He recently passed away and since he was a big contender. I wonder if he could have been good in the role
shareI heard that supposedly a studio executive considered OJ for the role at first but Cameron thought he wouldn't be believable as a killer and instantly rejected the idea.
https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/james-cameron-denies-oj-simpson-casting-the-terminator-1234797932/
Maybe , but unlikely to be better than Arnold
sharewell he was the terminator in real life, I'd say yes.
sharefrom what i heard arnold had some ideas on how a robot man should maneuver, i wonder how oj would have portrayed the robot side of the character, movement and all.
share Arnold was the only actor who could play the t-800. I read his book and it said he learned to field strip every weapon he used in the film… while blindfolded. Guy literally was a machine.
Second choice would be lance henrikson (who I think was considered). He showed he could play an android in aliens. Robert Patrick made t-1000 his own as well.
I’ve seen OJ in Capricorn One, Towering Inferno & the Naked Guns and I can’t remember anything he did or said. He had no screen presence. I’m sure he was a great nfl player, but he wasn’t an actor.
Actually yes he would have made a very good terminator but not The Terminator.
Firstly, he’s black and it makes little sense for the machines to send a black man to blend into 80’s America and kill Sarah. Secondly he’s not the leap-off-the-screen behemoth that is Arnold.
But as a secondary future-war terminator he would have looked good.