OJ Simpson was original choice to play The Terminator!
OJ Simpson was originally cast as The Terminator. The ex-NFL star-turned actor, who had roles in films including ‘The Naked Gun’ film trilogy, was set to play the cyborg in James Cameron’s 1984 sci-fi classic, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, who landed the role. Arnie told the ‘Smartless’ podcast about how he had originally been cast as rebel soldier Kyle Reese instead of The Terminator: “I think OJ Simpson was cast, not yet a contract signed, but was cast already to play The Terminator. “So Cameron was trying to talk me into playing the Terminator and I said, ‘Nah, I want to play Rees...