Avatar director James Cameron thinks he knows the ‘problem’ with Terminator: Dark Fate

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Months after its premiere, Miller vowed to never work with Cameron again, stating: “It has nothing to do with whatever trauma I have from the experience; it’s more that I just don’t want to be in a situation again where I don’t have the control to do what I think is right.” While Cameron has said in a new interview he is “actually reasonably happy with the film”, the Avatar: The Way of Water director said of Miller: “I liked him before the movie, didn’t like him very much during the movie, and I like him now, and I think he feels the same way.” However, the filmmaker said he thinks he knows why the film didn’t work, and it came down to a demand he made about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold and I have been friends for 40 years, and I could hear it, and it would go He continued: “It just didn’t mean that much to me to do it, but I said, ‘If you guys could see your way clear to bringing Arnold back and then, you know, I’d be happy to be involved.’ Adding fuel to the fire, Cameron believes, is that Miller then wanted Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor. It wasn’t even your dad’s Terminator movie – it was your granddad’s Terminator movie,” he said, adding: “And we didn’t see that.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. We kind of got a little high on our own supply, and I think that’s the lesson there.” Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton in ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Miller previously claimed that, after they fell out on the film, Cameron cleared the air with an email that read: “I know we clashed a little bit.