Spy that it wouldn't have been a substantial role because of the direction of the movie.
"The studio wanted a fresher movie that featured an evolving cast. They didn't want to hinge the movie on the re-emergence of Schwarzenegger," he recalled. "It would probably be more of a matter of his showing up briefly and just participating at the very end, at the climax of the movie."
Black noted that even when he was going to ask Arnie about appearing in The Predator, he expected him to say no as it's what he'd do in his position.
"Understandably – and believe me, I completely get it – he said, 'Look, that's kind of a small part, and I don't really think I want to do that. I'm off to do Terminator with Jim Cameron, basically. Or for Jim Cameron'," he explained.
"So I totally got it, you know? If I was Schwarzenegger, I'd want to be one of the stars of a film, or nothing."
Black isn't ruling out Arnie reprising the role of Dutch if The Predator gets a sequel as he noted that they have left it "completely open". "I even said to him, 'If you're in this one, we would open it up for the sequel, because now you're back in the franchise'," he added.
"So you know, if there's another movie, there's no reason why he couldn't be either in it, or the star of it, or whatever someone decides at a future date."
Quote from: BigDaddyJohn on Aug 07, 2018, 09:02:32 PM
Yeah i was about to say that, it's kind of a lazy way to create a new story.
Quote from: OpenMaw on Aug 07, 2018, 09:27:24 PMQuote from: The Old One on Aug 07, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
That kind of continuity is lame and uninspired.
In any franchise, if I wanted that kind of predictability I'd watch soaps.
And here's his second cousin Vinny Schaefer, he was in the mob in New Joihsee.
Quote from: The Old One on Aug 07, 2018, 08:50:12 PM
That kind of continuity is lame and uninspired.
In any franchise, if I wanted that kind of predictability I'd watch soaps.
Quote from: Johnny Handsome on Aug 07, 2018, 07:55:16 AMI would say there was humour in the first movie, not flat out comedy. "The naked gun" is comedy, Predator is not. It's a serious movie with popcorn fun mixed in, hence the infamous one liners.
Quote from: Johnny Handsome on Aug 07, 2018, 07:55:16 AMI love this, because it gives the movie a lightness and it's a big part why it has rewatch value, you can watch Predator on a thursday afternoon, and besides it being a very brutal movie, you don't feel bad at all.
Quote from: Huggs on Aug 07, 2018, 06:55:28 AMThe big issue would be Dutch getting the comedy treatment.