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The Terminator producer says O.J. Simpson was 'never ever considered' for Arnold Schwarzenegger role

'The Terminator' producer Gale Anne Hurd says O.J. Simpson was never considered for Arnold Schwarzenegger's main role in the James Cameron classic.

After news broke that the controversial ex-football star, actor, and accused murderer died Wednesday at 76, Hurd responded to an ongoing claim initially made by series star Arnold Schwarzenegger that Simpson was cast in the 1984 James Cameron –directed film before him. In 2019, Schwarzenegger told The Independent that Simpson was the studio's first choice to play the part of a mechanical assassin sent back in time to kill a woman (Linda Hamilton) whose son would save humanity from an artificial intelligence apocalypse in the future. Cameron later clarified on an episode of Max's Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace thatSimpson's involvement never made it past an executive suggesting it.

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