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Schwarzenegger Nearly Lost ‘Terminator’ Role To OJ Simpson But He ‘Didn’t Look Like A Killer’

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One of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first breakout acting roles was in 1984’s The Terminator, but he reveals that he almost didn’t get the iconic role as the time-traveling robot assassin. Decades later, Arnold revealed that he almost didn’t get his T-800 role in The Terminator because it almost went to O.J. Simpson. On the upcoming episode of OBJECTified, Schwarzenegger told TMZ’s Harvey Levin about The Terminator and about cheating on his wife.

The actor and former California governor said Terminator Orion Pictures co-founder Mike Medavoy originally wanted O.J. Simpson as the homicidal cyborg. However, Simpson didn’t get the role because… Simpson didn’t “look much like a killer.” Arnold said, “He did not look as much of a killer and all that stuff. I don’t know, I mean it just felt like I was more believable in being the machine.”

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Oh. Director James Cameron disagreed and cast Schwarzenegger.

Another ancedote from the interview is that Schwarzenegger feels deep regret after his affair with his housekeeper. The affair with his longtime maid Mildred Baena, resulted in their secret love child, the 20-year-old Joseph. After the extramarital affair with the housekeeper was made public, Maria Shriver filed for divorce in July 2011. However, to this day the divorce was not finalized. The couple never signed a prenup and Schwarzenegger has a net worth of $400 million.

“I do not need any time to reflect, when I know it was a major, major screw up,” Arnold said. Schwarzenegger and Shriver got married in 1986 and had four kids; Katherine, 27, Christina, 26, Patrick, 24, and Christopher, 20. The OBJECTified interview airs on Sunday at 8 pm on Fox News.

[DailyMail]